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The University of Mississippi was the first college in the Southeast to hire a female faculty member: Sarah McGehee Isom in 1885. The nickname "Ole Miss" dates to 1897, when the student yearbook was first published. A contest was held to solicit suggestions for a yearbook title from the student body, and Elma Meek submitted the winning entry.
Ole Miss also owns University-Oxford Airport, which is located north of the main campus. [79] North Mississippi Japanese Supplementary School, a Japanese weekend school, is operated in conjunction with Ole Miss, with classes held on campus. [94] [95] It opened in 2008 and was jointly established by several Japanese companies and the university.
The Croft Institute for International Studies (or Croft) offers a B.A. degree in international studies in conjunction with the University of Mississippi's college of Liberal Arts. The degree combines the study of global economics, history, politics and social relations with the study of languages and cultures in a multidisciplinary curriculum.
(The Center Square) – Mississippi state Sen. Angela Burks Hill introduced a bill that would end diversity, equity, and inclusion ideology in the state’s higher education system. Senate Bill ...
When the University of Mississippi was ordered by a federal court to admit Black students in 1962, 2,000 white people rioted against the arrival of the new student, James Meredith.
Glenn Boyce is an American academic administrator. He is currently the chancellor of the University of Mississippi.Prior to working at the university, Boyce was commissioner of the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning from 2015 to 2018 and president of Holmes Community College.
James Meredith was a civil rights activist who enrolled at the University of Mississippi in 1962, becoming the first African American student at the university. However, his enrollment was opposed by proponents of racial segregation, with this opposition escalating into the Ole Miss riot of 1962, which led to two deaths and numerous injuries. [1]
ISS student analysts were joined by student scholars visiting from other Center of Academic Excellence schools and organized into one of five agencies, CIA, DIA, FBI, NSA, and State Department. The exercise leads students through a realistic national security or all-hazards disaster scenario similar to what they might face one day as ...