Paper Writing Opportunities: Wednesday Workshops at the Library

Fedex Recruiting Team Offers Resume Advice September 12

Fedex is sending their top recruiters to campus to teach students how to build a HIGHLY COMPETITIVE resume on 9/12 in Connor Hall Room 111 at 4:30 PM. GO!!

Volunteer Opportunities, Get Involved!

Visit Volunteer Oxford’s website www.volunteeroxford.org,  call 662.236.6662, or send an email to volunteer@oxfordms.net, or visit them at 107 Courthouse Square.  To learn more about Volunteer Oxford read this article.

Volunteer Oxford’s Facebook page features a lot of opportunities to get involved and get your three hours of required service for the semester. Here are a few:

The Lafayette County Literacy Council Facebook page offers information about this organization with a mission “to improve literacy and encourage the love of reading in Oxford and Lafayette County.”

Learn about the Oxford-Lafayette Habitat for Humanity on Facebook and the Oxford-Lafayette Humane Society on Facebook.

Chancellor Jones and others talk about the importance of volunteering on this video.

 

 

 

How to Join the “Meredith and Me” Movement

The weekend of Sept. 30 – Oct. 1 of this year marks a significant anniversary for the university. As students, you are an important part of this commemoration, and you are the living symbol of the great accomplishments still to be achieved by our university’s graduates. Each of you is encouraged to find a way to get involved in an event related to this significant anniversary. It is an opportunity to witness a historic day for the university – the type of experience that you will carry with you for the rest of your life.

Students are being encouraged to base their comments, thoughts and observations about the 50^thanniversary on the four words on the Civil Rights Monument between the UM library and the Lyceum: Courage, Opportunity, Perseverance, and Leadership. Each week before the walk on September 30th posters and other materials using one of those words will be distributed around campus. We want you to get involved!

Tweeters: Join the hashtag campaign by tweeting a favorite quote, personal observation or fact. Be sure to add #meredithandme so that your tweet can become part of the university’s archives on this significant event.

Instagramers: Post a picture related to one of the 50^th anniversary events to an Instagram account created for the event. Follow meredithandme on Instagram or tag your photo #meredithandme

Facebookers: Contact Coulter Ward, assistant dean of students for student organizations, at 662-915-7248 or ecward@go.olemiss.edu to receive a Facebook cover photo especially for students to share on their personal Facebook pages. Or, follow student-related news about the 50th at http://facebook.com/um50th

For digital versions of the posters to be used in social media, contact Jennifer Farish, associate director of integrated marketing at 662-915-5079 or mailto:jpfarish@olemiss.edu.

UM sets events to observe 50th anniversary of integration

James Meredith at commencement ceremony (above).

REFLECTION PAPERS OF 100-250 WORDS ABOUT ALL OF THESE EVENTS ARE ACCEPTED AND ENCOURAGED.

On the 50th anniversary of integration at University of Mississippi, the focus is on commemorating 50 years of progress in racial reconciliation. The university is planning several events throughout late September and early October, including panel discussions, lectures, a prayer service, a campus walk and tributes.

For a complete list of events, see http://50years.olemiss.edu.

Social activist, singer, songwriter, and actor Harry Belafonte will speak at 6 p.m. Oct. 1 in the Ford Center for the Performing Arts, and a limited number of seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Attendance is FREE but tickets are required. Please email me if you’d like to attend.

September 30 and October 1 Events

Sunday, Sept. 30

Statewide Day of Remembrance: “A Walk of Reconciliation and Redemption”
6:30 p.m.
Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts

Prayer Service on the Lyceum Steps at Ole Miss led by local religious community
7 p.m.

