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

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adison McKay, a freshman pharmacy student, and BiBnda Powers, a freshman psychology major, study for I a class in the courtyard of the Residential College. You go to dinner and there is always someone there that you know... It residence halls on campus. Since residential college students live together, eat together, and have the opportunity to take classes together, it gives them a stronger sense of unity and cohesiveness. Another component of the residential college is the four houses they are divided into; Athens, Alexandria, Syracuse, and Rome. These houses were created by students, and are put in place to provide challenges, promote excellence, and make relationships with students. Each of the houses compete in challenges for points, and at the end of the year, the houses will compete for the chancellor ' s cup. The challenges can range anywhere from a chess match with single players to a womanless beauty review with multiple players. Each challenge winner is awarded points for their house. These points are added up a the end of the semester and an overall winner is chosen and awarded the chancellor ' s cup. I like living in the residential college because you go to dinner and there is always someone is a lot like a family. -Taylor Cook there that you know, said Taylor Cook, freshman international studies major from Southaven, Miss. You sit down on the long tables and before you are finished eating the table is full and you are laughing and talking with your friends. It is a lot like a family, which is an amazing thing to have here because there will always be times when you need a friend, and I feel like if I ever am in need of that then I have to look no further than my friends here in the residential college. At the residential college, the opportunities for students to get involved are endless. Residents may participate in the residential college student government or judicial panel, and they can also take fitness and cooking classes. Students are highly encouraged to take part in these activities and to exercise their voice in the residential college. With all of the positive feedback and amount of students expressing interest in this new style of on-campus living, Ole Miss might have set the corner stone for a new way of living in residence halls. There is already a second residential college being built next to the current one and will open to a new se- student residents in the fall of 2010. the ole miss

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Dr. Daniel O ' Sullivan Senior Fellow Story by: Amber Ward Photography by: Brian Mayo Dr. Daniel O ' Sullivan is a native of Worchester, Massachusetts, and he received his bachelor ' s degree in French at the College of Holy Cross in Worchester. From there, he went on to get his masters at the University of South Carolina Chapel Hill. It was here that he began to learn about southern culture and fall in love with the living style of the south. He once again moved north to get his Ph.D. at Boston College. He focused on medieval language and literature and earned his doctorate in 2000. After two years of post doctorate work at Indiana University, Dr. O ' Sullivan came to The University of Mississippi to be an assistant professor of French and the director of basic language instruction of French. Dr. O ' Sullivan has since published several articles and books on medieval French literature and culture. Two of his favorite classes to teach are history of the French language and Francophone Song. When the position to become the live-in faculty fellow at the Residential College opened, Dr. O ' Sullivan applied, and was the fortunate one that made the cut. His principle reason for applying for the position stemmed from his many trips abroad with various students. When living abroad with students, I interact with them both inside and outside of the classroom, O ' Sullivan said. I thought that holding a position like this might be similar. O ' Sullivan said that he has already learned many things while being in his position. My view of the university has changed, widened, he said. Being a faculty member is so important and ultimately what I love to do, but you do not get the big picture when you only teach and do research. O ' Sullivan also explained that he is seeing the big picture when it comes to his student ' s lives. I see them outsideof class, I observe them in their daily interactions with others, learn about their preoccupations and gain a fuller perspective of student life, O ' Sullivan said. The duties of the faculty fellow stem out in every direction. They are there to show guidance and to associate with the students. Along with that, Dr. O ' Sullivan is also the face that represents the Residential College, helping to structure and mold the it into the living, learning and growing community that it was built to be. Christa Curtis, pre-pharmacy major from Nesbitt, speaks very highly of O ' Sullivan. I don ' t think that there could have been a better faculty member assigned to this position, Curtis said. Dr O ' Sullivan and his family truly make the Residential College outstanding. They are always inviting people to come eat with them at meals, and they wiJI invite a number of students on a first come basis to cook with them in their house. Dr. O ' Sullivan has made my experience in the Residential College amazing. the ole miss 023