Ole Miss Family Association

05/13/2026

Families - online parking permit registration is approaching! Make sure your student has the date saved!

05/04/2026

How do you say good luck? ❤️📚💙

05/04/2026

Your 2026 Ole Miss Commencement Guide is here!

- Find your ceremony, plan ahead and know where to park before you arrive.

View the full schedule and details: https://bit.ly/42P2WVT

04/27/2026

Orientation is on our mind! The OMFA cannot wait to host our freshman families at the Hotty Toddy Happy Hour. Join us the first night of Orientation at McCormick's inside the The Inn at Ole Miss to get to know other families and the opportunity to ask staff members your questions! See you soon !!

03/02/2026

Fall Family Weekend is scheduled for September 12! Come cheer on the Rebs and see where your student calls home. Registration will open in July!

02/05/2026

REBALERT: The University of Mississippi Oxford campus will reopen on Monday, Feb. 9.

Some operations will be adjusted as crews continue recovery work across campus. Please avoid areas that are closed or actively undergoing repair.

Students experiencing power outages or travel challenges should communicate with their instructor as needed. Employees who live in vulnerable areas or are unable to return to work Monday, should contact their supervisor.

To support ongoing recovery and revitalization work over the weekend and allow crews the space they need to work safely and efficiently:
· Employees should plan to return to campus no earlier than Monday morning, Feb. 9. We understand this may require adjustments to your usual weekend routines or preparation time.
· Students living on campus should plan to return on Sunday, Feb. 8 after 1 p.m. All dining locations will be open at that time. We understand that some students may need to arrive earlier due to flight schedules or other travel constraints. The Department of Student Housing will communicate additional guidance.
· Students living off campus should begin planning your return to Oxford with enough time to assess your living situation and check for any storm-related issues. If you’re still without power or struggling with travel logistics, please communicate with your instructor.
For assistance with storm-related challenges that may affect your return, please contact our call center at 662-915-7211 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. so we can understand your needs and share available resources to help.
While work progresses in the days and weeks ahead, focus your visits to campus on classes, work, dining and other regular commitments.
Regional campuses make decisions about operating hours in conjunction with their host campuses. Check the respective campus websites for updates.

Additional guidance for students, faculty, and staff will be shared. Please continue to check your university email regularly for important updates.

02/02/2026

Campus Safety Message from Chief Daniel Sanford

Teams and individuals across campus have worked tirelessly over the past week on response and recovery efforts, and the university is on track to resume normal operations Monday, Feb. 9. Our top priority continues to be safety, and we need your cooperation.

The campus remains closed through Sunday, Feb. 8, except to first responders and essential workers. The closure includes campus offices. Other than first responders and essential workers, we recognize that individuals may be on campus for the warming shelter, food, showers and campus housing. Help us uphold our commitment to safety: Do not come to campus for non-essential reasons.

Debris removal across the university is an enormous undertaking with hundreds of crew members and heavy equipment. It is challenging work under normal conditions, and we know that these are not normal conditions. Roadways and walkways must be kept clear of vehicular and pedestrian traffic in order for this work to happen safely and efficiently.

In order to keep the work on track, we have a number of road and area closures. You will see barricades and an increased presence of campus law enforcement and security. Please be respectful and follow their directions.

Closures
- Current road closures include Grove Loop and the Circle.
-As the debris removal continues, there will be additional road closures.
- The South Campus Rail Trails remain closed.

I appreciate your assistance in upholding our commitment to safety and abiding by this guidance. By staying off campus for non-essential reasons and following posted closures and directions, you are helping crews complete this work as safely and quickly as possible and supporting our shared goal of a safe return to classes, activities and normal operations.

Sincerely,
Daniel Sanford
Director of Campus Safety & Chief of Police

01/30/2026

Blackboard, Attendance Verification, and Add/Drop Update

With the Oxford campus at the University of Mississippi closed through Sunday, Feb. 8, please see the following message about Blackboard grades, attendance verification, financial aid, and the class add/drop date.

Blackboard
Please note that if faculty members have set up due dates for assignments in the system, the system may automatically assign zeros to assignments and send out reminders about missed assignments. Many faculty are not able to get to the internet or system to adjust the due dates. Therefore, zeros automatically assigned by the Blackboard system will have to be corrected once we reopen and faculty are able to get internet access sufficient to use Blackboard.

Attendance Verification
Faculty have been receiving the automated messages about completing Attendance Verification, which is a process necessary for disbursement of federal financial aid only (including Pell Grants and student loans). If you were able to complete it, thank you for doing so. We realize that many faculty were not able to complete this verification process and cannot complete it while we are closed. We also know some classes may not have met before we closed, and students may have not yet attended classes that they added.

Therefore, we have pushed the Attendance Verification deadline back to after we return to campus. In the meantime, if students need financial aid disbursement before this date, and their attendance has not been verified, we are creating a way for them to get in touch. Those students who have not been verified will be contacted directly with this information. We are doing everything we can to ensure that this disaster is not affecting students’ abilities to get their aid.

Financial Aid Refunds
Any student who is signed up for direct deposit can get their financial aid disbursement funds once it is processed by Financial Aid. The university is unable to send a refund disbursement by check while closed.

Course Add/Drop Date
Given the closure of the university, the add/drop date for courses will be moved to 1 week (7 days) after the date that the university reopens. A reminder with the actual date will be sent once the university announces its reopen date.

Any further adjustments to the academic calendar will be announced. We appreciate that everyone is dealing with challenges. We are doing all we can to minimize the disruption.

Sincerely,
Noel E. Wilkin, Ph.D.
Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

01/29/2026

01/29/2026

Dear university community,

Winter Storm Fern has left significant and heartbreaking damage across our campus, our homes and our region. Recovery will take time, and it will take all of us united in resilience.

Today, we announced that our campus will remain closed through Sunday, Feb. 8. While our teams have worked tirelessly to restore operations, the impacts of this storm go far beyond our campus. The people of our city and county, including thousands of students and employees, are facing the loss of power and water, internet and cellular connectivity issues and intermittent access to food and fuel. Our focus remains on keeping our people safe, and that means acknowledging that we are part of a larger community in crisis.

Conditions remain hazardous with ice on roads and walkways, inoperable stop lights, downed trees and power lines as well as falling ice as temperatures fluctuate. I urge everyone to avoid non-essential travel on campus, both on foot and by vehicle, so our recovery teams have the space they need to work safely and diligently.

In the midst of this devastation, we have witnessed the extraordinary strength of our community and the unwavering dedication of those who have cared for our students. Our housing staff, dining teams, facilities crews, police and emergency responders and so many others have gone above and beyond, working around the clock in difficult and dangerous conditions. We are so grateful to each of them, and to our first responders and community partners.

Updates will continue as recovery progresses and as we are able to safely restore full operations. Until then, please continue to exercise caution, look out for one another and draw strength from the incredible community that surrounds us.

Sincerely,

Glenn F. Boyce
Chancellor