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Bancroft Fund enters $5M, five-year commitment to Croft Institute

By Tina Hahn University of Mississippi A record 276 applications have poured in from students across the nation ...

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Oxford Schools to consider drone policy

Your son is starting in his first Oxford Charger football game and you’re excited to film the whole ...

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OSD concerned about funding

It’s the time of year for the Oxford School District to begin mulling its budget for the next ...

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State wins national education award

Mississippi is known for being at or near the bottom in most educational statistics, but the Magnolia State ...

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From a life of addiction and homelessness to a UM degree

By Michael Newsom University of Mississippi In 2008, Ricky Clayton was in his early 50s, lost in the ...

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EDUCATION NEWS

Students inducted into Phi Kappa Phi Lynley-Love Jones of Oxford, a student at the University of Mississippi, recently ...

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Local students receive highest award at UM

Four Lafayette County students are among 76 University of Mississippi students to receive a 2016 Marcus Elvis Taylor ...

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Young nominated for Congress of Future Medical Leaders

Jalon Young, a sophomore at Oxford High School, is a delegate to the Congress of Future Medical Leaders. ...

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UM grad student creates BGLO documentary

University of Mississippi graduate student Ashley F. G. Norwood said she understood what it was like to be ...

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Swim team returning to LHS

By Michael Quirk michael.quirk@oxfordeagle.com The Lafayette County School Board voted unanimously on Monday in favor of bringing back ...

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Northwest students receive grant aid scholarships

Several Northwest Mississippi Community College students are recent recipients of the Student Support Services (SSS) TRIO Grant Aid ...

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Local Spanish students score well on exam

Several world language students from Lafayette High School attained national recognition for excellent performance on the 2016 National ...

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Summer Youth Institute Class of 2016 announced

Caitlin Williams, a sophomore at Lafayette High School, and Edith Marie Green, a freshman at Oxford High School, ...

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Residents inducted into Phi Kappa Phi honor society

The following Oxford residents and University of Mississippi students and faculty recently were initiated into The Honor Society ...

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UM annual Memorial Ceremony set for Thursday

Each year, the University of Mississippi sets aside time to remember the lives of students, faculty and staff ...

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OIS students perform in statewide choir event

This fall, Oxford Intermediate School students Emery Kate Schneider and Sarah Grace Moore auditioned with 400 other Mississippi ...

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OHS student surprised with scholarship from nonprofit

Olivia Kincaid recently was surprised in her classroom at Oxford High School with the news that she is ...

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Oxford school teachers earn highest mark

Oxford School District Three Oxford School District teachers earned the highest mark of professional accomplishment by achieving National ...

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LHS announces STAR winners

Lafayette High School’s STAR Student loves math and science, and it’s what he plans on doing for the ...

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OHS student, teacher get STAR status

Kayla Owens has been aiming to be a STAR Student since early on in high school. Owens, now ...

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Teachers win grants from Oxford school foundation

For the past 30 years, the Oxford School District Foundation has been recognizing excellent teachers by accepting grant ...

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22 graduate from Chamber Junior Leadership group

The Oxford-Lafayette County Chamber of Commerce recently graduated 22 students from its Junior Leadership Program and recognized its ...

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