Expect an innovative look at all aspects of campus if provost candidate David Rudd gets appointed to the position. Rudd spoke to a full room Thursday, fielding questions from an audience mostly made up of department heads, deans, administrative officials and faculty. He is scheduled to speak at an open ...
A University of Memphis committee charged with dispensing student-paid fees violated the First Amendment earlier this year and is now being accused of favoritism. It wasn't long after the Student Activity Fee Allocation Committee announced the amount of funding allotted to 16 campus groups - a decision ...
University of Memphis alumnus Frank Eudy's likable, outgoing personality, wide grin and curly, groomed hair became iconic when he was shown on TV sets across the nation this summer as he competed on CBS' hit reality TV show "Big Brother." Eudy, 28, hails from Marion, Ark. and graduated from the U of ...
University of Memphis Police Services have put in serious effort this semester to inform the campus community about crimes that may jeopardize a person's safety. Director Bruce Harber quickly sent out an emergency alert about the robbery in Carpenter Complex on Tuesday. His office implemented a new ...
The news media is sometimes accused of being sensational - often by those who are the subject of the latest big story - but it's the University of Memphis administration that is making much ado about nothing this go round. Last week, Vice President of Student Affairs Rosie Bingham sent letters to 16 ...
A lot has happened with The Daily Helmsman since you've been gone. With the fall semester came four new top editors: Managing Editor Christopher Whitten, Design Editor Amanda Mitchell, Sports Editor Bryan Heater and me, the Editor-in-Chief. When we learned we had gotten the positions last semester, ...
After 11 years as Provost of the University of Memphis, Ralph Faudree has decided to resign from his position. His resignation will take effect Friday. Tom Nenon, associate vice president for assessment, institutional research and reporting, will take over as interim provost beginning September 1. After ...
University presidents and members of Congress said universities are still having problems with accessibility and cost at a conference celebrating the law passed 150 years ago meant to make a college education easier to get and less expensive. The Morrill Act, signed into law in 1862, granted either ...
Recognition of marijuana as a medical treatment is creeping into the national healthcare discussion. Measures to legalize the substance for medical use have been proposed in 19 states this year. Fifteen legislatures failed to pass marijuana legislation, but through citizen petition processes, four states ...
