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The university’s newly named chancellor, Glenn Boyce, coached football at three so-called “segregation academies,” Madison-Ridgeland Academy, Canton Academy and Tri-County Academy, in the 1980s and 1990s. The information came to light during The Daily Mississippian’s efforts to gain a comprehensive...

Executive officers of the University of Mississippi Faculty Senate have publicly condemned the Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees’ handling of the chancellor search, according to a statement released on Friday.  In addition to the lack of transparency, the...

https://soundcloud.com/the-dm-editor/dm-exclusive-interview-with-glenn-boyce With a little over a week before newly announced Chancellor Glenn Boyce takes his new position, he said that he has few concrete steps in mind to improve the university. He wants to listen to students before he makes...

The Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees selected Glenn Boyce as the next chancellor before completing the 20-step process because the campus needed to be unified as soon as possible, according to board vice president  Ford Dye. The IHL...

Glenn Boyce, the newly appointed chancellor of the University of Mississippi, will assume his position starting “on or before” Sunday, October 13, according to a statement from Interim Chancellor Larry Sparks.  In the statement titled “Former Commissioner of Higher Education...

The meeting to announce the next chancellor was postponed amid protests at The Inn at Ole Miss. Just after University Police Department Chief Ray Hawkins announced that the meeting would be postponed, the Institutions of Higher Learning released a statement...

Sitting down outside in 95 degree heat would normally be an issue for people, but not for Cecilia Trotter. Trotter said that she enjoys the warm weather, despite it being the beginning of October; summer is her favorite season. “You...

Rewarding. Overwhelming. Joyful.  That’s how Homecoming Queen Ciara Knapp has described her time wearing the crown. Being the daughter of a formal wear store owner and a store director for Meijer, she’s soft-spoken, but poised and fearless when talking about...

In response to the news of Glenn Boyce being chosen as the next chancellor of the University of Mississippi, students and faculty have planned protests outside of The Inn at Ole Miss at noon tomorrow. The Inn is the reported...

Glenn Boyce, the former commissioner of the Institutions of Higher Learning and former president of Holmes Community College, has been selected as the 18th chancellor at the University of Mississippi. This decision comes before several steps of the selection were...