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Ray Hawkins takes over as chief of University Police Department

Ole Miss has selected a new chief of police for the University Police Department following the previous chief’s resignation earlier this year. Ray Hawkins, a 22 year veteran of UPD, started his new position as chief of police Sunday. He previously held the associate director position. “Ole Miss PD is pleased to announce Ray Hawkins […]

Fox News’ Shepard Smith says Ole Miss prepared him for career

Before Shepard Smith became the chief news anchor and managing editor of Fox News Channel’s Breaking News Division, where he just re-signed a multi-year contract, he was an Ole Miss student. Smith attended Ole Miss in the 1980s before leaving for an internship in Florida and never returning to finish his degree. Although he has […]

Ole Miss hosts conference commemorating Poor People’s Campaign Mule Train

A two-day national conference at the university to commemorate the Poor People’s Campaign Mule Train that trekked from Marks to Washington, D.C. 50 years ago kicks off today. The conference is officially called “Honoring the 50th Anniversary of the 1968 Mule Train/Poor People’s Campaign by Implementing Classroom Theory in Marks, Mississippi” and will take place […]

Program offers students chance to travel the country this summer

Ole Miss students seeking to earn college credit while traveling the country this summer have plenty of options available through the university. The Study USA program gives students the opportunity to take short-term domestic travel classes during the upcoming May Intersession, Summer I and II and August Intersession terms. Kevin Gates, Study USA coordinator, said […]

Album review: Lucy Dacus’ second release, ‘Historian,’ is collection of moments

Lucy Dacus’ sophomore album, “Historian,” comes almost exactly two years after her 2016 debut but feels like a body of work years in the making. In the album opener, “Night Shift,” Dacus sings about getting over a past relationship. It starts out with hushed singing and the steady strumming of an electric guitar, building to […]

Ole Miss community reacts to Sen. Thad Cochran’s retirement announcement

Sen. Thad Cochran has certainly made his mark on the state of Mississippi and his alma mater, Ole Miss, during his 40 years in the U.S. Senate. And now he’s retiring. Cochran earned a psychology degree and then a law degree from the university, which is now home to the Thad Cochran Research Center that […]

Contextualization committee unveils six new plaques on campus today

The University of Mississippi is known for its tumultuous past, but today that history, both good and bad, was etched in bronze. Students, faculty and members of the Oxford community gathered in the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts to commemorate the unveiling of the six newest contextualization plaques around campus. Chancellor Jeffrey […]

Ole Miss UPD chief candidate open forum interviews begin today

The Division of Student Affairs is holding open forum interviews on campus for UPD’s next police chief, beginning today. The final stages of the Division of Student Affairs’ search for the next UPD police chief begins with Terence Calloway.  The interview process continues with sessions for Jackie Allan Gilbert on March 7, Ray Hawkins on […]

University installs contextualization plaques ahead of unveiling ceremony

Six plaques created to add context to monuments and buildings on campus were installed yesterday in advance of a planned unveiling event this weekend. The markers were delivered and installed by Columbus Marble Works and could be seen around campus Tuesday with the university logo covering the inscriptions until Friday. The plaques were made to […]

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