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Pilot Summer Program Offers Fun And Learning For Second- Through Seventh-Graders, Ryan Whittington May 2008

Pilot Summer Program Offers Fun And Learning For Second- Through Seventh-Graders, Ryan Whittington

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Summer promises to be especially exciting this year for rising second- through seventh-graders who enroll in Rebel Quest, a pilot day camp program offered throughout June by the University of Mississippi's Division of Outreach.


Two Advanced Placement Sessions For Teachers, One For Administrators, Counselors Set For July, Janey Ginn May 2008

Two Advanced Placement Sessions For Teachers, One For Administrators, Counselors Set For July, Janey Ginn

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Teachers, administrators, counselors and coordinators from across the region are to gather at the University of Mississippi in July to gain insight and direction on implementing and conducting successful Advanced Placement programs in their school districts.


Campus Lawnmowers Being Switched To Environmentally Friendly Biodiesel, Andrew Abernathy May 2008

Campus Lawnmowers Being Switched To Environmentally Friendly Biodiesel, Andrew Abernathy

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The scent of fresh-cut grass may be accompanied by the aroma of fried catfish, chicken or potatoes at the University of Mississippi this summer.


Center For Excellence In Teaching And Learning Presents First Graduate Instructor Teaching Award, Edwin Smith May 2008

Center For Excellence In Teaching And Learning Presents First Graduate Instructor Teaching Award, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at the University of Mississippi has awarded its first graduate instructor/teaching assistant award to a student in the Master of Fine Arts in creative writing program.


Longtime Faculty Member Named Interim Chair Of Pharmacology, Dabney Weems May 2008

Longtime Faculty Member Named Interim Chair Of Pharmacology, Dabney Weems

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Anthony J. Verlangieri has been named interim chair of the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy.


Interim Associate Provost Wilkin Named Fellow In Pharmacists Association, Dabney Weems May 2008

Interim Associate Provost Wilkin Named Fellow In Pharmacists Association, Dabney Weems

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Noel E. Wilkin, interim associate provost and associate professor of pharmacy administration at the University of Mississippi, has been named a Fellow of the American Pharmacists Association.


Junior In Liberal Arts Awarded Scholarship For 10-Month Study Of Japanese Language In Osaka, Tobie Baker May 2008

Junior In Liberal Arts Awarded Scholarship For 10-Month Study Of Japanese Language In Osaka, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Now more than ever, it is extremely important for college students to be aware of global issues, and a University of Mississippi student from Amory has received a scholarship that will help him do just that.


Alumna Honors Parents With Ole Miss Scholarship, Sonia Thompson May 2008

Alumna Honors Parents With Ole Miss Scholarship, Sonia Thompson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - University of Mississippi alumna Daphine Denley Craig has honored the memory of her parents with a scholarship in their names. Craig, a 1960 Ole Miss graduate, seeded the Bernice Raggett and John Barksdale Denley Jr. Scholarship with a gift of $25,000.


Presidential Debate Ups Special Learning Opportunities For Honors College Students, Rebecca Lauck Cleary May 2008

Presidential Debate Ups Special Learning Opportunities For Honors College Students, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Jake McGraw's fascination with politics took flight around his family's dinner table in Oxford when conversations sometimes turned into political debates.


Oxford And Ole Miss Gear Up For Bike To Work Day, Andrew Abernathy May 2008

Oxford And Ole Miss Gear Up For Bike To Work Day, Andrew Abernathy

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Motorists may notice that traffic seems a little less hectic Friday morning as avid cyclists and curious amateurs cruise the streets of Oxford and the University of Mississippi in recognition of national "Bike to Work Day."


Um Students, Instructor Win Top Awards At Statewide Pram Conference, Lindsey Phillips May 2008

Um Students, Instructor Win Top Awards At Statewide Pram Conference, Lindsey Phillips

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Seven University of Mississippi journalism students and their instructor, all members of the local Public Relations Association of Mississippi chapter, won distinguished awards - including two of the top four honors - at the recent statewide PRAM conference in Hattiesburg.


Lott Leadership Institute For Rising Ninth Graders Names 2008 Class, Staff Report May 2008

Lott Leadership Institute For Rising Ninth Graders Names 2008 Class, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Forty-one outstanding students from around the state have been chosen for the 2008 Trent Lott Leadership Institute for Rising Ninth Graders, scheduled June 8-July 4 at the University of Mississippi.


Two School Of Applied Sciences Faculty, One Student Honored For Work And Service, Jennifer Farish May 2008

Two School Of Applied Sciences Faculty, One Student Honored For Work And Service, Jennifer Farish

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Two first-year faculty members at the University of Mississippi have earned the highest award for faculty members in the School of Applied Sciences, and a junior majoring in criminal justice has been named the inaugural recipient of the school's merit award for students.


Marine Biologist Lands Nsf Grant To Study Coral Reefs, Wins Freshman Teaching Award, Tobie Baker May 2008

Marine Biologist Lands Nsf Grant To Study Coral Reefs, Wins Freshman Teaching Award, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - University of Mississippi marine biologist Tamar Goulet has studied coral reefs for two decades, so it seems appropriate that this year, designated as the International Year of the Reef, is a big one for her and her work.


Top Teacher In College Of Liberal Arts Teaches French, Pushes Students To Learn, Tobie Baker May 2008

Top Teacher In College Of Liberal Arts Teaches French, Pushes Students To Learn, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - At age 11, Daniel O'Sullivan had nuns at his school, Worcester Central Catholic in Massachusetts, tell him he should study French. As it turned out, it wasn't a hard sell.


