Southern Experience

Ferguson: Get Out of the Boat

A personal reflection on stepping into a new season of life and the courage it takes to get out of the boat.

A Chronic Case of the Blues

Alumni turn campus business into a music industry icon OXFORD, Miss. – In the early 1960s, some of the hottest groups booked for parties at...

The Couch Potato Cure

Tips to keep your kids from hibernating When it’s dark long before dinnertime and temperatures are finger- and toe-numbing outside, the urge to hibernate hits....

Holy Grail Of Grove Tailgating Rises Again

An Ole Miss Family Deep roots matter at Ole Miss and you can't go back any farther in Ole Miss football history than when you...

Always On My Mind: A Blues and Civil Rights Tour of the Mississippi Delta

  We’re five miles west of Avalon, Miss., traveling an unpaved road in a chartered bus, when we arrive at our intended destination: the isolated...

Darling Honored for Leadership in Early Childhood Education

Education professor recognized for statewide impact on early learning standards OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi early childhood education expert Lynn Darling is the recipient...

Students Join Community for MLK Day of Service

Events to include mentoring middle school students, community projects OXFORD, Miss. – Groups of University of Mississippi students are working with Lafayette County and Oxford...

In the Crystal Ball Jan. 18 Are Great Community Leaders

Hernando, Miss.– The 14th Crystal Ball on Jan. 18 will provide the backdrop to honor outstanding Community Stars from North Mississippi. The Crystal Ball helps...

UM Doctoral Student Remembered as a Determined Spirit

Kevser Ermin Memorial Lecture will honor passionate, dedicated student and instructor OXFORD, Miss. – Kevser Ermin, a doctoral student remembered for her tragic 2011 death...

John Hailman's From Midnight to Guntown: Thunder Eagle

As a federal prosecutor in Mississippi for over thirty years, John Hailman worked with federal agents, lawyers, judges, and criminals of every stripe. In From Midnight to...

Charleston, Miss. Volunteer Cal Trout Named Man of Year

Consummate volunteer Cal Trout of Charleston, Miss., is the Dan Maddox Man of the Year. "Whether it’s money to be raised, committees to be formed,...