University of Mississippi - Ole Miss Yearbook (Oxford, MS)

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INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING Front row, from leji: Dr. D.E. Magee, Jackson; Virginia Shanleau Newton, Gulfport (Vice President); Roy Klumb, Gulfport (President); David Potter, Jackson (Commissioner); Dr Bettye Neely, Grenada; Thomas Colbert, Flowood; Back row, from left: Robin Robinson, Laurel; Scott Ross, West Point: Dr L. Stacy Davidson, Cleveland; Aubrey Patterson, Tupelo: Bob Owens, Jackson: Ed Blakeslee, Gulfport; Amy Whitten, Oxford The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning is responsible for policy Md nancial oversight of the eight public institutions of higher learning. The Commissioner of Higher Education is the Board ' s agent in administering the Board ' s policies. The Board oversees degree-credit courses, research and public service acdviries and programs at the eight public universides as weU as The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service, Mississippi Agricultural Forestry and Veterinary Medicine and various other off-campus locations around the state. Available programs range from a variety of undergraduate disciplines to most professional fields. Total enrollment figures for fall 2004 show 69,323 students pursuing a college degree in the system, 80. 1 percent of which are Mississippi residents. Organizations I 263

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OLE MISS WOMEN ' S COUNCIL m he Ole Miss Women ' s Council scholars ■a rticipate in a unique leadership-mentorship program during their tenure at Ole Miss. The students are selected from a highly competitive application process to receive S20,000 scholarships. This program requires that the students maintain at least a 3.0 GPA, participate in community service, meet with mentors and attend leadership seminars. These select students are being groomed to be leaders in their communities and to hirther the servant leadership mission of the Women ' s Council. Members First row - Program Director Molly Meisenheimer, Kamesha Bailey, Ashley Ferryman, Bridget Stanford, Elizabeth Harrington, Jennifer Wilks, Academic Advisor Sue Hodge; Second row - Kyle McCool, Carlie Kollath, Kimberly Wilks, Christine Wilson, Kelly Langford, Jessica l West, April Broussard; Third row - Elise Gilbert, Megan S Edwards, Austin Gray, Jared Tucker, Holly Myers, Priscilla £ Conerly; Forth Row - Joel Duff, Herman Sylvester, Jamie Coleman, Amanda Harmon £ OLE MISS SCHOLARS at Ground Zero in New York with chaperones Ellen Rolfes, Julie Waldorf, Molly Meisenheimer and Sue Hodge AT THE TODAY SHOW, Jesssica West, Megan Edwards, Kamesha Bailey, Molly Meisenheimer, Jared Tucker, Kelly Langford, Carlie Kollath, Kimberly Wilks and Jennifer Wilks support Ole Miss in New York. CHANCELLOR KHAYAT with scholars Ashley Ferryman, Jennifer Wilks, Amanda Harmon and Kimberly Wilks at New York ' s Picnic in the Park FORMER GOVERNOR William Winter with scholars Megan Edwards and Jessica West at the Capitol in Jackson ■s5 -rta%rf;c .: s i 262 I The Ole Miss 2005

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OLE MISS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Warner Alford officially took over as executive director of tfie Ole Miss Alumni Association on July 1, 2004, with the retirement of Herb Dewees, who had served as executive director of the Association since 1990. Alford, a co-captain on The University of Mississippi ' s undefeated 1960 national champion football team, went on to serve as athletics director for 16 years. He was inducted into the Ole Miss Sports Hall of Fame in 1999 and the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in 2003. le Ole Mis.s Alumni Association was organized and continues for the purpose of promoting 1 -alty, affection and understanding between the university and its former students. Graduates of i niversity are eligible for membership in the Alumni Association, as well as former students who ha ' e completed at least two semesters on campus or who have accumulated at least 36 semester hours of credit at an off-campus location, and faculty professional staff members who have ser cd li e or more years. Associate memberships are available to friends whtj did not attend but who want to participate in aktmni acti ' ities. Students presently enrolled may belong to the Student Alumni Council, which provides opportunities for participation in alumni-related activities. The Department of Alumni Affairs, under which the Alumni Association functions, maintains a computerized database of names and addresses of alumni and friends; directs the Annual Fund; arranges Homecoming activities; organizes reunions; coordinates meetings of alumni clubs throughout Mississippi and in other areas where alumni are concentrated; publishes the award- winning Ole Miss Alumni Review cjuarterly magazine; sponsors the Alumni Hall of Fame; maintains support and hosts activities for the professional schools on four campuses through 14 professional alumni chapters; coordinates activities for former athletes and friends through an M-Club Alumni Chapter; provides student scholarships; encourages involvement of alumni and -olunteers in recruiting of students; and operates The Inn at Ole Miss hotel for housing alumni, participants in university conferences, parents of students and other guests of the university and of Oxford. For information about joining the Alumni Association, please call 662.915.7375 or visit us online at www.olemissalumni.com. [ 1 »1 2004 Ben Will ip recipients Miranda Kuykendall and Justin Rush Mary Sharp Rayner, 2004 Alumni Association president, with Homecoming Queen Afton Jones. 2004 Band Scholarship recipient Marcus Guinn H HBrt Welcome ( ne ' Miss V 1 ii ii. o m 2004 Wobble Davidson M-Club Scholarship recipients 2004 Ole Miss Alumni Association Schoki 264 I Till. Oi.K Miss 2005