One by one, landscaping services workers color the Grove with school spirit, dotting the grass with the infamous blue and red trashcans. It takes a group of five or six workers around three to four hours to place up to 1,200 44-gallon cans in the 10-acre grove and surrounding areas. Workers start placing...
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As the holiday break approaches and most students are planning winter break adventures, internships or jobs, others will be in the classrooms taking courses offered through the University’s annual winter intersession. Kenneth J. Sufka, professor of psychology and pharmacology and research professor at the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, has taught winter...
With a strong focus on overall patient care, standard safety procedures and safer surgery methods, Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi passed its national patient safety report card with flying colors. Of the 33 hospitals in the state, Baptist Memorial Hospital is one of five hospitals who received an “A” for the fall 2015 reporting period in The Leapfrog Group’s...
For some students, studying abroad is the experience of a lifetime, but many do not realize the financial implications or aid available to them through the University. Skip Langley, study abroad advisor at the Office of Global Engagement, said the University sends around 75-100 students abroad during fall semester and about 150 students in the spring. Many students do...
Mississippi no longer holds the title of being the most obese state, as it dropped from No. 1 to No. 3 in a recent September Poll. The Trust for America’s Health, a health policy organization based in Washington, D.C., ranked Mississippi third out of 50 states, including the District of Columbia for obesity percentage in its annual “State of Obesity” report. Weighing...
