Brent Marsh has been appointed as UM’s new assistant vice chancellor for student affairs and dean of students effective August 1. The position of assistant vice chancellor for student affairs and dean of students has been vacant since Melinda Sutton Noss resigned at the end of last semester to accept a similar position at her […]
When the goal post came down after Ole Miss’s unexpected win against Alabama in 2014, the university had to pay large fines and replace the goalposts. Fans wanted to donate to the cause, and the mass of support had donors calling in to ease the burden of the students’ celebration. “We got we got a […]
Editor’s note: An earlier version of this article incompletely described the revenues and expenditures for the education and general enterprise fund on the Oxford campus. The original version did not distinguish that fund from the university’s total revenues and expenditures. In a decades-long shift in who funds the university, state and federal governments now pay […]
A month after The Mississippi Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning took the unusual step of discussing whether to grant Professor James Thomas tenure, the board released minutes detailing the two-hour closed session in which trustees focused on a tweet from January in which Thomas said, in part, that he ate a […]
Just over nine out of ten University of Mississippi graduates are employed, according to the last ten years of data from the U.S. Department of Education compiled in a new ranking from Zippia.com. The university has the highest rate of graduate employment in the state. The data shows that after 10 years, 91.42% of UM […]
The University of Mississippi installed the solar-powered, network-connected trash cans that communicate with one another when they are full or nearing capacity in December. The 12 compacting and 13 non-compacting BigBelly garbage bins are strategically located in high-traffic waste areas, including the Grove and the library. The compacting units hold 150 gallons each, and the […]
One of the biggest challenges most college football programs face today is the fall of season ticket purchases. Ole Miss is no stranger to this issue. With a few exceptions, both season tickets and student season ticket sales are down all across the country, and it’s not surprising considering the increased coverage on television and […]
The new South Campus Recreation Center, located off Whirlpool Trails, is set to be finished this summer. The original timeline had the building set to be completed in the fall of 2018, but it is now scheduled to be open for the beginning of the fall semester 2019, with a few additional elements that are […]
The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning discussed potential chancellor candidates’ ability to recruit students and manage multiple campuses at its first listening session with University of Mississippi Medical Center students, faculty and alumni. Though no students spoke during the first part of the listening session, Edgar Meyer, former Associated Student Body […]
The University of Mississippi Chancellor Search Advisory Committee held its first meeting this morning at the Inn at Ole Miss. The meeting began with each member of the committee saying a few things about what they would like to see in the next chancellor. “What I’m looking for in a chancellor is kind of two […]
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