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Vice Chancellor Larry Sparks to retire at the end of the year

Larry Sparks, vice chancellor for administration and finance, will retire at the end of 2020, according to a statement from the university. Sparks, who has worked at the university since 1997, also

August 17, 2020

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Following the funds: Why has tuition been increasing?

Editor’s note: An earlier version of this article incompletely described the revenues and expenditures for the education and general enterprise fund on the Oxford campus. The original version did not distinguish that

June 27, 2019

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Sparks breaks silence, questions about the statue remain

The faculty senate unanimously joined the call to relocate the Confederate monument from the Circle to the Confederate cemetery on campus by passing a resolution on Thursday, but the debate over who

March 8, 2019

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Sparks calls push for student representation on IHL a ‘waste of time’’

Interim Chancellor Larry Sparks said achieving student representation on the state college board would be a difficult feat to accomplish because of the fact that the board’s makeup is determined by the

February 21, 2019

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‘Man of the institution’: An interview with Interim Chancellor Larry Sparks

Larry Sparks is an insider, and he thinks that’s just what the university needs right now. He became the school’s interim chancellor on Jan. 2, departing from the Office of Administration and

February 4, 2019

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OPINION: Welcome, Interim Chancellor Sparks

The University of Mississippi is in an era of change. From new campus buildings like the Student Union, to emerging academic programs such as the Haley Barbour Center for the Study of

January 29, 2019

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Larry Sparks named Interim Chancellor of Ole Miss

Larry Sparks will be the interim chancellor of the University of Mississippi, according to a press release from the state College Board. “It is an honor to serve the University during this

November 15, 2018

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