Many undergraduate students consider the possibility of attending graduate school after graduation. High tuition costs and heavy course loads, however, can disallow time to garner real-world experience and deter some students from applying. Enter graduate assistantships: paid, part-time, on-campus positions for graduate students. Graduate assistantships at the University of Mississippi cover payment of either 100% […]
Before Turning Point USA Founder and CEO Charlie Kirk was killed at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, he was scheduled to appear on the University of Mississippi campus for “The American Comeback Tour” on Oct. 29. According to Ole Miss TPUSA and Kirk’s wife, Erika, the tour stop at UM will proceed on the […]
Registered student organizations are uncertain whether they can hold events or produce programming this fall after Provost Noel Wilkin announced last month that the University of Mississippi is closing access requests for the Student Activity Fee. As part of their tuition, UM students pay $2 per credit hour to fund the SAF. The university indicates […]
As their terms begin, Associated Student Body leaders are preparing in earnest to govern and deliver for the student body this fall semester. The new school year allows the newly elected leaders to address various issues that face students from positions of increased influence. ASB President Jack Jones, previously the vice president, finds himself at […]
The University of Mississippi is pulling all affiliated resources and involvement in the 2025 Oxford Pride Parade in an effort to comply with the new Mississippi law restricting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices in public schools. The parade will go on as planned this Saturday at 2 p.m. as part of the wider Oxford […]
Students seeking to participate in the Nov. 5 elections must ensure they are registered to vote — a process that can differ from person to person. The University of Mississippi’s Voting Engagement Ambassadors guide students through the voting process by hosting outreach events on campus and in the Lafayette-Oxford community. Marshall Pentes, a senior economics […]
Mississippi State Auditor Shad White spoke at the Ole Miss College Republicans’ first meeting of the school year on Tuesday, Aug. 27. “Young people can make a huge difference in Mississippi, and I saw that when I was a College Republican here getting involved in campaigns,” White said. “One of the reasons I love coming […]
Discussions about mental health and anxiety are becoming more common among University of Mississippi students. “University students in today’s world as a whole seem to have a significant amount of anxiety,” Kris Brasher, instructor of therapeutic recreation for the Department of Health, Exercise and Recreation Management, said. “We discuss topics like anxiety in class relatively […]
University of Mississippi students donned glasses and gazed into the sky with the hopes of capturing a glimpse of the solar eclipse on Monday, April 8. Although Oxford did not have a view of the total solar eclipse (at peak totality, only 94.59% of the sun was covered) people still gathered in droves around campus […]
The election for the top two Associated Student Body executive positions, president and vice president, will head into a runoff today and four Senate categories will be on the ballot due to technical issues that occurred with Tuesday’s election. The results for other executive positions and most senate positions were announced Tuesday, March 26. The […]
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