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Here’s everything we know about on-campus housing and dining for fall semester
As students, faculty and staff approach the semester, many still have questions regarding university housing and dining. Here is what the university has released about housing and dining so far: Groovin’ at Move-In, the university’s usual move-in day operations, have...
Department budgets could face cuts up to 7.5%
In an update sent to faculty and staff on Thursday, Chancellor Boyce and Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance Larry Sparks announced that vice chancellors should be prepared for budget cuts as large as 7.5% as a result of the...
No headstones will be added in Confederate cemetery, Boyce confirms
The Confederate monument relocation plan will no longer include the installation of headstones in the Confederate cemetery, according to a statement from Chancellor Glenn Boyce on Friday, July 17. Earlier this week, on the same day that the monument was...
Black student leaders demand meeting with Chancellor Boyce
Updated July, 20, 2020. Chancellor Glenn Boyce agreed to meet with nine Black student leaders on campus this afternoon. Nicholas Crasta, Amirah Lockhart, Jailien Grant, DeArrius Rhymes, Re’Kia Fairley, Candace Bolden, Asia Eichelberger, Chinwe Udemgba and Zuri Dixon Omere sent...
Confederate monument leaves the center of campus
Nearly a month after the state Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) Board of Trustees approved the relocation, the Confederate monument was moved from the Circle to the Confederate cemetery behind the Tad Smith Coliseum. The disassembly of the monument began...
Protests continue: Students, faculty and alumni march against relocation plans
Dozens of university community members marched from the Grill at 1810 to the Confederate cemetery in opposition of the university’s “proposed plans for the renovation of the Confederate cemetery” on Monday afternoon. Organized by student leaders from the #UMoveTheStatue campaign...
What’s in store for fall 2020? Disclosing health history, completing COVID training and social distancing.
In addition to requiring face coverings in all indoor spaces and implementing social distancing during the fall 2020 semester, students, faculty and staff will be required to participate in a daily COVID-19 symptom checker, a questionnaire that includes questions about...
Legislators remove state flag following lobbying efforts of UM coaches and others
Several Ole Miss head coaches and athletic director Keith Carter visited Jackson on Thursday to lobby for the removal of the current state flag, and on Sunday, state lawmakers voted to do just that. Mississippi has flown its flag featuring...
We read the university’s 156-page proposal to relocate the Confederate monument so you don’t have to. Here’s what you need to know.
The Confederate monument located in the Circle and its relocation to the Confederate cemetery on campus has been a hot topic of conversation over the past several years. Now the discussion is coming to a head. Chancellor Glenn Boyce sent...
Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on History and Context clarifies its involvement in university’s relocation plans
Since the state Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) Board of Trustees approved the university’s request to relocate the Confederate monument, members of the university community have spoken out against certain details of the plan, including the addition of headstones to...
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