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Applied Sciences, Lott Leadership Institute To Host Social Justice, Public Policy Conference June 22-24, Camille Breland Jun 2005

Applied Sciences, Lott Leadership Institute To Host Social Justice, Public Policy Conference June 22-24, Camille Breland

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Social workers, legal professionals and concerned citizens have an opportunity to examine social justice and public policy issues through lectures and panel discussions June 22-24 at the University of Mississippi.


Summer Sunset Series Kicks Off Fifth Season June 5 With Blues Night, Deborah Purnell May 2005

Summer Sunset Series Kicks Off Fifth Season June 5 With Blues Night, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The fifth season of the L-O-U Summer Sunset Series kicks off Sunday (June 5) with a blues concert in the Grove at the University of Mississippi.


Law Prof Goes To Israel To Study Terrorism; Plans Terrorism & Law Class, Natashia Gregoire May 2005

Law Prof Goes To Israel To Study Terrorism; Plans Terrorism & Law Class, Natashia Gregoire

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - University of Mississippi law professor Ron Rychlak has been named to an academic fellowship by the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.


Library Receives Donation Of Rare Confederate Diary, Tobie Baker May 2005

Library Receives Donation Of Rare Confederate Diary, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Donating family heirlooms to the University of Mississippi has become a family tradition for descendants of the Rev. Jesse L. Henderson.


Alums Choose To Remember Alma Mater With Gift Through Will, Elaine Pugh May 2005

Alums Choose To Remember Alma Mater With Gift Through Will, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - An everlasting gift to the University of Mississippi has been assured through the will of two alums who credit their college educations for financial success.


Field Station Offers Ecology Day Camps For Children In July, Angela Moore May 2005

Field Station Offers Ecology Day Camps For Children In July, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Children of all ages can spend a week or two this summer learning about water conservation and local wetlands at the University of Mississippi Field Station's Ecology Day Camp.


Teachers' Summit June 22-24 To Focus On Civil Rights Movement, Deidra Jackson May 2005

Teachers' Summit June 22-24 To Focus On Civil Rights Movement, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Public school teachers converge in Philadelphia, Miss., June 22-24 for what is expected to be a landmark event aimed at providing firsthand perspectives on the 1960s civil rights movement.


Prof To Discuss Legalities Of Space-Based Weapons Today On Npr, Staff Report May 2005

Prof To Discuss Legalities Of Space-Based Weapons Today On Npr, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

Joanne Gabrynowicz, research professor of law and director of the Remote Sensing and Space Law Center at the University of Mississippi, is to be a guest this afternoon (May 25) on the National Public Radio program "Talk of the Nation."


Chancellor Robert Khayat Tapped To Ncaa Presidential Task Force, Tobie Baker May 2005

Chancellor Robert Khayat Tapped To Ncaa Presidential Task Force, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - University of Mississippi Chancellor Robert Khayat has been appointed to a NCAA presidential task force to study the future of college sports.


History Professor Offers Different View Of Civil War Aftermath, Laura Hawks May 2005

History Professor Offers Different View Of Civil War Aftermath, Laura Hawks

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - John Neff's belief that American historians have long overlooked the "lingering legacy" of disunity following the Civil War has led to the history professor's first book.


Charlie Conerly Memorialized With Endowed Scholarship To Assist Future Athletes, Tobie Baker May 2005

Charlie Conerly Memorialized With Endowed Scholarship To Assist Future Athletes, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Ole Miss football standout Charlie Conerly was an unassuming man - never one to blow his own horn. He rarely celebrated after scoring a touchdown. He would simply hand the ball to the referee and trot to the sideline.


Accountancy Instructor Receives Desoto Center's Inaugural Award Honoring Oustanding Faculty, Elaine Pugh May 2005

Accountancy Instructor Receives Desoto Center's Inaugural Award Honoring Oustanding Faculty, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Billy Rhodes, assistant dean and instructor in the Patterson School of Accountancy at the University of Mississippi, is the inaugural winner of the T.P. Vinson Outstanding Faculty Award at UM-DeSoto Center in Southaven.


Inaugural Civil War Conference Set May 27-29, Tobie Baker May 2005

Inaugural Civil War Conference Set May 27-29, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A dozen scholars converge on the University of Mississippi campus Memorial Day weekend to reflect on America's Civil War.


It's Not All Greek, It's Latin, Too: Classics Professor Honored As Top Teacher Of Freshmen, Tobie Baker May 2005

It's Not All Greek, It's Latin, Too: Classics Professor Honored As Top Teacher Of Freshmen, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. ­ A self-described strict disciplinarian, Aileen Ajootian takes a no-nonsense approach in the classroom.


Renovation Plans Aim To Bring Inn At Ole Miss Up To Campus Standards, Deborah Purnell May 2005

Renovation Plans Aim To Bring Inn At Ole Miss Up To Campus Standards, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - With a new name, new slogan and plans to turn the Triplett Alumni Center Hotel at the University of Mississippi into an architectural masterpiece, there will definitely be more room at the inn, The Inn at Ole Miss, that is.


Campus Trees Get Passing Grades From U.S. Forest Service, Tobie Baker May 2005

Campus Trees Get Passing Grades From U.S. Forest Service, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Trees on the University of Mississippi's 1,000-acre campus are making the grade, according to a U.S. Forest Service-funded study, which has resulted in a long-range management plan.


