Associated Student Body President OC Williford is hoping to use her presidency to lower costs for students, increase student success and serve the University of Mississippi student body to the best of her ability. Williford started in ASB as a legislative aid on the rules committee during her freshman year. For her sophomore year, Williford […]
University of Mississippi alum Mark Paukune donated $62,000 to establish the Paukune Undergraduate Scholarship Endowment in the UM College of Liberal Arts. The scholarship will support students with learning disabilities. The award will be given to full-time liberal arts students who have registered learning disabilities with the university’s Office of Student Disability Services. Learning disabilities […]
The first reading of an ordinance that would change the designated assembly area for large-group events or demonstrations from the Square to Bramlett Pavilion 0.9 miles away on University Avenue was postponed at the Tuesday, April 7 Oxford Board of Aldermen meeting. Oxford Police Chief Jeff McCutchen, who presented the ordinance at the meeting, requested […]
It is a man’s world — at least for the women pursuing degrees in a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) field at the University of Mississippi, despite the growing number of women in academia. As of fall 2024, 57% of the University of Mississippi students enrolled were women and 43% were men, according to […]
This year, Richard Purcell was awarded the Mississippi Humanities Council Teacher of the Year for the University of Mississippi. Purcell is the Hubert H. McAlexander Chair in English and director of the interdisciplinary minor in cinema studies. As part of the award, Purcell delivered his lecture titled “Race, Speculative Value, and Art of the Turn […]
The Associated Student Body election season has begun, and candidates are lining across the Union Plaza passing out stickers as they promote their candidacy for executive office positions. The candidates will table in front of the Union Plaza throughout the third and fourth weeks of March leading up to election day. The executive officer candidate […]
The Center for Intelligence and Security Studies (CISS) hosted Senior Master Sergeant Amanda Scurry of the Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base on Thursday, Feb. 19, as part of its monthly National Security Talk series. CISS hosts a monthly National Security Talk — an hour-long lecture and discussion, where students can converse with a guest speaker regarding […]
Associated Student Body President Jack Jones delivered his State of the ASB Address to the ASB Senate on Tuesday, Feb. 24, at the formal senate meeting in the Gertrude C. Ford Ole Miss Student Union. Jones highlighted accomplishments from the past year and projects in progress — including a students-only ticket exchange platform and a […]
The construction of a planned student housing facility on West Row as part of a university partnership with private developer Greystar has been delayed. Situated near the University of Mississippi School of Law and estimated to add 1,500 bed spaces, the project was initially slated to be completed by fall 2027 but has since been […]
In the wake of the two-week campus closure following Winter Storm Fern, University of Mississippi professors had to adjust their class curriculum and syllabi to make up for lost instructional time. In an email sent to the UM student body by Chancellor Glenn Boyce on Thursday, Feb. 5, he confirmed that the university would shorten […]
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