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Oxford and University Green Week
University of Mississippi

Past UM Office of Sustainability Green Week Partners

Green Week is a cross-campus celebration around sustainability and environmental work on campus and in the community. As a collaborative event, many groups are responsible for making Green Week possible. Learn more about Green Week partners below:

Environmental Studies

Contact: afwirth@olemiss.edu

    • Environmental Studies provides an interdisciplinary curriculum to students that serve to grow and enrich a sense of environmental awareness and commitment to its stewardship and justice. Included in the minor are topics of humanities, social sciences, and sciences, all of which serve to broaden the understanding of environmental studies as one that can be nurtured and appreciated in compliment to all disciplines.
    • Green Week 2021 features KeyNote speaker, Petra Kuppers. Hosted by Environmental Studies, Kuppers is an international disability rights activist, poet, and environmental advocate. Kuppers is currently a Professor at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor where she teaches courses on English, Women’s Studies, Theater, and Ecofeminism. She is also the author of a number of books examining disability culture, poetry, and community performance.

OCE Roundtable

Contact: engaged@olemiss.edu

    • Ole Miss’s Community Engagement Office provides a collective space for the sharing and advancement of campus and community partner engagement in special interests and situational similarities. OCE Roundtable discussions focus on issue areas such as “Health and Wellbeing” and “Environment and Sustainability” that help to bring campus and community ideas together and bolster new and collaborative ideas and discussions.

Ole Miss Outdoors

Contact: omod@olemiss.edu

    • Ole Miss Outdoors helps to promote a balance between personal wellness as well as community wellness and engagement. 
    • Ole Miss Campus Rec is hosting an Earth Day Trail Cleanup during Green Week 2021. Located on the main trail of the South Campus Rail Trail, the event will help keep the trails and trail entrance debris-free.

William Magee Center

Contact: wellnessedu@olemiss.edu

    • Wellness education is at the core of the William Magee Center’s mission. Working to change and improve lives through education, research, and support related to alcohol and other drugs (AOD) and holistic well-being, the Center engages with students to promote a culture of optimal student success and overall well-being.
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