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Culture  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
December 21, 2022

IHL: Public universities in Mississippi help meet mental health needs

IHL discusses how the universities are educating the next generation of mental health care workers, providing counseling and services to students and staff members. The National Alliance of Mental Illness reports 31,000 adults in Mississippi have a mental health condition. In February 2021, 42.7% of adults in Mississippi reported symptoms of anxiety or depression while 21.1% were…
Culture  |  Frank Corder  • 
December 16, 2022

James Meredith tells of his time at Ole Miss, serving in U.S. Air Force in latest Bigger Pie Forum podcast

Listen to Part 2 in the BPF series. In Part 2 of Bigger Pie Forum’s conversation with James Meredith, Ashby Foote and Charles Grayson continue their conversation with the civil rights icon. The three discuss Meredith’s time surrounding when he became the first black student admitted to the University of Mississippi in 1962 as well…