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My Ole Miss Wish: Benjamin Clark
University of Mississippi
#OleMissWish, a philanthropic effort of the Ole Miss Student Veterans Association, gave Benjamin Clark and his family a weekend they will never forget! Video by Joe York
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My Ole Miss Wish: Colton Bullock
University of Mississippi
On April 27, the Walk of Champions through the Grove at the University of Mississippi was reserved for just one champion: 8-year-old Colton Bullock of Brandon.
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Ole Miss National Spot 2017
University of Mississippi
National Spot for the University of Mississippi
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The Ole Miss Family
University of Mississippi
Listen to some of our current students talk about how great it is to be a member of the Ole Miss Family. Also, check out https://admissions.olemiss.edu/ for more information about applying and scheduling a visit.
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The University of Mississippi's 165th Commencement
University of Mississippi
Watch the 165th annual University of Mississippi Commencement exercises. Welcome: 27:14 Introduction of platform party: 35:34 Elsie Hood Outstanding Teacher recognition: 38:02 Presentation of Frist Award: 38:44 Presentation of Distinguished Research and Creative Achievement Award: 46:25 Presentation of Humanitarian Award: 52:13 Remarks by senior class president Guy Fortenberry Thornton: 57:47 Introduction of and remarks by Commencement speaker Walter Isaacson: 1:05:13 Conferral of degrees, charge to Class of 2018, and conclusion: 1:34:32
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University of Mississippi Chinese & Flagship: A Student's Perspective
University of Mississippi
UM Chinese Flagship is one of 31 programs at universities around the U.S. with federal funding from the National Security Education Program to teach languages locally and abroad with the goal of bringing students to professional levels of cultural competence and linguistic proficiency in languages of critical importance to global business and national security. Since 2003, Flagship has bolstered the academic experience and professional preparedness of Ole Miss students. Students with majors as far-ranging as Accountancy, Psychology, and Chemical Engineering have benefitted from Flagship certification, landing competitive jobs in sectors ranging from technology to business, medicine, intel, etc. For more information about the UM Chinese Flagship program visit: https://chinese.olemiss.edu/
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Value of Liberal Arts Education at the University of Mississippi
University of Mississippi
See three University of Mississippi alumni discuss the value of a Liberal Arts education as well as their experiences while attending the institution.
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Warrior Week ROTC Student Spotlight (Air Force)
University of Mississippi
Check out our Warrior Week ROTC Student Spotlight. John P. Cronin C/LT COL, AFROTC #OleMissWarriorWeek ���� #HottyToddy
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Warrior Week ROTC Student Spotlight (Army)
University of Mississippi
Check out our Warrior Week ROTC Student Spotlight. Michael Lanagan Army ROTC #OleMissWarriorWeek ���� #HottyToddy
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Warrior Week ROTC Student Spotlight (Marines)
University of Mississippi
Check out our Warrior Week ROTC Student Spotlight. Easton Pittman Marines, ROTC #OleMissWarriorWeek ���� #HottyToddy
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Warrior Week ROTC Student Spotlight (Navy)
University of Mississippi
Check out our Warrior Week ROTC Student Spotlight. Garrett Booth Navy, ROTC #OleMissWarriorWeek ���� #HottyToddy
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Why Ole Miss?
University of Mississippi
Why Ole Miss? Hear firsthand from current Ole Miss students as to why they chose to attend the University of Mississippi. Also, check out https://admissions.olemiss.edu/ for more information about applying and scheduling a visit.
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Celebrating Mississippi's Bicentennial: 1868 Constitutional Convention
Jennifer Ford
Immediately after the end of the Civil War, Mississippi was required by Congress to rewrite its constitution. Congress invalidated the 1865 constitution which was produced due to the extreme restrictions placed on African Americans and Mississippi’s defiance of Universal Manhood Suffrage. Congressional reconstruction had begun by the time of the State’s next attempt at a governing document. The 1868 Constitutional Convention, known later by the insensitive name “The Black and Tan Convention” was the state’s first biracial election which included seventeen African American delegates.
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Celebrating Mississippi's Bicentennial: Ballots
Leigh McWhite
In early 19th century American elections, political parties printed ballots in newspapers or distributed them at the polls. These documents listed everyone running for office from that specific party. Mississippi did not adopt the secret ballot supplied by the state and listing all parties’ candidates until 1890.
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Celebrating Mississippi's Bicentennial: Commemorative Stamps
Leigh McWhite
Dr. Dunbar Rowland, Director of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History began commemorating in 1915 for celebration of the state’s centennial year of statehood in 1917. He argued, in addition to historical and patriotic retrospection, recognition of the states accomplishment’s over the past 100 years would energize Mississippi’s forward momentum into the 20th century.
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Celebrating Mississippi's Bicentennial: Mississippi/Alabama Plate Map
Jennifer Ford
A hand colored plate from the 1822 publication by Luke Drury called A Geography for Schools features the newly formed state of Mississippi along with Alabama. Drury's early American geography book contains 40 hand colored maps including maps of the Americas as well as Europe and other regions.
