Fall Leadership Conference (FLC) Tour
Touring facilities provide a hands-on perspective of what it actually takes to run an organization. Members get an opportunity to see behind-the-scenes, day-to-day operations of businesses and industries. Featured below is our business partner who will provide a tour of their facility for the 2025 FLC.
Explore Innovation at the Haley Barbour Center for Manufacturing Excellence (CME)
Located within the CME facility are study spaces, a Maker Space and a 12,000-square-foot manufacturing floor, where students gain hands-on experience as they learn the basics of wood, metal, plastic and carbon fiber composite processing and finishing. Students also learn the importance of safety in the industrial environment, problem-solving skills, critical thinking, and the value of collaboration and teamwork in the manufacturing process.
CME students learn accountancy, business,and engineering principles through the lens of manufacturing. Our instruction team possesses more than 300 years of combined manufacturing experience and are committed to preparing students for successful careers in modern manufacturing.
Address:
Haley Barbour Center for Manufacturing Excellence
University of Mississippi | 1784 University Circle |
University, MS 38677
The Jim and Thomas Duff Center for Science and Technology
The Jim and Thomas Duff Center for Science and Technology Innovation is located at the University of Mississippi. It is a state-of-the-art STEM education center. In addition to traditional classrooms and numerous student study spaces, the building features active learning classrooms and modern laboratory spaces which lend themselves to increased collaboration as part of the learning process. The Center is among the largest in the nation that is entirely devoted to undergraduate teaching and learning and is helping to develop the next generation of problem solvers as STEM fields continue to grow.
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The Jim and Thomas Duff Center for Science and Technology Innovation is located on the main campus of the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in Oxford, Mississippi, positioned across All American Drive from Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in the university’s Science District.
801 All American Drive University, MS 38677
The Jim and Thomas Duff Center for Science and Technology Innovation