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Vice Chancellor
Biography | Staff | Strategic Plan
Biographical Information

Dr. Gloria D. Kellum, vice chancellor for university relations and professor of communicative disorders

Professional
B.S., M.A., and Ph.D. in speech pathology from Louisiana State University
Joined the UM faculty in 1966
Served five terms on the Faculty Senate and two terms on Commission
on Status of Women, one as chair
Director of Clinical Services, Department of Communicative Disorders
Campus Chair of Campaign for Ole Miss
United Way Campaign Coordinator
Executive Director of Sesquicentennial Celebration
Director of the Commitment to Excellence Campaign

Recognition
Author of more than 70 professional publications
Recipient of more than $1 million in grants and contracts
Invited presenter at numerous national professional meetings

Awards and Honors
Research Award, International Association of Oral Myology
Clinical Achievement Award, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Honors of Mississippi Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Outstanding Woman Faculty Award by Mortar Board, UM
Elise M. Hood Outstanding Teacher Award, UM

Staff: Office of the Vice Chancellor

Gloria D. Kellum, Vice Chancellor
Jeffrey Alford, Associate Vice Chancellor
Debbie Binkley, Operations Manager
Don Frugé Jr., Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations
Theresa Knight, Executive Secretary
Annette McCoy, Administrative Secretary
Donna Patton, Assistant to Vice Chancellor, Campaign Coordinator

Strategic Plan:
University Advancement
Development Services
Ford Center for Performing Arts
University Communications
Winter Institute - page under construction

University Mission Statement

The University of Mississippi is the oldest public institution of higher learning in the state. Its fundamental purpose is the creation and dissemination of knowledge. The University exists to enhance the educational, economic, healthcare, social and cultural foundations of the state, region, and nation.

As a comprehensive, Carnegie research extensive institution, the University offers a broad range of undergraduate and graduate programs as well as opportunities for continuing study. The University's main campus at Oxford emphasizes a traditional, residential educational experience, with a central College of Liberal Arts and several professional schools. The University's regional campuses emphasize professional offerings and primarily serve adult learners.

The University educates students to assume leadership roles in the state, nation, and world through its nationally recognized programs of undergraduate, graduate, and professional study. Its teaching, research, and service missions are characterized by equal access and equal opportunity to all who qualify.

The University's vision for the upcoming decade is as follows:
The University will provide excellent, student-centered undergraduate academic and co-curricular programs. Our vision is to produce graduates who have the breadth and depth of knowledge to be lifelong learners, to be successful in their discipline, and to be good citizens.
The University will provide high quality graduate and professional education in a range of disciplines and will produce research and scholarship that is nationally recognized and supports the economic, healthcare, and cultural development of the state, the region, and the nation.
The University will provide the highest quality educational support services to enhance the learning environment and to provide access to information for students on the Oxford, Jackson, and regional campuses.
The University will be a leader in providing service to the public, through the application and dissemination of its expertise and knowledge, in Mississippi, the region, and the nation.
The University will develop a diverse campus that recognizes and promotes the value of individual differences.
The University will maintain efficient and effective administrative services to support the University's instructional, research, and public service programs. The University will be a good steward of its resources.
The University will support a highly qualified faculty and staff and will provide an environment that enables their professional development.
The University will strive to leverage its strengths and expertise by developing interdisciplinary programs within the institution and synergistic partnerships with other institutions for the benefit of the University and the state.

Our Division's Mission:
Is to proactively support engaging, meaningful, well-informed and mutually beneficial relationships between and among the groups that we serve

Our Team:
Is comprised of dedicated professionals who value effectiveness, cooperation, collegiality, creativity, learning, responsive service, mutual respect, open communication, and a sense of community

Our Strategies Include:
A steadfast commitment to effective and efficient use of available resources

Our Approach to Learning:
Revolves around a "practice" model in which we help each other as we plan our work, complete our work, and review both the results and methods of our work to identify new work methods that will enhance our future ability to fulfill our mission

Includes strategies for developing and expanding the abilities of our team through creating an effective employee cross-training program, ensuring that all employees have a regularly updated professional development plan, communicating with our professional counterparts at similar institutions, and supporting an active student internship program.

Division-Wide Goals for 2005-2006:

Strategic Goal #1: Providing fair compensation for employees

Strategic Goal #2: Building a sense of community and commitment to a shared purpose

Strategic Goal #3: Providing employees with increased professional development opportunities, including attendance at conferences, workshops, seminars both on-campus and away from campus, and visits to other campuses to meet with peers

Strategic Goal #4: Promoting internal communication and teamwork among and between University Relations departments

Strategic Goal #5: Increasing the frequency of impressions (print, broadcast, and Web exposure) which have an academic focus for the University of Mississippi

Strategic Goal #6: Initiating the first year of the 3-year UMF Initiative

Strategic Goal #7: Increasing resource development for focused strategic initiatives (Ole Miss First, Engineering, Law, Athletics, Inn at Ole Miss, Ole Miss Women’s Council, Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation, Parents Initiative, Rowan Oak Society, Band

Strategic Goal #8: Establishing a strategic plan and a three-year budget for the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation

Strategic Goal #9: Continuing to position the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts as the premiere center of its kind in the South

Strategic Goal #10: Expanding a division-wide student internship program.

