OXFORD, Miss. – Everyone can identify with a life-changing crisis of one kind or another: unexpected illness, death of a family member or loss of property due to natural disaster. These types of emergencies often put families on hard times, both financially and emotionally. For a University of Mississippi student, such an event could easilyRead the story …
Ole Miss Builds Safety Net for Students
Emergency 'family fund' will help students in crisis
February 25, 2014 by
Revered Attorney and Professor Charles Walker Honored
Former students endow scholarship fund in mentor's name
February 18, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A stickler for grammar, a lover of clever songwriting and a “natural explainer,” Charles Walker has had a vast impact on the University of Mississippi, Oxford and Lafayette County. Walker is known by many as one of two things: a favorite professor or the attorney and mediator to whom clients and realRead the story …
Southern Foodways Alliance Supported by Order of the Okra
April 13, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Okra has long been the quintessential Southern food, a vegetable so versatile that it can be deep-fried in batter, boiled with tomatoes, pickled in brine or tossed into a big pot of simmering gumbo, bringing a unique and unmistakable flavor to every dish. Now it has a new role in Southern culinaryRead the story …
Pharmacy Scholarship Honors Life of Sanderson, Family’s Love of Ole Miss
November 3, 2011 by
OXFORD, Miss. – When Ross Sanderson was around 5 years old, his dad, Albert Sanderson, introduced him to the University of Mississippi on a fall Saturday afternoon, and the youngster received a football from Ole Miss cheerleaders. In years to come, selected UM pharmacy students will receive scholarship support from a fund named in tributeRead the story …