A Memphis area black high school computer programming team haswon a national competition three years in a row, but this year theyare struggling to raise money to defend their title. The lead computer programmer for the team, Cornell Gaulmon, asenior at Whitehaven High School, "put the word out" to churchfriends ...
This year marks the 43rd anniversary of the Freedom Rides tourthat left Washington D.C. on May 1961. A similar bus tour will kickoff this academic year to collect the untold stories of thathistorical ride from the northern to the southern UnitedStates. This year's bus tour will start in Washington on ...
Today some students could cry because of a missed deadline. Yesterday was the last day for seniors graduating in December tofile their intent to graduate form. "I had students come into my office crying, saying they havemissed their deadline," said Ella Daniels, nursing schoolgraduation analyst. All ...
After weeks of heightened speculation, John Edwards got the jobas presidential nominee John Kerry's vice president . While sometimes the presidential nominee's Veep doesn't make adifference in support, for some, like University of Memphis nursingmajor Tyler Hunt it does. "If I were undecided about which ...
It might not count toward a major or tenure, but various days ofthe week students and professors meet to discuss Feng Shui,Spanish, wine and ballooning, among other topics in ContinuingEducation non-credit courses. "Most people who teach Continuing Education classes feel theyhave a chance to enhance ...
Walking blindfolded in a line, each with his or her hand on theshoulder of the person in front, a group of about 25 high schoolstudents stream into the buildings surrounding The UniversityCenter Lawn. The students are part of the Bridge Builders program,which has filled The U of M with an average of ...
Retired chemistry professor H. Graden Kirksey knows how tomediate a problem. With a calm, cool voice, he advises, "you don'twant to appear as an advocate," and above all, "don't takesides." For 15 months before his retirement from The University ofMemphis, Kirksey served as the faculty ombudsperson, ...
Most students who graduate from The University of Memphis --about 80 percent -- live in Shelby County after graduating. But arecent donation to establish an international travel fund aims tochange that. As a student, Philip F. Donovan didn't travel much. In fact, henever left the country until after ...
If young people were the ones shown getting ill from smokingcigarettes, maybe more would quit. Instead, anti-smokingcommercials and stop smoking campaigns show mainly older adults, asfewer focus on younger adults. One of every three college students smokes, and of those youngadults, two of three attempt ...
While some University of Memphis students spend this summerkicking back, hanging out or working, other students, likepsychology major Danzi Cutter, are spending the summer fulfillinggraduation requirements. The reasons for summer enrollment vary from students trying tograduate in a hurry to the belief ...
