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Prison-to-College Pipeline Program Helps Participants Build Futures
UM-Mississippi College partnership supports pursuit of college education at correctional facilities JULY 31, 2017 BY EDWIN SMITH Co-directors Otis Pickett (back row, left) and Patrick Alexander (back row, right) with 16 graduates of the summer 2016 Prison-to-College Pipeline course at the Mississippi State Penitentiary. Submitted photo/Mississippi Department of Corrections OXFORD, Miss. – A partnership between the University of […]
English Professor Wins Pushcart Prize for Best Essay
Chris Offutt also won Kentucky Literary Award for nonfiction this year JULY 7, 2017 BY EDWIN SMITH Chris Offutt. Photo by Sandra Dyas OXFORD, Miss. – Even for someone who is already a respected, prize-winning author and screenwriter, winning the prestigious Pushcart Prize is a rewarding experience. “The Pushcart Prize is a personal milestone,” said Chris Offutt, […]
UM Summer Poet in Residence, Rose McLarney, will read at Off Square Books on June 29th, at 5:30 p.m.
McLarney will be on campus through July 15 teaching undergraduate classes and working with emerging writers in the Department of English’s Master of Fine Arts program. She also will give a reading at Off Square Books at 5:30 p.m. June 29. A book signing at 5 p.m. will precede the free event. For more information, click […]
UM Liberal Arts Graduate Programs Jump in Rankings
English, History and Political Science doctoral programs named among nation’s best MARCH 21, 2017 BY STAFF REPORT OXFORD, Miss. – On the heels of achieving the university’s highest-ever standing in the 2017 U.S. News & World Report annual rankings of Best (Undergraduate) Colleges and Universities, the publication’s most recent graduate academic program rankings confirm the […]
Olivia Davis Wins Fulbright ETA to Greece SMBHC senior Olivia Davis has been awarded a 2017 Fulbright US Student Program English Teaching Assistantship to Greece. Olivia was born in Montgomery, Alabama, but grew up in different cities and states throughout the south and went to high school in Jackson, Mississippi. She will graduate this May […]
Spotlight on Classrooms: Early American Literature at The University of Mississippi with Dr. Jaime Cantrell
Meredith recently spoke to Dr. Jaime Cantrell, Visiting Assistant Professor of English at The University of Mississippi. Dr. Cantrell has introduced undergraduate students to the importance of archival research and materials by encouraging them to become citizen transcribers for the National Archives as part of their coursework. Tell us a little about yourself. What is […]
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The Conversation comes to Oxford on Monday, October 17th and Tuesday, October 18th
The Conversation Literary Festival comes to Oxford. Second year MFA student Aziza Barnes is co-directing this inaugural southern literary festival featuring some of the country’s most celebrated African American writers. The Conversation comes to Oxford on Monday, October 17th and Tuesday, October 18th. Please click here for more details about the festival.
The Edith Baine Lecture Series presents: “Nineteenth-Century Facebook: John Ridge and the Archives of Cherokee Resistance” by Kelly Wisecup. Oct. 24th at 4:30 p.m. Barnard Observatory Tupelo Room
Kelly Wisecup is assistant professor of English at Northwestern University, where she researches and teaches Native American and early American literatures, focusing especially on Native American writers’ and activists’ engagement with colonial science, archives, and genres. Her first book, Medical Encounters: Knowledge and Identity in Early American Literatures (2013) explores how medical knowledge served as a form […]