Violet Jira, Author at The Daily Mississippian

UM is now the only school in SEC West to continue to require masks in classrooms

Update: On Mar. 1 University of Mississippi Chancellor Glenn Boyce announced that effective Mar. 2, the university will be going mask-optional. Masks will only be required in healthcare settings and on transit

February 28, 2022

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UM ASB Senate and Faculty Senate condemn anti-CRT vote

The University of Mississippi’s Associated Student Body and Faculty senates voted this week to condemn the Mississippi State Senate’s passage of Senate Bill 2113, which would ban the teaching of critical race

February 24, 2022

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In the business of beauty

When the coronavirus pandemic shocked the world into a standstill two years ago, Johnnie Dudley, like many, used the time to reflect with her family about the things they wanted and needed

February 24, 2022

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ASB Senate votes to condemn MS State Senate’s passage of Senate Bill 2113

The University of Mississippi’s Associated Student Body Senate voted Tuesday evening to condemn the Mississippi State Senate’s passage of Senate Bill 2113, “Critical Race Theory; prohibit.” Thirty-eight senators voted to pass the

February 22, 2022

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Strum selected as Pharmacy School Dean

Donna Strum has been named Dean of the Pharmacy School and Executive Director of Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences after the Institutions of Higher Learning’s Board of Trustees approved her appointment during

February 18, 2022

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Oxford could expand EV charger access

Oxford will be home to two more new electric vehicle fast charging stations after the Oxford Board of Aldermen unanimously voted to authorize Mayor Robyn Tannehill to sign onto the Tennessee Valley

February 14, 2022

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Pedestrian pathway closes for Duff Center construction

As the construction of the Duff Center for Science and Technology moves forward, University of Mississippi roads is advising pedestrians that sidewalks near the site of construction will be closed. “In order

February 14, 2022

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SOJNM welcomes dean candidates to campus

The University of Mississippi School of Journalism and New Media has moved into the next phase of finding a dean to lead the school. Throughout the next week, the school will be

February 13, 2022

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Love at the library

Most people walk out of the University of Mississippi’s J.D. Williams Library with books. But on Dec. 14, Mweyeria Offord walked out with a question — and an answer — for her

February 13, 2022

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Anti-Critical Race Theory legislation alarms some UM students and faculty

When every Black lawmaker in the Mississippi state Senate walked out in January in protest of a bill prohibiting the teaching of critical race theory in the state’s public schools and universities,

February 10, 2022

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