OXFORD, Miss. – Efforts by faculty, staff and students to excel in their pursuit of knowledge have given the University of Mississippi, the state’s flagship university, new momentum in its mission to lead the way in learning, discovery and engagement for the state and nation.
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UM Professors Receive IHL Excellence in Diversity Awards
OXFORD, Miss. – Faculty members at the University of Mississippi and the university’s Medical Center have been honored with diversity awards by the Mississippi Board of Trustees of the State Institutions of Higher Learning.
University Places 72 on SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
OXFORD, Miss. – While setting records on the fields and courts, 72 student-athletes from the University of Mississippi were named to the 2016 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll announced Wednesday by SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey.
UM Invites Community to Help Reach Pack-a-Thon Milestone
OXFORD, Miss. – Seven years ago, University of Mississippi student Mary Katherine Perry Phillips helped launch a campus Feed the Hunger campaign to provide thousands of meals for impoverished children in Kenya, Haiti, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Jamaica and rural Kentucky. Beginning with her sisters in Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, the effort quickly gathered campuswide and then Lafayette County and Oxford community support.
Ole Miss Women’s Council Celebrates Two Sisters’ Success
OXFORD, Miss. – Legendary University of Mississippi women’s basketball stars Jennifer Gillom and Peggie Gillom-Granderson will be honored with the 2017 Legacy Award from the Ole Miss Women’s Council for Philanthropy.
UM Professor to Receive Mississippi Humanities Council Honor
OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi anthropology and Southern studies professor is among five people being honored this month by the Mississippi Humanities Council.