For the second straight year, the University of Mississippi has been named among the nation’s best values in higher education. The editors of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine placed UM on its “Top 100 Values in Public Colleges” list for 2015. The university is ranked No. 59, up from last year’s No. 78 position.
The University of Mississippi’s online MBA program is ranked in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2015 list of 25 Best Online MBA Programs.
The minor in intelligence and security studies at the University of Mississippi has received certification from the International Association for Intelligence Education. The endorsement helps CISS remain at the forefront of intelligence education.
Kenneth J. “Ken” Sufka, UM professor of psychology and pharmacology, received a prestigious honor in November at the U.S. Professor of the Year Awards celebration in Washington, D.C. He was named 2014’s Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Council for Advancement and Support of Education Mississippi Professor of the Year.
UM alumnus W. Ralph Eubanks has led Virginia Quarterly Review magazine to four National Magazine Award nominations. A National Magazine Award is considered the highest award in the magazine industry, roughly equivalent to a Pulitzer Prize.
For the fourth time in five years, a team from the UM School of Law has won the national environmental moot court competition.