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Music Department Announces Two Choral Concerts, Oct. 24, Nov. 1, Deborah Purnell Oct 2004

Music Department Announces Two Choral Concerts, Oct. 24, Nov. 1, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Concerts featuring University of Mississippi choral groups are scheduled at North Oxford Baptist Church for 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24, and 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 1.


Nissan Senior Vice President Speaks To Business Students Tuesday, Grant Brashier Oct 2004

Nissan Senior Vice President Speaks To Business Students Tuesday, Grant Brashier

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A top executive in Nissan's North American operation delivers a free public address Tuesday (Oct. 19) at the University of Mississippi.


Ghana Virtuoso Of Music, Dance To Visit Campus, Present Workshops, Deborah Purnell Oct 2004

Ghana Virtuoso Of Music, Dance To Visit Campus, Present Workshops, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Students, faculty and community members can learn about traditional African drum music and dance Oct. 19-25, when one of Ghana's foremost virtuosos visits the University of Mississippi.


Athletes Mix Study, Service, Friendship While Studying Abroad In Costa Rica, Joe Thompson Oct 2004

Athletes Mix Study, Service, Friendship While Studying Abroad In Costa Rica, Joe Thompson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Somewhere in a small cafe in San Jose, Costa Rica, Ole Miss Rebel offensive lineman James McCoy sits at a table. He was there yesterday. He'll be there tomorrow.


English Professor Nets State Arts Commission Grant, Deidra Jackson Oct 2004

English Professor Nets State Arts Commission Grant, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Award-winning poet Ann Fisher-Wirth, professor of English at the University of Mississippi, has been awarded a $4,000 fellowship from the Mississippi Arts Commission.


Pharmacy Prof Named National Academic Leadership Fellow By Aacp, Dabney Weems Oct 2004

Pharmacy Prof Named National Academic Leadership Fellow By Aacp, Dabney Weems

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Noel E. Wilkin, associate professor and chair of pharmacy administration at the University of Mississippi, is among 30 pharmacy educators nationwide chosen for the inaugural class of the Academic Leadership Fellows Program with the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.


English Instructor Edits Revealing Collection Of Poet-Activist Interviews, Deidra Jackson Oct 2004

English Instructor Edits Revealing Collection Of Poet-Activist Interviews, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A rebellious child of Caribbean parents, Audre Lorde became a blue-collar worker, student of African mythology, college professor, critic of imperialism, charismatic orator, breast cancer victim and warrior for women scarred by mastectomies.


Former Gov. Teaches Middle East Course; Students Gear Up For Nov. Election, Tobie Baker Oct 2004

Former Gov. Teaches Middle East Course; Students Gear Up For Nov. Election, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Former Mississippi Gov. Ray Mabus was 13 years old the first time he journeyed to the Middle East, including to Egypt, Lebanon and Iran. During his childhood, he traveled abroad many other times with his father, and he later served as U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia under President Bill Clinton.


'50s Civil Rights Leader Returns To Campus, Named Honorary Chaplain, Deidra Jackson Oct 2004

'50s Civil Rights Leader Returns To Campus, Named Honorary Chaplain, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Amid the region's simmering racial tension 48 years ago, the University of Mississippi lost its director of religious life, Will D. Campbell, just as he was planning to initiate discussions on racial injustice and civil rights during the school's annual religious emphasis week.


Nation's Top Science Writers, Editors Gather On Campus To Confer, Mitchell Diggs Oct 2004

Nation's Top Science Writers, Editors Gather On Campus To Confer, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss - About 30 of the nation's top science writers and editors gather this week at the University of Mississippi for three days of workshops, seminars and tours of UM research facilities.


Historic Guyton Hall To Be Dedicated As Education School Oct. 15, Tobie Baker Oct 2004

Historic Guyton Hall To Be Dedicated As Education School Oct. 15, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi School of Education – the state's oldest program for training teachers and school administrators – dedicates its newly renovated home, Guyton Hall, at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 15.


L-O-U Residents Invited To Campus Oct. 14 To Discuss America's Role In The World, Natashia Gregoire Oct 2004

L-O-U Residents Invited To Campus Oct. 14 To Discuss America's Role In The World, Natashia Gregoire

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - With conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Middle East placing global security at the forefront of this year's presidential campaign, Lafayette-Oxford-University residents are invited to the University of Mississippi on Thursday (Oct. 14) for a public forum to address America's role in the world and the future of U.S. foreign policy.


Leading Scholar On South To Address Miss. Flag Issue Oct. 15, Jennifer Southall Oct 2004

Leading Scholar On South To Address Miss. Flag Issue Oct. 15, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A leading authority on the South delves into the state flag controversy in a talk Friday (Oct. 15) at the University of Mississippi.


Law School Kicks Off 150th Anniversary Celebration With Lecture Oct. 14, Natashia Gregoire Oct 2004

Law School Kicks Off 150th Anniversary Celebration With Lecture Oct. 14, Natashia Gregoire

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - With state-of-the-art instructional technology and a law library stocked with more than 325,000 volumes, today's University of Mississippi School of Law bears little resemblance to the Department of Law, which opened to seven students 150 years ago.


Department Of Theatre Presents Cole Porter's Broadway Classic 'Anything Goes,' Oct. 21-23, Deborah Purnell Oct 2004

Department Of Theatre Presents Cole Porter's Broadway Classic 'Anything Goes,' Oct. 21-23, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Cole Porter's Broadway classic "Anything Goes" opens Oct. 21 in Fulton Chapel at the University of Mississippi for a three-day run.


