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Carwash Raises $600 For Scholarship Fund, Staff Report May 2007

Carwash Raises $600 For Scholarship Fund, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

University of Mississippi administrators and staff members washed cars Wednesday to raise money for a new scholarship fund for children of staff members.


Um Awarded $635,000 Grant For Rotc Chinese Training, Lydia Hailman May 2007

Um Awarded $635,000 Grant For Rotc Chinese Training, Lydia Hailman

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi is among four universities nationwide awarded more than $2 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Defense to develop language and culture programs targeting ROTC students.


Poetry By Mfa Grad In Creative Writing Wins National Literary Review Competition, Edwin Smith May 2007

Poetry By Mfa Grad In Creative Writing Wins National Literary Review Competition, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A 2007 graduate of the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program at the University of Mississippi has won the Iron Horse Literary Review's Discovered Voices Award.


Professor's New Book Is First Collection Of Larry Brown Interviews, Lauren Freeman May 2007

Professor's New Book Is First Collection Of Larry Brown Interviews, Lauren Freeman

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Nearly two-and-a-half years since his death, Mississippi native Larry Brown is still being praised as one of the most compelling writers in contemporary Southern literature. To provide insight into Brown's work, Jay Watson has revisited interviews with Brown and compiled a collection of them into the book "Conversations with Larry Brown" (University Press of Mississippi, 2007).


Fedex Ceo Frederick W. Smith Lauds Role Of Higher Education In Shaping Modern Life, Mitchell Diggs May 2007

Fedex Ceo Frederick W. Smith Lauds Role Of Higher Education In Shaping Modern Life, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - America's higher education system - open to people from all parts of society - is the key to the country's sustained run as a global economic and political superpower, FedEx CEO Frederick W. Smith told University of Mississippi graduates Saturday morning in the Grove.


Class Of 2007 Awards Inaugural Khayat Scholarship To Campus Leader, Mitchell Diggs May 2007

Class Of 2007 Awards Inaugural Khayat Scholarship To Campus Leader, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Ebony Nichols of Tunica is the recipient of the inaugural Class of 2007/Robert C. Khayat Scholarship, which was established at the University of Mississippi by this spring's graduating seniors.


Computational Hydroscience Center Seminar Focuses On Disaster, Crisis Management, Edwin Smith May 2007

Computational Hydroscience Center Seminar Focuses On Disaster, Crisis Management, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - You don't miss the water until the well runs dry, according to the cliche. But in reality, the interruption or destruction of water-related infrastructures caused by a disaster - whether natural or man-made - can mean not only the loss of water but also serious repercussions affecting other critical systems and infrastructures vital to society.


Law Prof's Workers' Compensation Book Getting Glowing Reviews, Jennifer Farish May 2007

Law Prof's Workers' Compensation Book Getting Glowing Reviews, Jennifer Farish

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - More than 1 million people in Mississippi work in jobs that are covered by workers' compensation - the form of insurance that may provide remuneration for employees injured in the course of employment - and at least 13,000 of those workers suffer a work injury or death each year.


Alum Honors Husband And Son With Ole Miss First Scholarship, Sonia Thompson May 2007

Alum Honors Husband And Son With Ole Miss First Scholarship, Sonia Thompson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss - A retired school teacher, Louise Godwin of Tupelo knows the importance of a good education. That, along with love for her alma mater, is why she chose to donate $25,000 to the Ole Miss First Scholars program.


Cycling Group Brings Community Participants Out For Weekly Rides, Blaine Stegar, Mitchell Diggs May 2007

Cycling Group Brings Community Participants Out For Weekly Rides, Blaine Stegar, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Every Sunday since early April, dozens of Oxford residents have been cruising around town, but not behind the wheel of their cars. Instead, a growing number of people are exploring the city's tree-lined streets as they pedal along on their bicycles.


Retired Professor Re-Edits Wwi Book For 2014 Centennial, Lauren Freeman May 2007

Retired Professor Re-Edits Wwi Book For 2014 Centennial, Lauren Freeman

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Warfare changed drastically over the past century, but the concerns and perspectives of ordinary soldiers remain much the same. Many such insights are reflected in "The Shamrock Battalion in the Great War," a firsthand account of World War I by Martin Hogan.


Two Professors Named School Of Applied Sciences Outstanding Faculty, Jennifer Farish May 2007

Two Professors Named School Of Applied Sciences Outstanding Faculty, Jennifer Farish

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Two University of Mississippi professors have been honored for their work in the fields of childhood obesity and nutrition education by being named the 2007 outstanding faculty in the School of Applied Sciences.


Chancellor Presents Campus Flag To Outgoing Asb President As Memento, Rebecca Lauck Cleary May 2007

Chancellor Presents Campus Flag To Outgoing Asb President As Memento, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Roun McNeal, outgoing Associated Student Body president at the University of Mississippi, received a special gift Thursday morning from Chancellor Robert C. Khayat.


Spanish Teaching Program Garners Success In Oxford Kindergarten Classes, Lydia Hailman May 2007

Spanish Teaching Program Garners Success In Oxford Kindergarten Classes, Lydia Hailman

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Kindergarteners at Bramlett Elementary School in Oxford are learning shapes, colors and numbers like most 5-year-olds, except these kids are being taught in Spanish.


