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Oxford Performing Arts Center

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Oxford Performing Arts Center
Oxford Performing Arts Center
Oxford Performing Arts Center
Oxford Performing Arts Center
Oxford Performing Arts Center
Oxford Performing Arts Center
Oxford Performing Arts Center
Oxford Performing Arts Center
Oxford Performing Arts Center
Oxford Performing Arts Center
Oxford Performing Arts Center
Oxford Performing Arts Center
Oxford Performing Arts Center
Oxford Performing Arts Center
Oxford Performing Arts Center
Oxford Performing Arts Center
Oxford Performing Arts Center
Oxford Performing Arts Center
Oxford Performing Arts Center
Oxford Performing Arts Center
Oxford Performing Arts Center
Oxford Performing Arts Center
Oxford Performing Arts Center
Oxford Performing Arts Center
Oxford Performing Arts Center
Phone:
+1 256-241-3322

Hours:
SundayClosed
Monday11am - 6pm
Tuesday11am - 6pm
Wednesday11am - 6pm
Thursday11am - 6pm
Friday11am - 6pm
SaturdayClosed


The University of Mississippi is an American public research university located in Oxford, Mississippi. Including the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, it is the state's largest university by enrollment. The university was chartered by the Mississippi Legislature on February 24, 1844, and four years later admitted its first enrollment of 80 students. The university is classified as an R1: Doctoral University—Highest Research Activity by the Carnegie Foundation and has an annual research and development budget of $121.6 million. The university ranked 145 in the 2018 edition of the US News Rankings of Best National Universities.Across all its campuses, the university comprises some 23,800 students. In addition to the main campus in Oxford and the medical school in Jackson, the university also has campuses in Tupelo, Booneville, Grenada, and Southaven. About 55 percent of its undergraduates and 60 percent overall come from Mississippi, and 23 percent are minorities; international students respectively represent 90 different nations. It is one of the 33 colleges and universities participating in the National Sea Grant Program and a participant in the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program.Ole Miss was a center of activity during the American civil rights movement when a race riot erupted in 1962 following the attempted admission of James Meredith, an African-American, to the segregated campus. While the university was successfully integrated that year, the use of Confederate symbols and motifs has remained a controversial aspect of the school's identity and culture. In response the university has taken proactive measures to rebrand its image, including effectively banning the display of Confederate flags in Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in 1997, officially abandoning the Colonel Reb mascot in 2003, and removing Dixie from the Pride of the South marching band's repertoire in 2016. In 2017 Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter reaffirmed the university's commitment to honest and open dialogue about its history, and in making its campuses more welcoming and inclusive.
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