“REBELS: James Meredith & the Integration of Ole Miss”
8 p.m.
Narrators: Andrew Harper and Matthew Graves (52-minute documentary)
Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts

Monday, Oct. 1

“The U.S. Marshals and Oxford—A 50th Anniversary Panel”
9:30 a.m.
Panelists: John Meredith, son of James Meredith; Don Forsht, Hershel Garner, Denzil N. Bud Staple, Curt Bowden and Robert Moore, retired deputy U.S. marshals
Master of ceremonies: David Turk, U.S. Marshals Service historian
Student Union Ballroom

Black Student Union Tribute to James Meredith
11 a.m.
Student Union Lobby

“A Lawyer’s Impact: Mississippi Burning”
1:30 p.m. 
Speaker: John Doar, former assistant attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice
Robert C. Khayat Law Center, Room 1078

“Integration at Ole Miss — from an Army Perspective”
3 p.m.
Speaker: Henry Gallagher, author of James Meredith and the Ole Miss Riot
Overby Center

“Meredith and Me: The Walk”
5:30 p.m.
50 Years of Integration at the University of Mississippi
Civil Rights Monument

“50 Years of Integration, Opening the Closed Society”
6 p.m.
Keynote speaker: Harry Belafonte
Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts
Ticket required
Overflow viewing available at Nutt Auditorium

Reception
7:15 p.m.
Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts Lower Lobby

Announcements

Athletics Convocation: I forgot to mention in class that students who attended the Athletics Convocation may write a 100 to 250 word reflective response paper about it and email to me.

Rebel Run–Another opportunity for a reflective response paper of 100 to 250 words.

Survey of Transition to UM—Please respond before Friday, September 14 to the short survey sent to you via e-mail.  This information is important to the university.  Thank you!

 

Game Day Video and Invitation

Don’t forget the invitation to the Southern Studies tent beside the Grove—here outside Barnard Observatory—tomorrow, Saturday, September 1 (two hours before the game). Free food, fabulous live music, and new friends await!

You’re also invited to the tent for these other games so save these dates:

9/1 – Central Arkansas

10/6 – Texas A&M

11/10 – Vanderbilt

11/24 – Mississippi State

Professor Offers Tips to Help College Students Earn Better Grades

Ken Sufka, a University of Mississippi professor of psychology and pharmacology, has nine tips for students in his book, The A Game: Nine Steps to Better Grades. His book shows students that studying in college is not the same as studying in high school.

“For the past two years, we have distributed The A Game to all incoming Provost Scholars,” said Associate Provost Noel Wilkin. “The sensible and useful strategies are important for all students, even those who have been successful in high school. College is a different learning environment than high school and these easy-to-implement tools will be helpful to students who want to be successful in college.”

Sufka wrote the book in order to compile the information he had been giving students for years into a convenient form.

“I saw that students had truly horrible habits in preparing for class or exams, or some had habits that might have been successful in high school, but they weren’t working in college,” said Sufka. “I’ve seen huge gains in exam scores, and I’ve seen grades go from D’s and F’s to A’s and B’s.”

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UM Career Center

Class Thursday, August 30 will meet at the UM Career Center at 303 Martindale Center for a tour and presentation. 

EVENTS: MARK YOUR CALENDAR AND BROADEN YOUR HORIZONS. . . .

FEDEX RECRUITING TEAM OFFERS RESUME ADVICE, Wednesday, September 12, 4:30 PM
Fedex is sending their top recruiters to UM to teach students how to build a HIGHLY COMPETITIVE resume on September 12 in Connor Hall Room 111 at 4:30 PM. BLCOOPER@OLEMISS.EDU

STUDY ABROAD FAIR, Thursday, September 13,10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, in the Union. Study Abroad Office, 662-915-1508, blair@olemiss.edu

CAREER DAY, October 3, 1-4 PM, The Inn at Ole Miss, To register for an event, visit www.HireOleMissRebs.com and select employer login. If you do not have a login, Click Here to Register. If you have questions regarding an event or event registration for an event please contact Dr. Casey Cockrell at 662-915-7174.

CAREER CENTER INTERNSHIP FAIR, October 31, 1-4 PM, The Inn at Ole Miss, To register for an event, visit www.HireOleMissRebs.com and select employer login. If you do not have a login, Click Here to Register. If you have questions regarding an event or event registration for an event please contact Dr. Casey Cockrell at 662-915-7174.