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Andy Mullins of Oxford Named Millsaps College Alumnus of the Year
Andy Mullins of Oxford is the 2014 Millsaps College Alumnus of the Year. He received the honor during an awards ceremony on Oct. 24 that was part of Millsaps College Homecoming activities.
Mullins has served as special assistant and advisor to two Mississippi governors, three state superintendents of education and three University of Mississippi chancellors. He currently chairs the Millsaps College Board of Visitors, which builds upon years of work by alumni and the Millsaps College Office of Institutional Advancement.
A 1966 graduate of Nuxubee County High School in Macon, Mulllins earned a B.A. in history from Millsaps College in 1970. He went on to earn a M.Ed. in history from Mississippi College in 1976 and a Ph.D. in higher education administration from the University of Mississippi in 1992.
With a career dedicated to improving K-12 and higher education, Mullins has served as a longtime counselor to many of Mississippi’s education leaders. He spent nearly two decades at the University of Mississippi and most recently served as chief of staff to University of Mississippi Chancellor Dan Jones.
He now teaches graduate students in the University of Mississippi School of Education and leads the Mississippi Teacher Corps, which he co-founded with Harvard journalism student Amy Gutman in 1989.
Mullins served as education advisor to Mississippi Governor William Winter. With a group of young staff members dubbed “The Boys of Spring,” Mullins helped Winter push the landmark Education Reform Act of 1982, which among other things required public schools to offer kindergarten.
Mullins wrote about the political process involved in the Winter administration’s efforts to change the education system in Mississippi in the book entitled Building Consensus, A History of the Passage of the Education Reform Act of 1982. He is also author of The Measure of Our Days: Writings of William F. Winter, a collection of the governor’s writings.
He is chair of the Mississippi Humanities Council and has served as a board member since 2002. He is a former chairman of the Millsaps College Arts & Lecture Series and has served on numerous boards including the Center for Ministry at Millsaps College, the Southern Regional Education Board, the Barksdale Reading Institute, and the University of Mississippi William Winter Institute on Racial Reconciliation.
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Donald GODWIN
November 1, 2014 at 12:03 pm
Andy was one of my favorite teachers, mentors and coaches in my high school years. Quite a positive influence on me and my peers! I wish all the best for him in his new chapter of “retirement”… I know he won’t be slowing down in his efforts to help and educate others.
I also know that Andy would likely point out to his HottyToddy colleagues at UofM that our Mississippi spelling of the Choctaw word is “Noxubee” and NOT as this web writer has spelled Andy’s home county.
Go Golden Eagles!
Kaye Bryant
November 3, 2014 at 7:55 am
A well deserved honor for one of the unsung heros of the University of Mississippi!
Anonymous
November 4, 2014 at 1:12 pm
thanks Don and Kaye.