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Ajootian, Showalter Honored For Extraordinary Service To Students, Staff Report May 2008

Ajootian, Showalter Honored For Extraordinary Service To Students, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Each day at the University of Mississippi, students are impacted by words and actions of many faculty and staff who know their work extends beyond classrooms, labs and offices. For the 14th year, two UM members who personify such extraordinary service have been selected for special recognition. Aileen Ajootian, chair and associate professor of classics and art, and Marc Showalter, director of the University Counseling Center and assistant professor of education, are recipients of the 2008 Frist Student Service Awards.


Mba Program Revamp Includes Offering All Classes At Night, Julie Ward May 2008

Mba Program Revamp Includes Offering All Classes At Night, Julie Ward

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The MBA program in the University of Mississippi School of Business Administration has undergone several permanent modifications to make it more convenient for both full-time students and working adults wanting to enroll part time. Effective this summer, changes call for scheduling all on-campus MBA classes 6-8:30 p.m. and making them available to both full-time and part-time students.


Um Mourns Loss Of Friend Jill Faulkner Summers, Mitchell Diggs May 2008

Um Mourns Loss Of Friend Jill Faulkner Summers, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Each time Jill Faulkner Summers returned to her hometown during the past 20 years, she provided invaluable assistance in efforts to preserve her father's estate and legacy, University of Mississippi officials said this week. Services for Summers, 74, daughter of novelist William Faulkner, were Friday (May 2) in Charlottesville, Va., where she died last week after a lengthy illness.


Former Gov. William Winter To Receive Jfk Profile In Courage Lifetime Achievement Award, Edwin Smith May 2008

Former Gov. William Winter To Receive Jfk Profile In Courage Lifetime Achievement Award, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Former Mississippi Gov. William Winter is to receive a special Profile in Courage Award for Lifetime Achievement May 12 at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston. The honor recognizes Winter's leadership in championing racial equality and educational opportunity in Mississippi.


Fox News Anchor Shepard Smith To Deliver Commencement Address May 10, Mitchell Diggs May 2008

Fox News Anchor Shepard Smith To Deliver Commencement Address May 10, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Fox News Channel anchor Shepard Smith returns to his alma mater May 10 to deliver the University of Mississippi's 155th commencement address.


Fall Semester Schedule, Special Events Planned Around Sept. 26 Presidential Debate, Emily R. Welly May 2008

Fall Semester Schedule, Special Events Planned Around Sept. 26 Presidential Debate, Emily R. Welly

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Plans for the fall semester at the University of Mississippi are particularly exciting this year as faculty, staff and students prepare for one of the greatest opportunities in the university's 160-year history - hosting a presidential debate. With the international spotlight swinging to the Oxford campus Sept. 26 for this headline election-year event, the debate and the election process are being incorporated into everything from course curricula and special programs for students to educational forums, symposiums and lectures geared for the general public.


Fox News Anchor Shepard Smith To Deliver Commencement Address May 10, Admin May 2008

Fox News Anchor Shepard Smith To Deliver Commencement Address May 10, Admin

University of Mississippi News

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Former Circulation Librarian James Clyde "Jim" Butler Ii Dies, Staff Report Apr 2008

Former Circulation Librarian James Clyde "Jim" Butler Ii Dies, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD - James Clyde "Jim" Butler, 64, the University of Mississippi's former circulation librarian, died Monday (April 28) at Baptist-Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi.


Two Seniors Win $5,000 Prizes In Gillespie Business Plan Competition, Julie Ward Apr 2008

Two Seniors Win $5,000 Prizes In Gillespie Business Plan Competition, Julie Ward

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Two University of Mississippi students are a step closer to entrepreneurship as winners of the 2008 Gillespie Business Plan Competition.


Staff Council And Ole Miss Dining Sponsor Late Night Exam Breakfast, Maggie Campbell Apr 2008

Staff Council And Ole Miss Dining Sponsor Late Night Exam Breakfast, Maggie Campbell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi Staff Council and Ole Miss Dining are again sponsoring a late-night breakfast for students during exam week.


Religion Professor's New Book Explores Roles Of Mary, Fatima In Christianity, Islam, Maggie Campbell Apr 2008

Religion Professor's New Book Explores Roles Of Mary, Fatima In Christianity, Islam, Maggie Campbell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The roles of the Virgin Mary and Fatima in medieval Christianity and Shiite Islam, respectively, are explored in a new book written by a University of Mississippi assistant professor of religion.


Buchannon Named Assistant Vice Chancellor For Research And Sponsored Programs, Edwin Smith Apr 2008

Buchannon Named Assistant Vice Chancellor For Research And Sponsored Programs, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Robin Buchannon has been named assistant vice chancellor for research and sponsored programs at the University of Mississippi.


Faculty Address Economic Issues As Preview To First Presidential Debate On Sept. 26, Elaine Pugh Apr 2008

Faculty Address Economic Issues As Preview To First Presidential Debate On Sept. 26, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Unless Americans spend the tax rebates they are about to receive on new purchases, the rebates are unlikely to give the slumping economy a boost, says a distinguished University of Mississippi economics professor.


Rogers To Receive 2008 Cosida Trailblazer Award, Staff Report Apr 2008

Rogers To Receive 2008 Cosida Trailblazer Award, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Langston Rogers, senior associate athletics director for media relations at the University of Mississippi since 1981, has been selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America to receive its Trailblazer Award.


