Norton returning to Ole Miss
Will Norton, dean of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism, will return to the University of Mississippi July 1 as founding dean of the new Meek School of Journalism and New Media.
Norton served 13 years as chair of UM’s Department of Journalism before becoming UNL’s journalism dean in 1990. He joined UM in 1974 as assistant professor of journalism.
“It was not an easy decision (to leave UNL) because the faculty, staff and students of the College of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are such important parts of my life,” Norton said. “However, the timing is right.”