By Edwin Smith, University Communications Successful University of Mississippi School of Engineering alumni, faculty and students received their due Thursday (April 20) during the school’s 2017 Honors Banquet. The annual awards were presented by Dean Alex Cheng and others at the Inn at Ole Miss. Alumni recipients are Karen Comer Matthews (BSCE 85), president and […]
Limited Edition Decal Another Way to Stick with Us
Has your Alumni Association car decal seen better days? The OMAA is giving Rebels a new look by offering a limited edition decal featuring a new red and navy blue design. The limited edition decal features the Alumni Association’s iconic navy blue “M” logo with a red Ole Miss crest and a clear background. “The […]
Alan McKay Named Pharmacy Alumnus of the Year
By Sydney Slotkin DuPriest Alan McKay (MS 78, PhD 80), founding dean emeritus of the Shenandoah University Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy, was named the 2017 University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy Distinguished Alumnus of the Year. McKay completed his master’s and Ph.D. in health care administration, now called pharmacy administration, from the University […]
Alumni Profile: Bailey is SHRP Pick for Alumna of the Year
By Amanda Manning Markow, UMMC Division of Public Affairs Dr. Jessica Bailey (BS 80) always knew she wanted to be in health care, but education wasn’t originally in her career plans. Honored as Alumnus of the Year during SHRP Alumni Day on March 24, the dean of the School of Health Related Professions and chair […]
Alumni Profile: Jennifer Urban
By Chloe Riley Not every job allows you to interact with clients from all over the globe on a daily basis, but for alumna Jennifer Urban (BA 11, MBA 13, JD 15, LLM 16), an associate in Cozen O’Connor’s Washington D.C. office, that’s just a minor part of her job description. Working within the trade […]
Alumni Profile: Alane Parris
By Chloe Riley Seeing the world one flight at a time, alumna Alane Parris (BAJ 15) embarked on her journey as a flight attendant for United Airlines shortly after graduating. As a journalism major with a specialization in public relations, even Parris was surprised by the turn her career path took. Looking for a job […]
Three Generations Forge Family Tradition in Medicine
By Amanda Markow, UMMC Division of Public Affairs It’s not uncommon for a family to remain loyal to a university or college through several generations. But when Dr. Paul Harold Moore Sr. (MEd 51, MD 59) graduated from the four-year School of Medicine nearly six decades ago, he began forging a singular family tradition of […]
Alumni Association Adds 1,000 New Members in 2016
In spring 2016, the Ole Miss Alumni Association launched an ambitious campaign to reach 30,000 active members by July 15, 2017, the 165th anniversary of our Alumni Association’s founding. In the first eight months of the campaign, the OMAA added more than 1,000 members—a remarkable start to the effort to make the Alumni Association rank […]
And the Winner of Our Holiday Contest Is …
Cynthia Hallberg (BBA 85) of Germantown, Tenn., is the winner of the Ole Miss Alumni Association’s Holiday Giveaway Contest, taking home prizes donated by Cowboy Maloney’s Home Store and Catstudio. The contest encouraged alumni and friends of Ole Miss to download and use the new Ole Miss Alumni App, available on the App Store and […]
Alumni Profile: Tamara Crawford
By Chloe Riley A few months after she graduated from the University of Mississippi, Tamara Crawford (BSME 02) took the leap of faith that ultimately jump-started a long and successful career at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company. In the midst of her junior year of college, Crawford was working on a class assignment by Dr. Ellen […]
