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The 2015 University of Mississippi Museum keepsake ornament

UM Museum Keepsake From Classics Professor’s Antiquities Collection

Herakles Neck Amphora illustrates the Greek hero defeating the Nemean Lion For the 15th year, the University of Mississippi Museum is offering a new keepsake ornament for the holidays. This year’s design features an ancient Greek neck amphora, c. 510-500 B.C., from the David M. Robinson Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities. On this amphora, […]

Hilary Becker Is the 2015 UM Humanities Teacher of the Year

Classics Professor Discusses Economics of Color in Ancient Rome A classics professor selected as the 2015 University of Mississippi Humanities Teacher of the Year is delivering a lecture as part of her honor. Hilary Becker, assistant professor of classics, addresses “The Economy of Color in Ancient Rome: A Case Study of the Pigment Trade” at 7 […]

Recipients of the 2015 College of Liberal Arts Teaching Awards: Outstanding Teacher of Year: Kathryn McKee, Cora Lee Graham Outstanding Teacher of Freshmen: Hilary Becker, Outstanding Instructor of Year: Karen Forgette | Photo by Kevin Bain/UM Communications

Three Receive College of Liberal Arts Teaching Honors

Teacher of Year, Instructor of Year and Cora Lee Graham Teacher of Freshmen awards.

UM students in Rome.

Students Get Hands-On Experience Digging in Rome

Classics department takes seven students on five-week dig at site dating circa 600 B.C.

Peddle Provides Major Gift to Museum

Renowned collection will be reinstalled in new gallery The  David M. Robinson Memorial Collection of 2,000 Greek and Roman antiquities housed in the University of Mississippi Museum is the largest held by a university museum in the South and among the nation’s finest. International scholars study the exquisite black-and-red figured Athenian vases, Roman sculptures, coins, tablets, lamps and architectural […]

Retired classics professor known for bravery and ‘rare talent’ in teaching

Lucy Turnbull, retired Classics professor and director of the University Museum, has made a difference in the lives of many. In 1961 Turnbull joined the Classics department as a classical archaeologist and taught art history, archaeology, mythology and classical civilization. “Teaching is very energizing, but I didn’t really understand that at the time,” she said. […]

Alexander Lee Bondurant

One of the most prominent names in the Classics Department’s history is that of Professor Alexander Lee Bondurant. Bondurant received his B.A. and M.A. at Hampden-Sydney and took a second M.A. at Harvard. He did additional graduate work at the Universities of Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia. During the 1910-11 academic year he was granted leave […]

Memphis Couple Pledges $500,000 to Seed Classics Endowment

Two University of Mississippi supporters are so impressed with the positive direction that Chancellor Robert Khayat is taking the university that they have decided to help. Mike and Mary “Bickie” McDonnell of Memphis, Tenn., have pledged $500,000 to create the Mike and Mary McDonnell Endowment in Classics. The two agree their decision reflects their confidence […]