OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi has announced a modified academic calendar for the spring 2021 semester, as well as details regarding Commencement activities for 2020 and 2021 graduates – all with continued emphasis on health and safety protocols to protect students, faculty and staff due to the COVID-19 global pandemic.
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Honors College Student Thankful for ‘Stamp’ of Approval
OXFORD, Miss. – Although Tatiana Davis already had a proven record of successes before coming to the University of Mississippi, the Stamps Scholar and Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College freshman is out to become an even better version of herself.
New Grisham Writer-in-Residence Sets Up Shop in Oxford
OXFORD, Miss. – New Orleans native Maurice Carlos Ruffin has been chosen as the John and Renée Grisham Writer in Residence at the University of Mississippi for 2020-21.
University Increasing Voter-Friendly Campus Efforts Despite Pandemic
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi‘s Office of Community Engagement is seeking Voter Friendly Campus designation from the Campus Vote Project, a nonpartisan effort to educate students on the voting process and help them overcome any barriers to registering as voters.
Being Twin Sisters at UM is ‘Twice as Nice’
OXFORD, Miss. – As twin sisters Jazmin and Jada King were completing their associate degrees at Jones College last spring, both wanted to transfer to the University of Mississippi. The Bay Springs natives’ desires have been fulfilled, thanks to multiple scholarships each was awarded to attend the university.
Proctorio Revolutionizing UM Testing Services
OXFORD, Miss. – Before the COVID-19 pandemic struck last spring, University of Mississippi students requiring remote proctored exams either had to come to the Jackson Avenue Center or use a student-paid system in which a live person monitored the internet while the exam was being taken.