- University Partners With Local High Schools to Monitor Water Qualityby Clara Turnage on October 29, 2023 at 5:00 pm
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi is partnering with north Mississippi schools this year to offer enrichment about water quality and citizen science projects around water testing in the community. The […]
- M Partner Celebrates Successes in Ecru and Pontotocby Staff Report on June 26, 2023 at 5:00 pm
OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi community engagement program is celebrating its latest string of successes in two Pontotoc County towns. M Partner, a place-based initiative of the Grisham-McLean Institute […]
- University Receives Acceleration Fund Support for Community Projectsby Staff Report on April 22, 2022 at 7:40 pm
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi is among nine colleges and universities nationally that have been awarded funding in the third round of the Acceleration Fund, which supports climate action activities by […]
- UM-Sponsored Bilingual Health Fair Benefits Pontotoc Communityby Edwin B. Smith on April 7, 2022 at 7:40 pm
OXFORD, Miss. – Pontotoc area residents received cardiovascular and diabetes screenings and other health information Saturday (April 2) as part of a bilingual health fair sponsored by the University of Mississippi and […]
- UM Announces New Towns for M Partner Community Improvement Programby Edwin B. Smith on January 22, 2021 at 10:45 pm
OXFORD, Miss. – Following the successful launch of a pilot program that assisted three Mississippi towns with community improvement projects, the McLean Institute for Public Service and Community Engagement at the […]
- M Partner Celebrates Successful Pilot Phaseby Staff Report on October 12, 2020 at 4:00 pm
OXFORD, Miss. – As COVID-19 has dramatically altered the landscape of higher education, one aspect remains constant at the University of Mississippi: a commitment to community partnership. While the M Partner pilot […]
- McLean Interns Empower Communities Through Challenging Timesby Jaycee Brown on September 2, 2020 at 4:00 pm
OXFORD, Miss. – Though COVID-19 has reconstructed people’s lives and created many uncertainties, the community engagement work of the McLean Institute for Public Service and Community Engagement at the University of […]
- North Mississippi VISTA Project Seeks Applicants to Serve Communitiesby Staff Report on April 26, 2020 at 5:00 pm
OXFORD, Miss. – As physical distancing to reduce transmission of COVID-19 has transformed the way that Mississippians go to school, do business and care for their neighbors, the North Mississippi VISTA Project is […]
- M Partner Summer Interns Work to Improve Quality of Life in New Albanyby Taylor Robertson on October 11, 2019 at 6:02 pm
NEW ALBANY, Miss. – This summer, University of Mississippi students completed internships in communities across the state working through M Partner, a community engagement effort that seeks to improve quality of life […]
- M Partner Summer Interns Tackle Quality-of-Life Projects in Lexingtonby Taylor Robertson on October 11, 2019 at 6:01 pm
LEXINGTON, Miss. – This summer, University of Mississippi students completed internships in communities across the state working through M Partner, a community engagement effort that seeks to improve quality of life […]