Free Sports, Education Program For Youth Offered June 1-July 8, Deborah Purnell May 2005

Free Sports, Education Program For Youth Offered June 1-July 8, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Area youths interested in basketball, swimming and other summer sports are invited to participate in the National Youth Sports Program June 1-July 8 at the University of Mississippi.


Teacher Of The Year Honor Is Icing On The Cake For History Prof, Tobie Baker May 2005

Teacher Of The Year Honor Is Icing On The Cake For History Prof, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The 2004-05 academic year has been a benchmark for University of Mississippi history professor John Neff. Neff's book, "Honoring the Civil War Dead: Commemoration and the Problem of Reconciliation," was published in March by the University Press of Kansas; earlier this year, he was granted tenured professor status, along with a promotion; and he has been named the top teacher in the College of Liberal Arts.


Engineering Graduate, International Student Poised To Change The World, Angela Moore May 2005

Engineering Graduate, International Student Poised To Change The World, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - When Kaumudi Atapattu graduates summa cum laude Saturday at the University of Mississippi, the School of Engineering bids farewell to a national scholarship winner, a student leader and an accomplished researcher. But it's easier to see Atapattu leave Ole Miss for the University of California at Berkeley than it was for her professors to fear her loss a few months ago, when the civil engineering major went home to Colombo, Sri Lanka, for the holidays.


Graduating Senior Takes On Rearing Brother, Mentoring Science Students, Jennifer Southall May 2005

Graduating Senior Takes On Rearing Brother, Mentoring Science Students, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Anecdotal evidence suggests that most college students would probably rather do anything than take in a younger sibling to care for full time. But that's exactly what University of Mississippi graduating senior Gregg Anazia volunteered to do a few years back.


Nigerian Student Helps Build Family Tradition At Um, Jennifer Southall May 2005

Nigerian Student Helps Build Family Tradition At Um, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Although her family lives half a world away, Lara Oyetunji said attending the University of Mississippi has nonetheless become a sort of family tradition.


Commencement Speaker Advises: Listen To Others, Don't Be Afraid To Fail, Mitchell Diggs May 2005

Commencement Speaker Advises: Listen To Others, Don't Be Afraid To Fail, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Advising graduates and their families to listen to and understand others, acclaimed journalist David Halberstam warned a University of Mississippi commencement audience of a growing national division that threatens the country's foundations.


William Winter Institute For Racial Reconciliation Welcomes Major Gift From Namesake's Law Firm, Deidra Jackson May 2005

William Winter Institute For Racial Reconciliation Welcomes Major Gift From Namesake's Law Firm, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Long before the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation at the University of Mississippi began its ambitious work of fostering racial progress through civic renewal projects, the institute's namesake had garnered a universal reputation for his work to promote racial equality.


Beloved Engineering Professor Dies Unexpectedly Two Weeks After Receiving School's Highest Honor, Angela Moore May 2005

Beloved Engineering Professor Dies Unexpectedly Two Weeks After Receiving School's Highest Honor, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Charles E. Smith, one of the University of Mississippi's most beloved professors and researchers, died suddenly Thursday night at his home in Oxford. He was 70.


Senior Class Unveils Creed Monument As Gift To Alma Mater, Staff Report May 2005

Senior Class Unveils Creed Monument As Gift To Alma Mater, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

Members of the University of Mississippi's 2005 senior class unveil a gift to their alma mater, a monument on the front lawn of the Lyceum containing the words of the school's creed. The creed, which was adopted in 2003 and has since been incorporated into all areas of campus life, pledges UM students, faculty, staff and alumni to such values as respect, civility, integrity and honesty. Members of the 2005 senior class said they wanted to give back to the school a permanent reminder of those values for which the university stands. Participating in the Thursday dedication ceremony are (left …


2005 Commencement Ceremony Available On Satellite Feed, Staff Report May 2005

2005 Commencement Ceremony Available On Satellite Feed, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

The 2005 Commencement ceremony at the University of Mississippi is to be available for stations on a satellite feed May 14, 4:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. CST. The satellite coordinates are SBS 6, Transponder 17. Downlink frequency is 12117 Horizontal.


Library Receives Gift Of Letters Written By Confederate Soldier, Tobie Baker May 2005

Library Receives Gift Of Letters Written By Confederate Soldier, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Today's soldiers share at least one thing in common with soldiers from the Civil War - the desire to receive letters from home.


Two Students Honored At Southern Literary Festival, Kristin Frost May 2005

Two Students Honored At Southern Literary Festival, Kristin Frost

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Two University of Mississippi students won top honors recently at the Southern Literary Festival in Clinton.


Foundation President Announces Retirement, Jeffrey Alford May 2005

Foundation President Announces Retirement, Jeffrey Alford

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The head of the private foundation that annually manages nearly $50 million in donations to the University of Mississippi is stepping down after 21 years.


$103,000 Donation Received From Oil Company Foundation, Elaine Pugh May 2005

$103,000 Donation Received From Oil Company Foundation, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A $103,000 check was delivered Friday (May 6) to the University of Mississippi from the ExxonMobil Foundation.