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The University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy has once again been recognized as one of the nation’s top pharmacy schools, accepting the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy’s Lawrence C. Weaver Transformative Community Service Award.

Starting at 10 a.m. Tuesday, students in the Meek School of Journalism and New Media will be covering election-related events in Oxford and Lafayette County.

Check the Mississippi Election Day blog often to see what’s happening at the polls, what political experts have to say about the most significant races and issues, how the party faithful are spending the final hours and what’s driving voters to cast their ballots.

Nov. 7, 2011

From the Office of the Chancellor:

Dear Ole Miss Family,

Mississippians across the state are hoping to make the ballot easier to use and understand with a presidential election just months away.

By the late 1990s, the University of Mississippi had already enrolled its first black student, cheered on its first black student-athlete, elected its first black Miss Ole Miss and crowned its first black Miss University. However, at the turn of the millennium the students had yet to be led by a black Associated Student Body president.

Two major campus issues were brought up Tuesday night during the Associated Students Body Senate meeting at the University of Mississippi.

Resolution 12-1, the re-written green fund legislation saw the floor first. Senator Will Bedwell, along with green fund proponents Zach Jarjoura and Taylor Cook, explained the minor changes to the legislation that were requested by ASB president Taylor McGraw after his veto of the original legislation in December.

The local chapter for United Way has already exceeded its goal of $160,000 that began last November.

Donations from faculty and students across campus are a huge reason why the program has been so successful.

Since 1970, the Lafayette County chapter of United Way has found agencies that are serving people then raises money for them to help their cause.

Thanks in large part to on-campus events, United Way raised $10,000 more than it did last year.

The Associated Student Body at the University of Mississippi is encouraging students to be “good.” For 21 days, at least.
The first major of initiative from the ASB in 2012 will start tomorrow.
The challenge, “21 Days of Good,” is a challenge for students to complete something ASB deputy chief of staff Katie Smith describes as easily doable. The task hopes to foster increased personal interaction among the student body, Smith said.
ASB president Taylor McGraw said he is excited to see the initiative in action.

The Associated Student Body Senate will once again view legislation in support of the green fund tonight.
The initial legislation brought up in late November saw a setback after making it to the desk of ASB president Taylor McGraw, who vetoed the legislation.
McGraw said “mandatory student fees for narrow purposes” was his greatest concern.

Citizens impact their communities across the country in positive ways every day. Often those stories don’t get told.
Not In Our Town is a group that empowers people to fight hate and intolerance in their communities.
The group provides assistance to communities holding dialogues between groups that are having conflicts.
It helps citizens brainstorm possible responses to intolerance and also screen films on the work of other communities.

Students, professors, administrators and Oxonians alike filled the seats of the Gertrude C. Ford Center this past Friday to support the 2012 University of Mississippi Hall of Fame class, as well the annual Who’s Who of American Universities and Colleges.
Chancellor Dan Jones gave the opening statement and was joined by Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Sparky Reardon and Provost Morris Stocks.
“It’s a great event for the university,” Jones said. “It’s always a happy occasion for the university.”