The Daily Mississippian - November 4, 2014

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THE DAILY

MISSISSIPPIAN

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Volume 103, No. 49

T H E S T U D E N T N E W S PA P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D OX F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1

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Rioult engages Oxonians before performing Wednesday Page 4

Freeze, Wallace reflect on Treadwell injury, look ahead Page 8

Polls open today 1. Fire Station #1 (Harmontown) 599 Highway 310 Como, MS 38619

10. Fire Station #11 (Lafayette Springs) 11 County Road 287 Oxford, MS 38655

2. Abbeville Town Hall 8 Business 7 South Abbeville, MS 38601

11. Lafayette County Health Dept.-Highway 7 S 101 Center Ridge Dr (Hwy 7 South) Oxford, MS 38655

3. Philadelphia Community Center 1303 Highway 30 East Etta, MS 38627 4. College Hill Community Center 10 County Road 130 Oxford, MS 38655 5. Oasis Church 861 Highway 6 West Oxford Oxford, MS 38655 6. 1111 Jackson Avenue West Oxford, MS 38655 (In the Oxford Mall, Near JC Penney)

GRAPHIC BY: ALLI MOORE

Voting poll locations, illustrated on the map above, are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voters should bring a photo ID. Rules, regulations and laws are posted at each polling place with contact information. Voters were mailed a voter card with their polling location and address on it, according to Baretta Mosley, Lafayette County circuit clerk. Voters can also visit www.sos.ms.gov/pollingplace and enter their address in all caps to get their polling location with a sample ballot.

12. Fire Station #6 (Tula) 153 County Road 436 Oxford, MS 38655 13. Taylor Community Center 78 County Road 338 Taylor, MS 38673 14. Fire Station #3 (Airport Grocery) 15 County Road 369 Oxford, MS 38655 15. Fire Station #6 (Tula) 153 County Road 436 Oxford, MS 38655

7. Stone Recreation Center 423 Washington Avenue Oxford, MS 38655

16. Fire Station #16 (Union West) 823 County Road 313 Oxford, MS 38655

8. Old National Guard Armory 1801 East University Avenue Oxford, MS 38655

17. Green’s Shop (Cr 376) 177 County Road 376 Water Valley, MS 38965

9. Oxford Conference Center 102 Ed Perry Boulevard Oxford, MS 38655

18. Fire Station #14 (Paris) 31 County Road 430 Paris, MS 38949

Job placement rates vary by school after graduation

MADISEN THEOBALD

mrtheoba@go.olemiss.edu

The University of Mississippi has established an average job placement rate of 85 percent in 2013 in almost all of its schools and departments, according to the 2013 Annual Survey Report. Out of the seven schools that participated in the job placement survey, the School of Dentistry in Jackson and the pharmacy and engineering schools in Oxford were the schools with the highest job placement rates. The schools with the lowest

job placement rates among the seven schools were The Meek School of Journalism and the School of Education. The university does not require students to complete post-graduation survey information; there is a 20-25 percent response rate from year to year, according to the university’s Career Services Department. The Engineering School at The University of Mississippi had 156 graduates in May 2014. Alexander Cheng, the dean of the school of engineering, reports that most engineering students have job offers at the time

of graduation, and of those that do not, many will have secured a position within six months. According to the School of Engineering, the average salary of a mechanical engineer who graduates from UM is $70,000. “The Engineering School continues to strive for better placement of our students,” Cheng said. “As engineering enrollment has doubled in the last few years, we realize that we need to double up our effort. We are pleased to face the challenge.” In comparison, graduates employed by the Mississippi Department of Education with ini-

tial certification are scheduled to earn $33,390 in 2014-2015 according to the Mississippi Adequate Education Program. The School of Education at The University of Mississippi had 336 graduates in 2013. Of the 336 initial program graduates, 86 percent hold a Mississippi Department of Education teaching certificate. Of that number holding certification, 57 percent are employed with the Mississippi Department of Education, according to the Assistant Dean of Education Amy Wells Dolan. The job placement for grad-

uates employed by the Mississippi Department of Education has increased since 2010. For example, in 2010, 52.5 percent of UM graduates earning the Bachelor’s of Education were employed on new certification by MDE. In 2012, 62.84 percent of UM graduates earning the Bachelor’s of Education were employed on new certification by MDE, although this data does not include graduates employed in private schools or other states. “The job placement rates for

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