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Website. olemiss.edu. The University of Mississippi ( byname Ole Miss) is a public research university in University, Mississippi, with a medical center in Jackson. It is Mississippi's oldest public university and is the state's second largest by enrollment. [ 4] The Mississippi Legislature chartered the university on February 24, 1844, and ...
The University of Mississippi was the first college in the Southeast to hire a female faculty member: Sarah McGehee Isom in 1885. The nickname "Ole Miss" dates to 1897, when the student yearbook was first published. A contest was held to solicit suggestions for a yearbook title from the student body, and Elma Meek submitted the winning entry.
The Ole Miss riot of 1962 (September 30 – October 1, 1962), also known as the Battle of Oxford, [1] was a violent disturbance that occurred at the University of Mississippi —commonly called Ole Miss—in Oxford, Mississippi, as Segregationist rioters sought to prevent the enrollment of African American applicant James Meredith.
The Rebels' junior quarterback took his share of lumps in his first season at Ole Miss, a theme that was common throughout the entire team. After starting 7-0, ...
The Ole Miss Rebels are the 18 men's and women's intercollegiate athletic teams that are funded by and represent the University of Mississippi, located in Oxford. The first was the football team, which began play in 1893. Originally known as the "Mississippi Flood", the teams were renamed the Rebels in 1936. [2]
Designated CP. October 7, 2008. The Lyceum is an academic building at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi. Designed by English architect William Nichols, it was named after Aristotle 's Lyceum. It purportedly contains the oldest academic bell in the United States.
Lyceum–The Circle Historic District. / 34.366000°N 89.534917°W / 34.366000; -89.534917. The Lyceum–The Circle Historic District is a historic district within the University of Mississippi campus in Oxford, Mississippi. It includes eight buildings and several monuments lining University Circle, and surrounds "The Circle" on the campus.
Winifred Hamrick Farrar (1923–2010), Mississippi poet laureate [4] John Faulkner (1901–1963), plain-style writer, brother of William Faulkner. William Faulkner (1897–1962), author, Nobel laureate. John Grisham, author, attorney, state representative. Carolyn Haines, author. Greg Iles, novelist, screenwriter.