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Thursday, November 21, 2013
Mississippian
Vol. 102, No. 63
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International student enrollment increases
increase since 2005
911 international students attending the University of Mississippi
countries are represented
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BY AMINA AL SHERIF
aalsher@go.olemiss.edu
On Nov. 12, the United States Department of State released their Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange, reporting a 7.2 percent increase in the number of international students at institutions of higher education. In the 2012-13 academic year, there were a reported 819,644 international students studying in the U.S. Ole Miss, too, has experienced a rapid increase of international student enrollment. Since 2005, international student enrollment has increased by 74 percent, and since 2008, that number has increased by 43 percent, according to Greet Provoost, the director of the Office of International Programs. The reason for this increase is a universitywide commitment to campus internationalization. Ole Miss has placed a priority on increasing enrollment of international students, according to Provoost. International students at Ole Miss fall under the newly established Office of Global Engagement, which includes the Office of International Programs, the Office of Study Abroad and the Intensive English Program. As of fall 2013, there are a reported 911 international students attending Ole Miss. Of these students, 102 are participating in post-graduate
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Ole Miss ROTC to participate in inaugural Egg Bowl Run optional practical training with the Office of Global Engagement, Provoost said. Ninety-three countries are represented by these diverse students, coming from seven regions of the world including Asia, Europe, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, North America and Oceania. One hundred fifty of these students are exchange students who will be staying at Ole Miss for one term or one year. Sixty-four other students are enrolled in the university’s Intensive English Program and 595 are enrolled in regular degree programs. Of those, 289 students are enrolled in undergraduate programs and 306 in the graduate school. Tamar Karakozova is a current Ph.D. candidate in secondary English education. In the myriad of countries represented here at Ole Miss, she hails from Tbilisi, The Republic of Georgia. Karakozova came to Ole Miss in 2006 through the Edmund Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program, a graduate exchange program funded by the U.S. Department of State. Many international students have to work hard to attend Ole Miss, and Karakozova is definitely one of them. “In order to receive the fellowship, I had to go through a number of competitions, pass TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) and the GRE, as well as an interview,” she said. “The whole process took about a year.” After arriving in Washington, Karakozova was flown to Memphis, Tenn., after being told she was to attend The University of Mississippi. She was greeted by a group from the OfSee ENROLLMENT, PAGE 4
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Chancellor Dan Jones and ROTC members at the Veteran’s Day Review Nov. 14.
BY RANDALL HALEY arhaley@go.olemiss.edu
A new tradition will begin in the Egg Bowl rivalry when ROTC cadets make a 100mile game ball run from Oxford to Starkville. Before daylight on Nov. 25, University of Mississippi ROTC cadets will run 45 miles carrying the Egg Bowl game ball to Calhoun City. Once in Calhoun City, UM cadets will hand off the game ball to members of Mississippi State University’s ROTC program in the city square at a small pavilion. MSU’s ROTC will then carry the game ball 55 miles from Calhoun City to Davis-Wade Stadium in Starkville, where the ball will be handed off to the Mississippi State head coach Dan Mullen. Matt Hayes, assistant professor of military science at Ole Miss, says this is a way to get the community involved. “It’s Thanksgiving time and football season,” Hayes said. “We want to pump up the game more.” The run will begin on Union Drive and proceed to University Avenue. The cadets will then head on University to Highway 7, where they will run until the split at See ROTC, PAGE 5
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Highway 9. Mississippi State Highway Patrol and University Police were requested to escort the runners while on the public roads and streets. Twenty UM cadets will take turns running the ball, rotating every three to four miles. One mile outside of Calhoun City, all of the UM cadets will run in army formation with the flags to hand the ball off to MSU. In the hand-off location, both the Ole Miss mascot and the MSU mascot will be present. Both universities’ media relations are expected to video and still shot the relay for use during a pre-game video. Hayes said there is more to this run than just the football rivalry. “The values of this run are personal courage, sacrifice, perseverance, teamwork, physical fitness and the spirit of competition,” Hayes said. John Bolding, Ole Miss ROTC cadet battalion commander, said this is an event where the schools can come together to appreciate forces greater than them. “For me personally, it’s an event that we can do with the MSU cadets,” Bolding said. “It’s like a brotherhood.”
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