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Celebrating Mississippi's Bicentennial: Mississippi Folklore
Greg Johnson
There were a number of folklorists and collectors that went all around the country during the New Deal, as part of the Works Progress Administration, collecting examples of folk songs, folk customs, folk lore, folk stories, just all of the things that make a people united in different regions. And all of these come from, when you trace these back, you can see examples of early Irish, Scottish, English, settlers in the country as well as those folk stories and tales from France that made their way here, folk stories from parts of Africa and the Caribbean and Native American folk tales and culture that have all kind of comingled here in Mississippi to form our very diverse and unique folk culture.
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Celebrating Mississippi's Bicentennial: Mississippi Music
Greg Johnson
Driving into the state, visitors are greeted with signs reading “Welcome to Mississippi, Birthplace of America’s Music”. We have the blues from the Delta and Hill Country region, we have Elvis out of Tupelo, and we have Jimmy Rodgers from Meridian, Mississippi, as well as opera soprano Leontyne Price from Laurel, Mississippi.
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Celebrating Mississippi's Bicentennial: Pre-Mississippi Map
Jennifer Ford
A hand colored map, created by one of the most prolific cartographers of the 18th century, Johann Baptiste Homann, known as the buffalo map, due to the stylized depictions of buffalo featured in the top left and bottom right corners, depicts what would become the United States east of the Rocky Mountains. Our version was likely printed around 1763 although the original date on the map is 1687.
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Celebrating Mississippi's Bicentennial: Rebellion Map
Jennifer Ford
Charles O. Perrine’s first separately issued map, dated 1862, published in Indianapolis during the Civil War, of the states then in rebellion under the title “Perrine’s New Military Map Illustrating the Seat of War” provides a crude but striking depiction of the Southern United States with an insert map of Florida. This version is much rarer than Perrine’s 1864 map entitled the “New Topographical War Map of the South”. Separately printed wartime maps, as well as those published in journals and newspapers, were actively collected and became increasingly important as families attempted to track the location of their loved ones across regions, many of which were unfamiliar to them.
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Celebrating Mississippi's Bicentennial: School Textbooks
Lauren Rogers
During the mid-1970’s Mississippi public schools had been integrated formally for about half a decade, meaning that white and African American students were working alongside each other using the same textbooks. This was problematic, however, given that the textbooks themselves may have contributed to a persistent sense of racism and discrimination in these schools.
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Celebrating Mississippi's Bicentennial: Sheet Music
Greg Johnson
You can learn a lot about a culture or a place through sheet music titles, song content, lyrics, cover art that you see on the sheet music itself. Mississippi is no exception, when you see a lot of music from the south or about the south, particularly music that was printed from the late 1800s into the first three or even four decades of the 20th century, we see a lot of nostalgic visions for the old south, for this sort of glorified place that never existed.
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Celebrating Mississippi's Bicentennial: Suffrage Movement
Lauren Rogers
The early women’s suffrage movement began in 1848 as an offshoot of the anti-slavery movement but was somewhat delayed by greater world events such as the Civil War and emancipation. In 1890 the Mississippi Woman Suffrage Association was formed and led by Nellie Nugent Somerville. Their efforts were to gain the vote for women in the state of Mississippi. In their constitution the Mississippi Woman Suffrage Association sought to advance the industrial, educational, and legal rights of woman and to secure suffrage for them.
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Celebrating Mississippi's Bicentennial: Who's Who
Leigh McWhite
A number of reference publications exist with the title “Who’s Who” which contain brief biographical information on noted individuals.
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Celebrating Mississippi's Bicentennial: William Winter Bicentennial Comments
William Winter
By its very nature the state's bicentennial year is an important event in the history of Mississippi. Two hundred years of existence as a state of the United States of America. That of itself is worthy of observing but for Mississippi 200 years of history is includes so many unique and exciting and memorable events. We still live in this great country under the same structure of government the same Constitution hopefully under the same principles. Now we have an opportunity to look back and observe how far we've come and how much we've accomplished but more importantly how much we still have left to do. We must make this 200th year the basis for celebrating not only our history but celebrating the accomplishments that I think we can look forward to in the future.
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Flagship Constellations Initiative Event
University of Mississippi
On Friday, Nov. 17, 2017, the University of Mississippi unveiled the Flagship Constellations during an hour-long presentation held at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts. See how each constellation plans to bring together members of the UM community to inspire meaningful solutions to complicated issues.
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Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College
University of Mississippi
Interested in the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College? See how they can prepare you for future success. Produced by Deer Run Media (www.deerrunmedia.com).-
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The University of Mississippi's 164th Commencement
University of Mississippi
Watch the #OleMiss Commencement 2017 livestream. #HottyToddy
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Commencement 2016
University of Mississippi
Relive the special moments of Ole Miss Commencement 2016.
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The University of Mississippi's 163rd Commencement
University of Mississippi
Morning convocation from the Grove at Ole Miss featuring Tom Brokaw on Saturday, May 14, 2016.
Promotional videos made for the university's YouTube page.
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