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100 Years and Counting: Photograph
View U of M faculty, staff, students and alumni joined together on the Alumni Mall
earlier this summer to celebrate the U of M’s centennial. >
Centennial Events
February 28, 2012: University of Memphis Centennial Research Celebration
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm University Center - Ballroom A
The University of Memphis Centennial Research Celebration will highlight key research milestones and pay tribute to the outstanding achievements of faculty researchers and research teams. The University will recognize faculty investigators who have been Principal Investigator on $1 million or more in externally supported research and teams of faculty from top producing research centers, institutes, and bureaus. The University will also honor the inaugural recipient of its new Presidential Award for Lifetime Achievement in Research. For more information, please contact Deborah Hernandez at (901) 678-2648. |
March 19, 2012: 100 Yrs. of Women at the UoM: The Campus Community: Women & African Americans
11:00 am - 1:00 pm UC River Room
Talk and discussion based on UofM history professors Janann Sherman & Beverly Bond's book University of Memphis: A Campus History Series. Please bring a brown bag lunch, light refreshments will be served. This event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Center for Research on Women, African & African American Studies, & the Department of History. For more information, please contact CROW at crow@memphis.edu or 901-678-2770. |
March 31, 2012: Blue and Gray Football Game
12:00 pm Liberty Bowl
The Blue-Gray Game, which is free and open to the public, will be held at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. For more information, please contact Brandon Hays at (901) 678-4142. |
April 14, 2012: 5th Annual Beale Street Drill Meet and Endurance Challenge
8:00 pm Memorial Field
The Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps Unit and The University of Memphis will host its 5th annual Beale Street Drill Meet and Endurance Challenge competition. Other ROTC units from coast to coast will travel to compete and represent all four branches of the military. The drill events will take place on Memorial Field or in front of the Library, and the endurance challenge will take place at Shelby Farms Park.
For more information, please contact Wendy Reynolds at (901) 678-2370. |
April 17, 2012: Centennial Hall of Fame Reception
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway Hall of Fame
The College of Education, Health and Human Sciences Alumni Chapter will honor exceptional faculty and alumni from throughout our 100 year history at the Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway Hall of Fame. Mark your calendars to join us for this historic event, the proceeds of which will go to establish the Alumni Chapter's Centennial Scholarship. Tickets go on sale March 1st and honorees will be announced soon. For more information, contact Alumni Coordinator Wendy Sumner-Winter at wsumner1@memphis.edu or 901-678-1562. |
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