Never Say Never: 60-Year-Old Grandmother Among Spring Graduates, Tobie Baker May 2007

Never Say Never: 60-Year-Old Grandmother Among Spring Graduates, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Proud of every gray hair on her head, Mary Kathryn Smith of Oakland - a high school dropout, former factory worker and 60-year-old grandmother of three - has defied the odds and is slated to graduate Saturday (May 12) from the University of Mississippi with a 3.9 grade-point average.


Student Alumni Council Wins Top Award For 'Bridging The Gap' Networking Program, Lauren Freeman May 2007

Student Alumni Council Wins Top Award For 'Bridging The Gap' Networking Program, Lauren Freeman

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi Student Alumni Council's "Bridging the Gap" networking program took home an award for Most Outstanding External Program at the recent Association of Student Advancement Programs District III Conference.


Two Professors Receive Orau Faculty Enhancement Awards, Edwin Smith May 2007

Two Professors Receive Orau Faculty Enhancement Awards, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Two University of Mississippi researchers are recipients of Oak Ridge Associated Universities' 2007 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards.


Education School Honors Waldrop As Alum Of The Year, Tobie Baker May 2007

Education School Honors Waldrop As Alum Of The Year, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi School of Education has named Michael Waldrop as its 2007 Alumnus of the Year.


Law Student Honored With Inaugural Tom Mason Award, Jennifer Farish May 2007

Law Student Honored With Inaugural Tom Mason Award, Jennifer Farish

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - An award honoring late University of Mississippi law professor Tom Mason has been given for the first time to the law school's outstanding student in the American Board of Trial Advocates, or ABOTA, class.


Honors College Student Named Nsf Graduate Research Fellow, Edwin Smith May 2007

Honors College Student Named Nsf Graduate Research Fellow, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A student in the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College at the University of Mississippi has been named a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow.


Concepts For Personalized News Web Site, Weekly Newspaper Win Gillespie Competition, Megan Daniel May 2007

Concepts For Personalized News Web Site, Weekly Newspaper Win Gillespie Competition, Megan Daniel

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Thirty-one University of Mississippi students of various majors entered the Gillespie Business Plan Competition in hopes of receiving one of two coveted $5,000 checks to help jump-start their small businesses.


Spanish Teaching Program Garners Success In Oxford Kindergarten Classes, Lydia Hailman May 2007

Spanish Teaching Program Garners Success In Oxford Kindergarten Classes, Lydia Hailman

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Kindergarteners at Bramlett Elementary School in Oxford are learning shapes, colors and numbers like most 5-year-olds, except these kids are being taught in Spanish.


Engineering School To Host Mid-South Area Engineering & Sciences Conference May 17-18, Edwin Smith May 2007

Engineering School To Host Mid-South Area Engineering & Sciences Conference May 17-18, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Scientists, engineers and other professionals from several states gather in Oxford May 17-18 for the ninth annual Mid-South Area Engineering and Sciences Conference, hosted by the University of Mississippi School of Engineering.


Senior Wins Regional Contest For Essay In Russian, Lydia Hailman May 2007

Senior Wins Regional Contest For Essay In Russian, Lydia Hailman

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A University of Mississippi student has won first prize in the Southern Conference on Slavic Studies' student essay contest.


Mathematics Students Fare Well Against Peers From Ivy Institutions, Elaine Pugh May 2007

Mathematics Students Fare Well Against Peers From Ivy Institutions, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Mathematics students from the University of Mississippi placed in the top 100 teams in the annual William Lowell Putnam Mathematics Competition in North America.


Chemistry Professor Receives Award For Outstanding Teaching Of Freshmen, Edwin Smith May 2007

Chemistry Professor Receives Award For Outstanding Teaching Of Freshmen, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Jason Ritchie, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, is recipient of the University of Mississippi's 21st annual Cora Lee Graham Award for Outstanding Teaching of Freshmen.


Donor Establishes Endowed Graduate Scholarship For Ole Miss Tri Deltas, Sonia Thompson May 2007

Donor Establishes Endowed Graduate Scholarship For Ole Miss Tri Deltas, Sonia Thompson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - More members of Delta Delta Delta sorority at the University of Mississippi have the opportunity to pursue advanced degrees, thanks to a new scholarship just for them.


Teacher Corps Graduate Leads Inner-City School To National Competition, Tobie Baker May 2007

Teacher Corps Graduate Leads Inner-City School To National Competition, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – An inner-city high school in Jackson has defeated the odds: Its quiz bowl team has won statewide competition and its students have raised enough money to cover the team's expenses to Chicago for the National Academic Quiz Tournaments competition later this month.


Artist Series Concludes Sunday With Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Deborah Purnell May 2007

Artist Series Concludes Sunday With Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The famed Artist Series at the University of Mississippi concludes its season Sunday (May 6) with a performance by the Memphis Symphony Orchestra.


Toyota Consultant Says Plans Taking Shape For Automotive Center, Edwin Smith May 2007

Toyota Consultant Says Plans Taking Shape For Automotive Center, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Plans for a new Center for Manufacturing Excellence at the University of Mississippi are beginning to take shape, said the attorney who served as head of the Toyota site selection team.