Award-Winning Poet Wins Summer Residence Post Over Dozens Of Applicants, Edwin Smith Apr 2008

Award-Winning Poet Wins Summer Residence Post Over Dozens Of Applicants, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Award-winning poet Tung-Hui Hu has been chosen from more than a hundred applicants worldwide as the second Summer Poet in Residence at the University of Mississippi.


Um Schedules Three Cheer Camps For Summer, Staff Report Apr 2008

Um Schedules Three Cheer Camps For Summer, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi is teaming with the Universal Cheerleaders Association to bring three camps to the Oxford campus this summer. The dates are June 5-8, June 19-22 and July 10-13.


Faculty, Staff Don Walking Shoes For 'Start! Walking Challenge', Deborah Purnell Apr 2008

Faculty, Staff Don Walking Shoes For 'Start! Walking Challenge', Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Nearly 100 University of Mississippi faculty and staff participated in the HealthWorks "Start! Walking Challenge" kickoff this week. The campuswide challenge began Wednesday in front of the Lyceum. Oxford Mayor Richard Howorth read a proclamation encouraging everyone to take up walking as a healthful activity, then joined the walkers on a half-mile trek around the Circle and Grove.


Um Announces Selection Of 2008 Lott Leadership Institute Summer Scholars, Janey Ginn Apr 2008

Um Announces Selection Of 2008 Lott Leadership Institute Summer Scholars, Janey Ginn

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi has named this year's class of Trent Lott Leadership Institute Summer Scholars, which includes more than 40 exceptional rising high school seniors from across the United States and two foreign countries.


University Plans Ceremony In Memory Of Faculty, Staff, Students, Julie Ward Apr 2008

University Plans Ceremony In Memory Of Faculty, Staff, Students, Julie Ward

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Chancellor Robert C. Khayat has proclaimed the final Thursday of classes of each academic year as University of Mississippi Memorial Day, which will honor students, faculty, staff and faculty/staff emeriti who died during the preceding year. The Office of the Dean of Students and the University Memorial Ceremony Committee is holding the first UM Memorial Day at 5:30 p.m. Thursday (May 1) on the lawn of Paris-Yates Chapel.


Pharmacy Students Improving Communication Skills Through Blogging, Dabney Weems Apr 2008

Pharmacy Students Improving Communication Skills Through Blogging, Dabney Weems

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - In recent years, blogs have become popular tools to distribute information quickly across the Internet. Journalists use them to update stories, political groups use them to communicate with supporters, and everyday people use them to share thoughts and activities with friends. Now, a University of Mississippi professor is using blogs as a tool to teach pharmacy students to communicate more effectively.


Top Legal Professionals Discuss Ethics At School Of Law, J. Farrish, W. Mestayer Apr 2008

Top Legal Professionals Discuss Ethics At School Of Law, J. Farrish, W. Mestayer

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The state's legal system will come back better than ever after recent events that have tarnished its image, a panel of legal professionals predicted during a Wednesday session at the University of Mississippi School of Law.


Nineteen Faculty Named Research Fellows, Win Grants Totaling More Than $209,000, Admin Apr 2008

Nineteen Faculty Named Research Fellows, Win Grants Totaling More Than $209,000, Admin

University of Mississippi News

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Civil Engineering Chair Spotlighted In Thomson Scientific's Sciencewatch, Admin Apr 2008

Civil Engineering Chair Spotlighted In Thomson Scientific's Sciencewatch, Admin

University of Mississippi News

No abstract provided.


Um Sets Goal To Become A 'Green' American Public University, Admin Apr 2008

Um Sets Goal To Become A 'Green' American Public University, Admin

University of Mississippi News

No abstract provided.


New Washington Internship Program Proving To Be Excellent For 17 Students, Julie Ward Apr 2008

New Washington Internship Program Proving To Be Excellent For 17 Students, Julie Ward

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Instead of spending sunny Saturdays in flip-flops and a T-shirt watching baseball games at Swayze Field this spring, University of Mississippi senior William Gillis is in Washington, D.C., walking the paths of top policy experts, touring Smithsonian museums and visiting national monuments.


L-O-U Symphony Orchestra To Perform Spring Finale Concert April 28, Deborah Purnell Apr 2008

L-O-U Symphony Orchestra To Perform Spring Finale Concert April 28, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The Lafayette-Oxford-University Symphony Orchestra performs its final concert of the season Monday (April 28) in the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Mississippi.


Retired Head Of Houston Property Management Company To Speak April 24, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Apr 2008

Retired Head Of Houston Property Management Company To Speak April 24, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Lyttleton "Lyt" Harris, retired president and CEO of Southwest Management and Marketing Company of Houston, is scheduled to speak Thursday (April 24) at the University of Mississippi.


Um Sets Goal To Become A 'Green' American Public University, Lee Eric Smith Apr 2008

Um Sets Goal To Become A 'Green' American Public University, Lee Eric Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi takes pride in being "a great American public university." Now, UM is working to add "green" to that description.


Um Sets Goal To Become A 'Green' American Public University, Admin Apr 2008

Um Sets Goal To Become A 'Green' American Public University, Admin

University of Mississippi News

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Accounting Clerk Gets 'Cold Cash' Surprise From Action News 5, Edwin Smith Apr 2008

Accounting Clerk Gets 'Cold Cash' Surprise From Action News 5, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - As a senior accounting clerk at the University of Mississippi, Dolly Beasley helps creditors get paid, but Beasley herself was handed some "cold cash" recently.