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Mississippi Couple Establishes Ole Miss First Scholarship, Sonia Thompson Jul 2007

Mississippi Couple Establishes Ole Miss First Scholarship, Sonia Thompson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. -­ To show their continued support and give back to their alma mater, Lori and Robert "Butch" White of Aberdeen have established a scholarship for deserving students at the University of Mississippi.


Strawberry Plains Provides Unique Research For Um Faculty, Students, Lydia Hailman Jul 2007

Strawberry Plains Provides Unique Research For Um Faculty, Students, Lydia Hailman

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Faculty and students at the University of Mississippi are benefiting from a nearby natural preserve where they can conduct a wide variety of research projects that tie together nature and history.


Novelist, Screenwriter Named Grisham Writer-In-Residence, Edwin Smith Jul 2007

Novelist, Screenwriter Named Grisham Writer-In-Residence, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. -­ Jack Pendarvis, winner of a 2006 Pushcart Prize for fiction, is the 2007-08 John and Renee Grisham Writer-in-Residence at the University of Mississippi.


Greenwood Native Hired As Development Officer For Parents Programs, Sonia Thompson Jul 2007

Greenwood Native Hired As Development Officer For Parents Programs, Sonia Thompson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Josh Whelan has been hired as a development officer in the University of Mississippi Office of Development. The Greenwood native and UM alumnus is responsible for attracting financial support from Ole Miss parents for various campus initiatives.


Um Business Prof Elected President Of International Professional Society, Megan Daniel Jul 2007

Um Business Prof Elected President Of International Professional Society, Megan Daniel

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Larry A. Cox, professor of finance and holder of the Jack W. and Gwenette P. Robertson Chair of Insurance at the University of Mississippi, has been elected president of an international group of specialists in risk management and theory.


Alumnus Leaves Bequest To University Of Mississippi, Sonia Thompson Jun 2007

Alumnus Leaves Bequest To University Of Mississippi, Sonia Thompson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Virginia Carey Smith had a deep love for the University of Mississippi that lasted throughout her life. She considered the university part of her family, so it's fitting that through her bequest to the school, her legacy there lives on.


Um Students To Join Chinese Peers In Cultural Exchange July 11 To Aug. 10, Tobie Baker Jun 2007

Um Students To Join Chinese Peers In Cultural Exchange July 11 To Aug. 10, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The son of American missionaries, Graham Purcell grew up in Russia. Now the University of Mississippi student looks forward to visiting communist China.


Vicksburg, Ocean Springs Students Receive Newman Scholarships, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Jun 2007

Vicksburg, Ocean Springs Students Receive Newman Scholarships, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Two Mississippi residents are recipients of the University of Mississippi's $40,000 W.R. Newman Scholarship, which is among the state's largest awards for undergraduates.


Honors College Graduate Awarded Fulbright To Teach English In Russia, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Jun 2007

Honors College Graduate Awarded Fulbright To Teach English In Russia, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Some students may be apprehensive at the thought of a linguistics class, but recent University of Mississippi graduate Mary Catherine Boehmer changed her major from pharmacy in order to immerse herself into the world of words.


Media Advisory: Time Change For Keynote Address At Civil Rights Education Summit, Staff Report Jun 2007

Media Advisory: Time Change For Keynote Address At Civil Rights Education Summit, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

MEDIA ADVISORY: Time Change for Keynote Address at Civil Rights Education Summit Because of the speaker's schedule, the time of the keynote address for the third annual Civil Rights Education Summit has changed. Noted historian John Hope Franklin, who served on President Bill Clinton's Initiative on Race, is to deliver the speech at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. June 27) in Nutt Auditorium of Scruggs Hall. The summit was announced in a news release dated May 21.


New Croft Executive Director, Associate Provost For International Affairs Named At Um, Jennifer Farish Jun 2007

New Croft Executive Director, Associate Provost For International Affairs Named At Um, Jennifer Farish

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi seeks to expand its strong worldwide relationships through the creation of a new position to oversee international programs campuswide.


Um Beats Out Sec Rivals In Number Of Chemistry Grads, Edwin Smith Jun 2007

Um Beats Out Sec Rivals In Number Of Chemistry Grads, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi produced more bachelor's chemistry graduates this spring than all of its sister state institutions combined and singly more than several of its SEC rivals.


Law Professor To Speak On Space Law At International Conference In China, Emilie Bramlett Jun 2007

Law Professor To Speak On Space Law At International Conference In China, Emilie Bramlett

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A University of Mississippi expert in space law is an invited distinguished speaker at the International Conference on Air Transport and Space Activities, set for Sunday through Wednesday (June 24-27) in Beijing.


Inaugural Summer Poet In Residence Finds Receptive Audience At Reading, Edwin Smith Jun 2007

Inaugural Summer Poet In Residence Finds Receptive Audience At Reading, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The applause and praise were plentiful during Paula Bohince's poetry reading Wednesday (June 20) at the Ole Miss-Oxford Depot.