Fox News Anchor Shepard Smith Challenges Graduates To Be Ready For '10 Seconds Later', Admin May 2008

Fox News Anchor Shepard Smith Challenges Graduates To Be Ready For '10 Seconds Later', Admin

University of Mississippi News

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Barnard Distinguished Professor Sam Wang Named Inaugural Recipient Of Distinguished Research Award, Admin May 2008

Barnard Distinguished Professor Sam Wang Named Inaugural Recipient Of Distinguished Research Award, Admin

University of Mississippi News

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Medicinal Chemistry Professor Receives Award For Excellence In Promoting Inclusiveness, Edwin Smith May 2008

Medicinal Chemistry Professor Receives Award For Excellence In Promoting Inclusiveness, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A medicinal chemistry professor is the 2008 recipient of the Award for Excellence in Promoting Inclusiveness in Graduate Education at the University of Mississippi.


Barnard Distinguished Professor Sam Wang Named Inaugural Recipient Of Distinguished Research Award, Edwin Smith May 2008

Barnard Distinguished Professor Sam Wang Named Inaugural Recipient Of Distinguished Research Award, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Sam Shu-Yi Wang, F.A.P. Barnard Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Mississippi, has a list of achievements and awards that spans four decades, six continents and dozens of organizations.


Fox News Anchor Shepard Smith Challenges Graduates To Be Ready For '10 Seconds Later', Mitchell Diggs May 2008

Fox News Anchor Shepard Smith Challenges Graduates To Be Ready For '10 Seconds Later', Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Dramatic change often comes swiftly - in as little as 10 seconds - and how people react to such situations determines their success and legacy, Fox News Channel anchor Shepard Smith told University of Mississippi graduates Saturday morning in the Grove.


Music Department Announces Summer Piano Discoveries Summer Camp, June 8-14, Deborah Purnell May 2008

Music Department Announces Summer Piano Discoveries Summer Camp, June 8-14, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - This summer, students in grades seven through 12 have a unique opportunity to receive private lessons with professional pianists at the Summer Piano Discoveries Camp, June 8-14 at the University of Mississippi.


History Doctoral Student Receives Prestigious Fellowship To Explore Civil Rights At Rust College, Tobie Baker May 2008

History Doctoral Student Receives Prestigious Fellowship To Explore Civil Rights At Rust College, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – A doctoral student in history at the University of Mississippi has been awarded a prestigious national fellowship to help with his plan to break new ground in the civil rights struggle by uncovering forgotten voices.


Media Advisory: Um Alters Commencement Schedule Because Of Weather, Staff Report May 2008

Media Advisory: Um Alters Commencement Schedule Because Of Weather, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

Because the possibility of severe weather is high tomorrow afternoon, the University of Mississippi has altered its commencement schedule. The School of Education will confer degrees at 10:30 a.m. in the Grove, and the College of Liberal Arts will follow at noon in the Grove. All other ceremonies will be conducted as planned:


Inaugural Bhagat Scholarship Awarded To Political Science Major From Pontotoc, Lee Eric Smith May 2008

Inaugural Bhagat Scholarship Awarded To Political Science Major From Pontotoc, Lee Eric Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - For more than 30 years, Goberdhan Bhagat molded the minds of young people studying political science at the University of Mississippi. Last year, a scholarship endowment was established in his honor, and this year, the Bhagat Scholarship has its first recipient.


Bryson & Company Honors Past President With Gift To Risk Management And Insurance Program, Sonia Thompson May 2008

Bryson & Company Honors Past President With Gift To Risk Management And Insurance Program, Sonia Thompson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The employees of Bryson & Company Insurance have honored the company's former president, Bill Bryson, by creating the William M. "Bill" Bryson Fund for Insurance Excellence at the University of Mississippi.


Winter Institute Leads The Charge For Racial Reconciliation, J. Farish, E. Smith May 2008

Winter Institute Leads The Charge For Racial Reconciliation, J. Farish, E. Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - An historical injustice was righted three years ago when the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation joined Neshoba County residents to create the Philadelphia Coalition that pushed for the prosecution and conviction of the man who murdered three civil rights workers in 1964.


Oxford Producer-Director And Musical Partner Attempt To 'Duet' Their Way To Stardom, S. Belden, M. Diggs May 2008

Oxford Producer-Director And Musical Partner Attempt To 'Duet' Their Way To Stardom, S. Belden, M. Diggs

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - When contestants for the new "American Idol"-style television show "Can You Duet" walk onstage Friday night, Oxford residents and Ole Miss fans can cheer for a couple of familiar characters.


Classics Major Overcomes Neurological Disorder En Route To Graduation, Lee Eric Smith May 2008

Classics Major Overcomes Neurological Disorder En Route To Graduation, Lee Eric Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Shantel Bell of Winona looks forward to graduating from the University of Mississippi Saturday (May 10) with a bachelor's degree in classics; however, six months ago, while battling a baffling neurological disorder that nearly blinded her, Bell wondered if she would ever see the day.


Law Graduation Saturday Includes One First-Time Certificate In Space Law, Seven In Criminal Law, Jennifer Farish May 2008

Law Graduation Saturday Includes One First-Time Certificate In Space Law, Seven In Criminal Law, Jennifer Farish

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Law student Michael Dodge earns a special distinction Saturday at the University of Mississippi when he is awarded the juris doctor degree. Dodge, of Long Beach, becomes the first graduate to also receive a special space law certificate, the only one of its kind in the country.


Students Find Satisfaction, Friendship In Big Brothers, Big Sisters Program, Lori Simpson May 2008

Students Find Satisfaction, Friendship In Big Brothers, Big Sisters Program, Lori Simpson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Four years ago, Stephen Taylor was a marketing student at the University of Mississippi looking for an opportunity to fulfill scholarship requirements and give back to the community. He found a chance with the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mississippi Program.