Isom Women’S Center Gets New Leader, Maps Future, Staff Report Oct 2004

Isom Women’S Center Gets New Leader, Maps Future, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - New ideas and new direction have come to the Sarah Isom Center for Women at the University of Mississippi with the recent hiring of Mary Carruth as center director.


Honored Alumnus E.H. “Pat” Patterson Dies, Staff Report Oct 2004

Honored Alumnus E.H. “Pat” Patterson Dies, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - E.H. "Pat" Patterson, 73 - who was reared in rural Mississippi near Amory, graduated from the University of Mississippi, and became a top executive at Donrey Media Group - died Sunday.


Faculty Woodwind Quintet Presents Second Faculty Series Performance, Oct. 17, Deborah Purnell Oct 2004

Faculty Woodwind Quintet Presents Second Faculty Series Performance, Oct. 17, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The Faculty Woodwind Quintet performs a 3 p.m. concert Sunday, Oct. 17, at Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Mississippi.


Engineering School Plans More Support For Student Job Placement, Rebecca Reyenga Oct 2004

Engineering School Plans More Support For Student Job Placement, Rebecca Reyenga

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A newly created position in the University of Mississippi School of Engineering is intended to help graduates find jobs and to develop the school's relationships with industry.


Expert: Executives' Insurance Should Be Corporate Priority, Grant Brashier Oct 2004

Expert: Executives' Insurance Should Be Corporate Priority, Grant Brashier

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Directors' and officers' liability and insurance (D&O) is of utmost importance to a corporation, according to Dan A. Bailey, a leading national authority on D&O who discussed corporate governance issues Monday at the University of Mississippi.


Student Art Association Marks 50th Anniversary With Juried Exhibit, Sale, Oct. 7-30, Staff Report Oct 2004

Student Art Association Marks 50th Anniversary With Juried Exhibit, Sale, Oct. 7-30, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi Student Art Association hosts a juried art exhibition and sale, Oct. 7-30, to commemorate its 50th anniversary. Renowned artist and Ole Miss alumnus Greely Myatt is juror for the show.


Fifth Circuit Court Of Appeals Hearing Cases On Campus Through Thursday, Natashia Gregoire Oct 2004

Fifth Circuit Court Of Appeals Hearing Cases On Campus Through Thursday, Natashia Gregoire

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The cases are real and the judges are real this week at the University of Mississippi School of Law as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit convenes today (Oct. 4) on the Oxford campus.


U.S. Army Field Band And Soldiers' Chorus To Present Free Concert Oct. 20, Deborah Purnell Oct 2004

U.S. Army Field Band And Soldiers' Chorus To Present Free Concert Oct. 20, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The internationally acclaimed U.S. Army Field Band and Soldiers' Chorus of Washington, D.C., continues a long history of presenting public performances when it appears Wednesday, Oct. 20, at the University of Mississippi.


Cheerleader Alumni Club Holds 3rd Annual Golf Tournament, Candie Simmons Oct 2004

Cheerleader Alumni Club Holds 3rd Annual Golf Tournament, Candie Simmons

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The Ole Miss Cheerleader Alumni Club hosts its third annual golf tournament at 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 15, at the University Golf Course in Oxford. The tournament supports a scholarship endowment established in August 2003 to assist Ole Miss cheerleaders with tuition, books and other educational costs at the University of Mississippi.


Award-Winning Historian, Author To Speak Oct. 11 At Women's Center, Elaine Pugh Oct 2004

Award-Winning Historian, Author To Speak Oct. 11 At Women's Center, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Rickie Solinger, independent scholar and award-winning historian, discusses "Nine Ways of Looking at a Poor Woman" Monday (Oct. 11) at the University of Mississippi.


Alum Has Ringside Seat In National Politics, Election '04, Deidra Jackson Oct 2004

Alum Has Ringside Seat In National Politics, Election '04, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - As the nation eyes the 2004 general election, a young University of Mississippi alumnus is among those with a personal stake in the outcome.


Forensics Team Wins Awards In Regional At Clemson, Jennifer Russell Oct 2004

Forensics Team Wins Awards In Regional At Clemson, Jennifer Russell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi forensics team returned this week from a regional tournament at Clemson University with a collection of awards.


Artist Series Announces Children's Auditions For 'Nutcracker' Oct. 9, Staff Report Oct 2004

Artist Series Announces Children's Auditions For 'Nutcracker' Oct. 9, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Dance Alive, a professional dance troupe from Gainesville, Fla., is holding auditions Saturday, Oct. 9, at the University of Mississippi for young dancers, ages 7-18, for an upcoming production of "The Nutcracker."


Economics Department Ranked Near Top Of Sec By International Journal, Elaine Pugh Oct 2004

Economics Department Ranked Near Top Of Sec By International Journal, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A recent ranking of economics departments around the world places the University of Mississippi Department of Economics at No. 67 in the United States and No. 4 among Southeastern Conference schools.


Pharmaceutical Expert Available To Discuss Vioxx Withdrawal, Staff Report Sep 2004

Pharmaceutical Expert Available To Discuss Vioxx Withdrawal, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

The stock market has tumbled and millions of Americans are unsure of their treatment options after the announcement that Merck & Co. is withdrawing Vioxx, its blockbuster arthritis drug, from the market. The decision came after a study showed the popular medication increased the risk of heart attack and stroke for certain patients.