U.S. Attorney General Talks With Honors Students, Discusses Civil Rights During Campus Visit, Tobie Baker Jun 2007

U.S. Attorney General Talks With Honors Students, Discusses Civil Rights During Campus Visit, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - U.S. Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales met with honors students Thursday at the University of Mississippi and toured the campus civil rights monument, where he answered questions from media and talked about the importance of protecting civil rights.


Team From Commission On Presidential Debates Checks Out Ole Miss, Oxford Thursday, Barbara Lago, Tobie Baker Jun 2007

Team From Commission On Presidential Debates Checks Out Ole Miss, Oxford Thursday, Barbara Lago, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Several staff members from the Commission on Presidential Debates checked out the University of Mississippi Thursday (June 21) to determine whether it is suitable to host one of its fall 2008 debates.


Art Professor Sculpts Winning Idea Into B.B. King Statue For Indianola, Edwin Smith Jun 2007

Art Professor Sculpts Winning Idea Into B.B. King Statue For Indianola, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - As the statue of world-renowned blues icon B.B. King was unveiled in his hometown of Indianola earlier this month, sculptor William "Bill" Beckwith both rejoiced and breathed a sigh of relief.


Business School Dean Recognized As Regional Outstanding Educator, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Jun 2007

Business School Dean Recognized As Regional Outstanding Educator, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The dean of the University of Mississippi School of Business Administration has been recognized as an outstanding teacher by the Southwestern division of an international educational association.


Media Advisory: U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales To Visit Oxford, Um, Staff Report Jun 2007

Media Advisory: U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales To Visit Oxford, Um, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

U.S. Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales is to be in Oxford tomorrow (June 21) to talk with honors students at the University of Mississippi and visit the campus civil rights monument to commemorate individuals who strove to create educational opportunities for all citizens in the South. During the visit to the monument, he plans to deliver a brief statement and take questions from the media.


Museum Announces New Bridge, Path Improvements On Bailey's Woods Trail, Edwin Smith Jun 2007

Museum Announces New Bridge, Path Improvements On Bailey's Woods Trail, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The pedestrian path between the University of Mississippi Museum and William Faulkner's historic home Rowan Oak is getting a much needed face-lift this summer.


Um Names Chemistry Auditorium For Alumnus Carl Comer, Sonia Thompson Jun 2007

Um Names Chemistry Auditorium For Alumnus Carl Comer, Sonia Thompson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - When Carl Comer tells stories about his time at the University of Mississippi, one begins to sense the deep love he has for Ole Miss. Most of Comer's memories begin in the Old Chemistry building.


Fourth Annual Oxford Shakespeare Festival Kicks Off, Megan Daniel Jun 2007

Fourth Annual Oxford Shakespeare Festival Kicks Off, Megan Daniel

University of Mississippi News

Oxford, MS.- The fourth annual Oxford Shakespeare Festival boasts the first time in the festival’s history that two Shakespeare plays will be presented. Audiences will enjoy watching Shakespeare’s classic love story of “Romeo and Juliet” and the eccentric comedy, “As You Like It.”


Historic Scientific Instruments Are Focus Of International Workshop June 21-24, Edwin Smith Jun 2007

Historic Scientific Instruments Are Focus Of International Workshop June 21-24, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Rare and old science apparatus from around the globe are the focus of an international workshop June 21-24 hosted at the University of Mississippi.


Computer Science Professors Toy Around With Robots In Classroom, Edwin Smith Jun 2007

Computer Science Professors Toy Around With Robots In Classroom, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – One child's toy is another person's teaching tool.


Civil Engineering Professor To Attend Faculty Development Seminar In Japan, Edwin Smith Jun 2007

Civil Engineering Professor To Attend Faculty Development Seminar In Japan, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi professor travels to Tokyo for an international faculty development seminar June 23-July 1.


Greek Council's Annual Donations Reach $73,000, Megan Daniel Jun 2007

Greek Council's Annual Donations Reach $73,000, Megan Daniel

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi Greek Council has donated $73,000 this year to worthwhile causes.


Um Students To Join South African Peers For Leadership Exchange Program, Tobie Baker Jun 2007

Um Students To Join South African Peers For Leadership Exchange Program, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Ten University of Mississippi students join 10 of their peers from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, June 16 to July 17, for a cultural exchange aimed at promoting a better understanding of the world.


Um Announces Executive Director Of Research Park, Edwin Smith Jun 2007

Um Announces Executive Director Of Research Park, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Robert Sydney "Syd" Spain has been named the first executive director for the new University of Mississippi Research Park.


Summer Poet In Residence Bohince To Read June 20 At Depot, Edwin Smith Jun 2007

Summer Poet In Residence Bohince To Read June 20 At Depot, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Paula Bohince, the University of Mississippi's first Summer Poet in Residence, reads selected poems June 20 at the Ole Miss-Oxford Depot.


Variety Of Activities Planned For Men's Health Week, Deborah Purnell Jun 2007

Variety Of Activities Planned For Men's Health Week, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Did you know that 29 million men have high blood pressure? Or that 50 million have high cholesterol and 8 million men have diabetes? According to the Web site for Men's Health Week, most men don't know these facts either.