Strategic Goal #11: Exploring and developing cultural/heritage tourism in the Northeast Mississippi region

Strategic Goal #12: Exploring the most appropriate methods of increasing electronic communication with all UM constituencies

Office of Advancement
Staff | Strategic Plan | Contact Us

Staff:
Debbie Vaughn, Executive Director, University Development
Ted Smith, Associate Director, University Development
Perry Moulds, Assistant Director, University Development
Laura Phillips, Assistant Director, Prospect Management and Research
Jennifer Southall, Assistant Director, Annual Giving and Communications
Tim Walsh, Associate to Dean for Development, School of Law
Tom Black, Assistant to Dean for Development, School of Engineering
Robert Forster, Assistant to Dean for Development, School of Business
Sarah Hollis, Assistant to Dean for Development, School of Pharmacy
Patricia White, Assistant to Dean for Development, School of Law
Cody Giles, Development Officer, Liberal Arts
Elizabeth Paine, Development Officer, Parents
Michael Upton, Development Officer, Library
Jill Waycaster, Development Officer, Ole Miss First
Shannon Woodward, Development Officer, School of Business
Lauren Beyers, Prospect Management Analyst
Marquita Davis, Administrative Secretary, University Development
MaryAnn Kerr, Administrative Coordinator, University Development
Sherry Van Slyke, Senior Secretary

Contact:

Debbie Vaughn
Executive Director
662-915-5944
dvaughn@olemiss.edu

Memory House
P.O. Box 249
University, MS 38677-0249

Office of Development Services
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Staff:
Ron Guest, Director
Maggie Abernathy, Accountant
Hesham Baeshen, Systems Administrator
Christi Bland, Accountant
Kristi Buskirk, Executive Assistant
Lisa Chow, Controller
Lee Ann Cooper, Accounting Assistant
Theresa Hasse, Accounting Assistant
Lance Felker, Systems Administrator
Sylvia Finley, Administrative Secretary
Theresa Hasse, Accounting Assistant
Anna Lindsey, Stewardship Coordinator
Tiffeny Owens, Accounting Assistant
Angie Williams, Accounting Clerk

Contact:
Ron Guest
Director
662-915-5944
rguest@olemiss.edu

Memory House
P.O. Box 249
University, MS 38677-0249

Office of University Communications
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Staff:
Jeffrey Alford, Associate Vice Chancellor
Debbie Binkley, Operations Manager

Media and Public Relations
Barbara Lago, Director
Mitchell Diggs, Associate Director
Elaine Pugh, Assistant Director
Adrian Aumen, Web Developer
Tobie Baker, Communications Specialist
Rebecca Lauck Cleary, Communications Specialist
Kelly Kress, Senior Staff Assistant
Deborah Purnell, Communications Specialist
Edwin Smith, Communications Specialist
Mary Stanton, Broadcast Communications Manager

Publications and Imaging Services
Sabrina Brown, Director
Benita Whitehorn, Assistant Director
Robert Jordan, Assistant Director of Imaging Services
Kim Bailey, Graphic Designer I
Kevin Bain, Senior Staff Photographer
Harry Briscoe, Staff Photographer
Shelia Burt, Publications Assistant
Loidha Castillo, Publications Assistant
Rachael Davis, Graphic Designer II
Amy Evans, Graphic Designer II
Carra Hewitt, Graphic Designer III
Nathin Latil, Senior Staff Photographer
Le'Herman Payton, Graphic Designer III/Network Coordinator
Lee Eric Smith, Newsletter Editor

Printing Services
Tony Seaman, Director
Hilarie Bain, Associate Director
Erin Shaw, Digital Project Consultant
Mathew Burgess, Mail and Bindery Operator
Keith Cheney, Senior Press Operator
Floretta Clark, Accounting Assistant
Cheryl Faust, Graphic Designer I
Billie-Jean Forrest, Pre-press Technician
Amy Howell, Graphic Designer III
Vernon Jones, Printing Press Technician
Jerry Moore, Supervisor of Copy Centers
Eric Hudzinski, Digital Printing Technician
Debra Orange, High-speed Copy Operator
Greg Reinke, Senior Color Press Operator/Pressroom Supervisor
Donald Tuttle, Senior Computer Press Specialist
Rachel Williams, Ppublishing Assistant
Jeff Woolfolk, Bindery Supervisor

Contact:
Jeffrey Alford
Associate Vice Chancellor for University Relations
662-915-5090
fax: 662-915-5689
alford@olemiss.edu

313 Lyceum
University, MS 38677-1848

Media and Public Relations
Public Relations Building
662-915-7236
Fax: 662-915-5093
publicre@olemiss.edu

Imaging Services
221 Sam-Gerard Hall
662-915-7260
Fax: 662-915-5918

Publications
201 Gerard Hall
662-915-7355
Fax: 662-915-5705
cbrown@olemiss.edu

Printing Services
Sam-Gerard Hall
662-915-7066
Fax: 662-915-7419
aseaman@olemiss.edu

Contacts:

Office of the Vice Chancellor
for University Relations

Dr. Gloria D. Kellum
Vice Chancellor
662-915-5124
fax: 662-915-5689
gkellum@olemiss.edu

Room 313 Lyceum
University, MS 38677-1848

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