Higher Ed Student Takes Leadership Role in NIRSA
UM Higher Education M.A. student Caroline Ciell was elected as a volunteer student leader in NIRSA: Leaders in Collegiate Recreation and will serve a one-year term, ending in April 30, 2019. NIRSA is the professional association for collegiate recreation. “We believe that participation in campus recreation programming can help make our global community healthier,” Ciell […]
Ed.D. Student Takes New Role in Student Success
Higher Education Ed.D. student Rachael Durham was named Assistant Director for First-Year Experience in the UM Center for Student Success on Jan. 2, 2019. Rachael has worked in student affairs at UM since 2008 and received her master’s degree in
Higher Education/Student Personnel in 2012. “I am thrilled for the opportunity to work in this […]
Graduate Student Publishes Book Chapter
Laura Martin, UM Higher Education graduate student, recently published a book chapter in Service Learning to Advance Access and Success: Bridging Institutional and Community Capacity. “The manuscript is a product of what I learned in EDRS 704 Foundation of Qualitative Methodology with Dr. Britton and EDHE 656 Student Services in Higher Education with Drs. Hephner […]
Master’s Student to Present at Black Issues Conference at Bowling Green State
UM Higher Education M.A. student Terrian Garvis will participate in the upcoming Black Issues conference at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. The conference will be held on Feb. 22. Garvis will present “Do I Even Belong Here? A Personal Reflection of Racial Events at the University of Mississippi.” After receiving a bachelor’s degree in […]
Alumnus Named Dean Emeritus at Mississippi College
Higher Education Alumnus Don W. Locke (Ed.D. 68) was recently named Professor and Dean Emeritus at Mississippi College. Locke, who retired in 2017, served as Dean at the MC School of Education for over 19 years after positions at Mississippi State University and the University of Louisiana at Monroe. “My career focus has been developing […]
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