Ole Miss cordially invites you to the Mississippi Gathering in Oxford, MS, February 21-25, 2009.

This year the Mississippi Gathering participants are invited to join our international partners and providers in Oxford to discuss internationalizing college campuses as well as experience our Mississippi. Take a minute to view a video about all that Oxford has to offer and find out why we love our little town so much.

We will provide transportation from the Memphis airport as well as around town from the Inn at Ole Miss during the week.

First up, the Ole Miss Rebels take on the University of Georgia Bulldogs, and you have a ring-side seat in the Tad Pad. It’s SEC basketball at its most intense.

On Sunday we’ll tour Rowan Oak, home of Nobel Prize-winner and quintessential Southern writer William Faulkner. From there it’s off to the historic artist community of Taylor, MS, where we will have dinner at nationally recognized Taylor Grocery. Catfish doesn’t get any better.

No one should miss the Welcome Reception in beautiful Bryant Hall on Monday, February 23rd. Invitees include Chancellor Robert C. Khayat, Provost Morris Stocks, the academic deans, and representatives from the University’s international faculty and staff.

The bi-annual Study Abroad Open House in the Union on the University of Mississippi campus will take place on Tuesday. That night we’ll visit Rooster’s, a Delta Blues bar and restaurant on the Oxford Square with Southern cool to spare.

After the Graduate Recruitment Fair we’ll board the bus for an excursion to Clarksdale, MS where we’ll visit the Delta Blues Museum and enjoy dinner, live music, and dancing at Ground Zero Blues Club.

If you prefer to branch out on your own, there is a lot to see and do — watch the UM baseball team play Central Arkansas on February 25, or head to the Oxford Square to investigate one (or all) or our three nationally recognized bookstores: Square Books, Off-Square Books, or Square Books Junior.

As always, representatives from all over the world will convene with one common goal in mind: internationalizing college campuses.