April 2022
FRIES-Day Fridays
Friday, April 1
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Union Plaza
Consent is as easy as FRIES! Join the William Magee Center as we talk about consent and healthy relationships over a basket of yummy fries!
Sponsor: University of Mississippi – William Magee Center
Sister2Sister Leadership Retreat
Friday, April 1
More information to register is forthcoming
The Sister2Sister Leadership Retreat aims to address issues that impact Women of Color on campus and in the local community while also highlighting the benefits and challenges associated with attending an institution of higher education. The mission is to provide a forum for engaging and interactive discussions regarding personal, social, and academic responsibility while attending the University of Mississippi.
Sponsor: Center for Inclusion and Cross Cultural Engagement
Wellness Walks
Tuesday, April 5
12:15 PM – 1:00 PM
Meet at Grove Stage
Join our Wellness Walk Series as we encourage our campus community to embrace and maintain their physical wellbeing while highlighting its interconnectedness to the other dimensions of wellness. Join together with other students, faculty, staff, and community members while walking together along the University’s designated walking paths.
Sponsor: University of Mississippi – William Magee Center
Partner Cooking Night (Cooking Demonstration)
Wednesday, April 6
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Whitwell Kitchen in South Campus Recreation Center
Join the William Magee Center for a night of fun as we teach you how to make a delicious meal at no cost to you! Come solo or bring a friend! All students are welcome! Free food!
Sponsor: University of Mississippi – William Magee Center
Laughter and/as Social Justice with William “Memo” Nericcio
Thursday, April 7
6:00 PM
Gertrude C. Ford Ole Miss Student Union – Room 323
William “Memo” Nericcio is a first generation denizen of the Ivory Tower born in Laredo, Texas and educated at the University of Texas, Austin, and Cornell University, where he completed his Comparative Literature Ph.D. at the age of 26. Now the Director of MALAS, the Master of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences Program, Nericcio also serves as Professor of English and Comparative Literature, and serves on the faculties of Chicana/o Studies & Latin American Studies at san Diego State University.
Sponsors: Department of English, University of Mississippi Hillel, Department of Modern Languages, Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, School of Journalism and New Media, The Jewish federation of Oxford
Blacks in Political Science Summit
2nd Annual BIPS Summit: Career Expo & Symposium
Friday, April 8 & Saturday, April 9
Bishop Hall
The Annual BIPS Summit is a career and professional development event for all minority students (not limited to BIPS members, and no preference of major) who are interested in careers in government, policy and law, and/or public service. The Summit encompasses two portions; Career Exploration (Expo) and Symposium. The two – day summit will open Friday evening with a Welcome Reception & Opening Keynote in the atrium of the Robert C. Khyatt School of Law. It will kick into high gear on Saturday morning with the Career Expo in Bishop Hall. Attendees will engage in various networking and social opportunities throughout the Summit. You don’t want to miss all that the BIPS Summit has to offer! Registration for the Annual BIPS Summit is now open and is available via Google forms, so be sure to get registered! Here’s the link; https://forms.gle/4KDc3tpsjEw1EUHEA
Sponsor: Blacks in Political Science (BIPS)
Staff social titled Food for the Soul
Food for the Soul
Wednesday, April 13
11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Old Athletics Building Student Lounge
Food For The Soul is a Monthly Staff Social. Come meet other staff, enjoy a delicious meal and make new friends. Learn to practice gratitude in your daily life! Lunch provided. RSVP: Susan Kelly smkelly2@olemiss.edu
Sponsor: Center for Intelligence and Security Studies
SouthTalks: “Eudora Welty’s Photographic Vision”
Wednesday, April 13
Start time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Tupelo Room in Barnard Observatory
Internationally known as a writer, Eudora Welty was also a talented photographer, yet the prevalent idea remains that Welty simply took snapshots before she found her true calling as a renowned fiction writer. But who was Welty as a photographer? What did she see? How and why did she photograph, and what did Welty know about modern photography? In this presentation, Annette Trefzer answers these questions by exploring Eudora Welty’s photographic archive.
Annette Trefzer is a professor of English at the University of Mississippi. She is the author of Exposing Mississippi: Eudora Welty’s Photographic Reflections and Disturbing Indians: The Archaeology of Southern Fiction. She is coeditor of five volumes in the Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Series published by the University Press of Mississippi.
Sponsor: Center for the Study of Southern Culture
Women’s Leadership Program: Professional Development
Wednesday, April 13
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Virtual event via Zoom – Register: https://olemiss.zoom.us/j/96214119463
A series of virtual luncheons held during Spring 2022 meant to foster and develop women’s leadership at the University of Mississippi.
