Community Outreach
Community Outreach programs offer individuals opportunities to share in the resources of the University and community and to participate in a variety of learning experiences. Come as you are! An array of opportunities designed and planned to serve your needs and interests await. . . and the best part? There are no grades or tests!
The Academic Traveler
The Academic Traveler is a non-credit educational travel program offered through the Division of Outreach and The University of Mississippi. We are pleased to present a series of opportunities that meld unique travel experiences and education. UM instructors from a variety of disciplines lead the excursions. Programs may cover literature, art, history, photography and film, and culinary arts in locations such as London, New York, Japan, France, and Tanzania.
Communiversity
Engage your mind. Meet new people. Have
some fun! Community enrichment classes offered through the
Office of Professional Development and Non-Credit Education
will have you swirling around a dance floor, decorating
a celebration cake, or mapping your financial future—and
that’s just the beginning. Personal enrichment programs
are open to anyone in the community, including retirees,
Ole Miss students, and family members of all ages. You’re
sure to find something captivating and educational here!
Displaced Workers
The University of Mississippi is an approved service-provider for Mississippi Workforce Investment Act (WIA) programs that are overseen by local Mississippi WIN (Workforce Investment Network) Job Centers. UM works closely with area WIN Job Centers to help local residents further their education and retrain for future employment after becoming unemployed.
Please check with your local WIN Job Center to see if you are eligible to receive benefits for any of the approved University of Mississippi programs.
ETS Computer-Based Testing (CBT) Center
With the help of Educational Testing Service (ETS), a private
educational testing and measurement organization located
in Princeton, New Jersey, The University of Mississippi has
installed a complete ETS Computer-Based Testing Center that
allows students of any age to take ETS-developed tests on
the Oxford campus rather than in Tupelo, Memphis, or Jackson
Lifelong Learners
At The University of Mississippi learning
never retires, and that is why, if you are 65 years or over,
we want to invite you to become one of our very special
“senior students.” Through the Lifelong Learners
Program you can energize your mind, explore interesting
topics, pursue subjects you never had time for earlier,
and share your wisdom with our young people. The process
is simple and the rewards are great.
Media Production
Media Production provides technical oversight of the videoconferencing and
data networks in the Office of Outreach & Continuing
Education and media production services for the development
and distribution of high quality instructional and informational
media programs in support of the public outreach, teaching
and research missions of the institution.
Workforce
Development
The Professional and Workforce Development
(PWD) programs help working adults acquire new, updated,
or complementary skills needed to achieve or maintain
proficiency in their current profession, earn noncredit
educational certificates, prepare for professional
certification examinations, qualify for promotion in
their organization, transition into a new career, meet
professional continuing education requirements, prepare
for graduate entrance examinations, or return to the
workforce. We also work with employers to bring many
of these programs directly to their staff, either at
Ole Miss or at the work site.
E.F. Yerby Conference Center • University Avenue at Grove Loop
The University of Mississippi • University, MS 38677-0879
Telephone: 662-915-7283 (Central) • Fax:
662-915-5138 • Email: noncred@olemiss.edu