Being in health care on a college campus can be challenging even under normal circumstances, but throw COVID-19 into the mix, and the position takes on a whole new level of complexity. Holly Daly of Mount Olive has recently joined the University of Mount Olive as the Director of Health Services, filling the position left…… read more »
One of the UMO students involved in a car crash that left four others dead has now been charged for the deadly wreck. According to the State Highway Patrol, 19-year-old Tiffany Lee of Gambrills, MD, turned herself in Wednesday afternoon. Lee was placed into the Wayne County Detention Center under a $100,000 bond. She is charged…… read more »
The University of Mount Olive Department of Athletics recently launched a new virtual series called the “Coach’s Corner” in June via Zoom. The next Coach’s Corner is this Wednesday, July, 8 with Jackie Kirby at 12:00 p.m. The Coach’s Corner gives Trojan faithful the opportunity to interact with select UMO Athletics coaches in a Zoom…… read more »
The ambition to succeed is as American as apple pie and Coca-Cola. Lettie Pate was certainly a testament to that thought. Born in Thaxton, Virginia she was raised in the Episcopal Church, privately educated, and married her husband, Joseph Brown Whitehead, in 1894. In 1899, Joseph and an associate dreamed up the idea of bottling…… read more »
The Michael Martin Memorial Golf Tournament sponsored by Friendly Mart will be held on Thursday, August 20, at the Southern Wayne Country Club. Tee times will be at 8:30 AM and 1:30 PM. The entry fee is $90 per player or $360 per team. There will be a raffle drawing and silent auction at the…… read more »
The University of Mount Olive is once again addressing the needs of its students and helping educate tomorrow’s agribusiness leaders. Beginning in the fall of 2020, UMO will offer a bachelor of arts degree in agribusiness that will be 100% online. Dean of Agriculture and Biological Sciences Dr. Sandy Maddox said, “We are very pleased…… read more »
University of Mount Olive Assistant Professor of Exercise Science Jaime Kylis-Higginbotham shares insights into healthy eating during COVID-19 and beyond. Here we are, getting that family time that we were wishing for months ago. Prior to the Corona pandemic life was hectic. We were running around getting our little/big people where they needed to be,…… read more »
The University of Mount Olive Board of Trustees and administration met last week to finalize plans for the fall 2020 traditional seated semester in light of COVID-19. According to Interim President Dr. H. Edward Croom, the semester will begin on August 25, 2020 and go straight through to Thanksgiving. Fall break will be canceled, and…… read more »
The University of Mount Olive captured the 2019-2020 Conference Carolinas Joby Hawn Cup, it was announced by the conference office. The Hawn Cup goes to the conference school with the year’s best overall athletics performance. Mount Olive also won the individual women’s Hawn Cup, winning the overall cup in back-to-back years for the first time in school…… read more »
During the stay at home orders caused by COVID-19 people often feel trapped. Social distancing has meant social isolation for many. University of Mount Olive Art Professor Cheryl Hooks challenged the students in her Fine Arts Studio class to complete a window meditations assignment as a means of helping them realize that although the scenery…… read more »