Sponsor: Diversity and Community Engagement
Investing in Ethnically Diverse Communities through Healthcare & Athletics
Wednesday, April 13
6:30 PM – 8:30:00 PM
Garland Annex 202
This is a 3-part speaker series event addressing diversity, equity and inclusion in Athletic Training, Healthcare and Leadership. We will discuss key components of leadership, understanding diversity and advocating for change in your community and state. This event is made possible by the generous grant support of the National Athletics Trainers Association Ethnic Diversity Advisory Committee.
Sponsors: Athletic Training, Master of Science Program, UM Athletic Training Club
SouthTalks: Getting Something To Eat lecture information
SouthTalks: “Getting Something to Eat in Jackson”: Race, Class, and Food in the American South
Thursday, April 14
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Gertrude C. Ford Ole Miss Student Union – Auditorium 124
Joseph Ewoodzie Jr. spent more than a year following a group of socioeconomically diverse African Americans—from upper-middle-class patrons of the city’s fine-dining restaurants to men experiencing homelessness who must organize their days around the schedules of soup kitchens. He went food shopping, cooked, and ate with a young mother living in poverty and a grandmother working two jobs. He worked in a Black-owned BBQ restaurant, and he met a man who decided to become a vegan for health reasons but must drive across town to get tofu and quinoa. He learned about how soul food is changing and why it is no longer a staple survival food. Now he presents these findings to show how food choices influence, and are influenced by, the racial and class identities of Black Jacksonians.
Demonstrating how “foodways”—food availability, choice, and consumption—vary greatly between classes of African Americans in Jackson, Mississippi, and how this reflects and shapes their very different experiences of a shared racial identity, Ewoodzie offers new insights into the lives of Black southerners and helps challenge the persistent homogenization of Blackness in American life. The phrase “you are what you eat” gains new poignance in this fascinating study.
Ewoodzie’s book, Getting Something to Eat in Jackson: Race, Class, and Food in the American South, provides a vivid portrait of African American life in the urban South and uses food to explore the complex interactions of race and class. This event is cosponsored by the Center for Inclusion and Cross Culture Engagement.
Sponsors: Center for Inclusion and Cross Culture Engagement and the Center for the Study of Southern Culture
LGBTQ+ Career Resources
Thursday, April 14
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Martindale – Cole 303
Register on Handshake
Students of the LGBTQ+ community and allies are welcome to join the Career Center, UM Pride Network, and the Center for Inclusion and Cross Cultural Engagement to learn more about the available career resources offered at the University of Mississippi’s Career Center
Handshake Registration: https://app.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/981541.
Sponsors: Career Center, Center for Inclusion and Cross Cultural Engagement, and UM Pride Network
Native American and Indigenous Student Association (NAISA) Meeting
Monday, April 18
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Gertrude C. Ford Ole Miss Student Union – Room 326
Get involved with the Native American and Indigenous Student Association (NAISA)! Join us for our meeting on April 18, 2022 at 6pm in Room 326 of the Gertrude C. Ford Ole Miss Student Union. Come learn more about the organization, meet the Executive Board and club members, and discuss future events.
Sponsor: Native American Student Association (NAISA)
Wellness Walks
Tuesday, April 19
12:15 PM – 1:00 PM
Meet at Grove Stage
Join our Wellness Walk Series as we encourage our campus community to embrace and maintain their physical wellbeing while highlighting its interconnectedness to the other dimensions of wellness. Join together with other students, faculty, staff, and community members while walking together along the University’s designated walking paths.
Sponsor: University of Mississippi – William Magee Center
Art Talks: Kat Toronto (aka Miss Meatface)
Wednesday, April 27
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: Virtual event on Zoom. Register for the event.
Performance artist/photographer Kat Toronto/”Miss Meatface” from London, England, will discuss her work in a Zoom presentation/Q&A. Exploring womanhood and sexuality. Toronto’s artworks are available for viewing on her website.
Sponsor: Department of Art & Art History
UM Listen Board
Wednesday, April 27
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Union Plaza
Don’t forget to get a check-up from the neck-up! Stop by and grab a button that reflects how you’re feeling. No right answers! No judgements! Free swag!
Sponsor: University of Mississippi – William Magee Center
Lavender Graduation
Thursday, April 28
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Inn at Ole Miss
Celebration and recognition of LGBTQIA+ graduating students. Registration information forthcoming.
Sponsor: Division of Diversity and Community Engagement
Asian Pacific Islander Desi-American Heritage Month Keynote and ACE Lecture featuring Angela Chen
Thursday, April 28
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
The Inn at Ole Miss
Sponsors: Center for Inclusion and Cross Cultural Engagement and the Sarah Isom Center for Gender Studies
The Glitterary Festival
Friday, April 29
9:00 AM – 10:00 PM
The Inn at Ole Miss
The Glitterary Festival is a queer literary festival, a one-day celebration that welcomes students and community members to investigate and celebrate queer Southern literature. The day will begin with panels before and after lunch, and end with a keynote poetry reading by Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Jericho Brown. The Glitterary Festival will be the kickoff to Pride Week.
Sponsor: Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies