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Deuce Mcallister Gives $1 Million For Indoor Practice Facility, Tobie Baker May 2004

Deuce Mcallister Gives $1 Million For Indoor Practice Facility, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - As a running back at the University of Mississippi, Deuce McAllister caught 66 career passes between 1997 and 2000. Today the two-time All-Pro with the New Orleans Saints is giving instead of receiving.


Jackson Prep Salutatorian, Presidential Scholar Accepts $26,000 Newman Scholarship, Jennifer Southall May 2004

Jackson Prep Salutatorian, Presidential Scholar Accepts $26,000 Newman Scholarship, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Samuel Douglas Ray of Jackson is recipient of the University of Mississippi's $26,000 Newman Scholarship, which is among the state's largest awards for undergraduates.


Former Rebel Football Standout Deuce Mcallister To Make Major Announcement May 25 In Oxford, Staff Report May 2004

Former Rebel Football Standout Deuce Mcallister To Make Major Announcement May 25 In Oxford, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

Former Rebel football standout Deuce McAllister, who became a Pro Bowl running back with the New Orleans Saints, is to announce a major commitment to the University of Mississippi's Commitment to Excellence in Athletics Campaign at a Tuesday news conference. The event is slated for 4 p.m. in the Eddie Crawford South Zone Club in the south end zone of Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on the UM-Oxford campus.


Oxford Filmmaker To Produce Documentary On Chucky Mullins, Adam Moore May 2004

Oxford Filmmaker To Produce Documentary On Chucky Mullins, Adam Moore

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Nearly 15 years since University of Mississippi football standout Chucky Mullins suffered a game injury that would eventually claim his life, his legacy remains an inspiration for all who knew him and numerous others who have heard of his courage.


Tva Board Meets Politicians, Customers, Partners On Oxford Campus, Angela Moore May 2004

Tva Board Meets Politicians, Customers, Partners On Oxford Campus, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - For the first time in its 71-year history, the board of directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority met at the University of Mississippi Wednesday (May 19) for the public energy provider’s monthly business session.


Professor, Author To Celebrate Father At Memorial Day Conference In Washington, Deidra Jackson May 2004

Professor, Author To Celebrate Father At Memorial Day Conference In Washington, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Ben McClelland of Oxford is scheduled to publicly commemorate his late father, a U.S. Army veteran, on May 30 in Washington, D.C., at the annual World War II Orphans Network conference coinciding with Memorial Day.


Foodways June Program In Birmingham To Focus On Race Relations, Staff Report May 2004

Foodways June Program In Birmingham To Focus On Race Relations, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

The Southern Foodways Alliance travels to Birmingham, Ala., June 4-6 for its fourth annual field trip. The trip, billed as "Alabama in Black and White," celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.


Programs Offer Education For Gifted Eighth-Graders Through Seniors, Deborah Purnell May 2004

Programs Offer Education For Gifted Eighth-Graders Through Seniors, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Eighth-grade and high school students who think they're too young for college should think again, as learning opportunities abound this summer at the University of Mississippi.


Alumni Assoc., Career Center Revamp Program To Connect Students, Alumni, Jennifer Southall May 2004

Alumni Assoc., Career Center Revamp Program To Connect Students, Alumni, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Mentoring University of Mississippi students interested in investment banking is the perfect way for Andrew Laws to give back to his alma mater.


Small Business Seminars Available On Compact Discs, Deidra Jackson May 2004

Small Business Seminars Available On Compact Discs, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Business information most often requested by clients of the Mississippi Small Business Development Centers is available to the public on compact discs.


Three Receive Sullivan Awards In Recognition Of Character, Service, Elaine Pugh May 2004

Three Receive Sullivan Awards In Recognition Of Character, Service, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Three affiliates of the University of Mississippi are recipients of the prestigious Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award recognizing excellent character and humanitarian service.


$26,000 Carrier Scholarships Awarded To Two Miss. High School Seniors, Jennifer Southall May 2004

$26,000 Carrier Scholarships Awarded To Two Miss. High School Seniors, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Two high school seniors are recipients of the University of Mississippi's oldest and one of its most prestigious scholastic awards, the $26,000 Robert M. Carrier Scholarship.


Youngest Syndicated Talk Show Host, Author Graduates, Staff Report May 2004

Youngest Syndicated Talk Show Host, Author Graduates, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Ben Ferguson is host of a nationally syndicated talk show, has written a highly anticipated book and is an in-demand television commentator. He's accomplished all this before graduating last weekend from the University of Mississippi.


Civil Rights Law Expert Available To Discuss Till Case, Staff Report May 2004

Civil Rights Law Expert Available To Discuss Till Case, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

The Justice Department has reopened an investigation into the 1955 murder of Emmett Till, a 14-year old black youth who supposedly was killed for whistling at a white woman. The case helped fuel the civil rights movement. This marks the 22nd killing from the civil rights era that has been re-examined by authorities in recent years.


Triplet Law School Grads Choose To Stay In State To Launch Careers, Deidra Jackson May 2004

Triplet Law School Grads Choose To Stay In State To Launch Careers, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - With the attention that triplets usually attract, Deshun, Kenya and Warren Martin of Edwards received their juris doctorates Saturday (May 8) at the University of Mississippi and are set to launch careers serving their fellow Mississippians.


Engineer Earns Degree After Almost Four Decades In Field, Angela Moore May 2004

Engineer Earns Degree After Almost Four Decades In Field, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Donning a cap and gown and accepting his diploma in civil engineering Saturday at the University of Mississippi, Richard Stone, 59, completed a journey he began more than 40 years ago.


Governor Urges Graduates To Build Careers In State, Mitchell Diggs May 2004

Governor Urges Graduates To Build Careers In State, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Inviting them to stay and build careers in Mississippi, Gov. Haley Barbour encouraged 2004 graduates at the University of Mississippi to raise expectations of what can be accomplished in the state.


Trio Of Grads Pass Tough Professional Hr Exam On First Try, Deidra Jackson May 2004

Trio Of Grads Pass Tough Professional Hr Exam On First Try, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The Human Resource Certification Institute has announced that three University of Mississippi School of Business Administration graduates passed the Professional in Human Resources exam on their first try.


Sec Track & Field Championship On Campus May 13-16, Tobie Baker May 2004

Sec Track & Field Championship On Campus May 13-16, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - They'll sprint 100 meters in just over 10 seconds, vault over a beam close to 20 feet high and hurl 16-pound metal balls farther than 60 feet at the SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championship May 13-16 at the University of Mississippi.


Provost Staton Honored With Law Scholarship Endowment, Natashia Gregoire May 2004

Provost Staton Honored With Law Scholarship Endowment, Natashia Gregoire

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - While on campus recently for a 10-year reunion, the University of Mississippi School of Law's class of 1994 announced the establishment of a scholarship endowment honoring UM's Provost Carolyn Ellis Staton.


Satellite Feed Provided For Commencement, Britt Roper May 2004

Satellite Feed Provided For Commencement, Britt Roper

University of Mississippi News

The University of Mississippi will hold graduation ceremonies Saturday, May 8th, beginning at 9:30 a.m. in the Grove. Governor Haley Barbour will deliver the commencement address. The University is providing a tape satellite feed from 4 p.m.-4:15 (CST). The coordinates are SBS 6, Transponder 4, KU Band. The downlink frequency is 11798 vertical.


Learn To Earn From Your Invention At June 5 Conference In Hattiesburg, Deidra Jackson May 2004

Learn To Earn From Your Invention At June 5 Conference In Hattiesburg, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Inventors from around the region are encouraged to gather in Hattiesburg June 5 for the daylong Mississippi Inventors Conference and program titled "Learn to Earn from Your Invention."


Junior High Students In Northwest Mississippi To Receive Leadership Training, Deborah Purnell May 2004

Junior High Students In Northwest Mississippi To Receive Leadership Training, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi's Division of Outreach and Continuing Education has been awarded $50,000 from the U.S. Department of Education to provide free leadership training for junior high students from 34 school districts in northwest Mississippi.


Um Named One Of Three National Truman Foundation Honor Institutions, Adam Moore May 2004

Um Named One Of Three National Truman Foundation Honor Institutions, Adam Moore

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi is one of three universities nationwide to be recognized by the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation for excellence in training future leaders.


Acoustic Scientists Receive Certification From Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Org., Tobie Baker May 2004

Acoustic Scientists Receive Certification From Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Org., Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Acoustic scientists at the University of Mississippi have cleared an important hurdle in their efforts to help monitor a nuclear weapons test ban and improve weather forecasts.


Alumni Center Hotel Gets New Name, Wendy Carmean Apr 2004

Alumni Center Hotel Gets New Name, Wendy Carmean

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss - The Alumni Center Hotel at the University of Mississippi has been renamed The Inn at Ole Miss.


Seven Biz Students Earn Honors In National It Competition, Deidra Jackson Apr 2004

Seven Biz Students Earn Honors In National It Competition, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Seven University of Mississippi School of Business Administration students competed against teams from the country's top technology schools and took honors at the recent Association of Information Technology Professionals Ninth Annual National Collegiate Conference in Omaha, Neb.


Two Late Professors, Longtime Secretary Recognized For Student Service, N. Gregoire, D. Purnell Apr 2004

Two Late Professors, Longtime Secretary Recognized For Student Service, N. Gregoire, D. Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - On graduation day, Hanh Nguyen Bullion and Darlene Mason will wear caps and gowns and sit among the University of Mississippi's top administrators and professors. So, too, will Marjorie Potts.


Croft Seminar For Teachers Helps Bring East Asia Into The Classroom, Natashia Gregoire Apr 2004

Croft Seminar For Teachers Helps Bring East Asia Into The Classroom, Natashia Gregoire

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A free professional development seminar for the state's junior high and high school teachers to encourage learning about Asia is scheduled at the University of Mississippi beginning June 14, with a registration deadline of May 14.


Office Of Professional Development Offers Fiction, Poetry Writers' Workshop, June 24-27, Deborah Purnell Apr 2004

Office Of Professional Development Offers Fiction, Poetry Writers' Workshop, June 24-27, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The 2004 Yoknapatawpha Summer Writers' Workshop covering fiction and poetry is scheduled June 24-27 at the University of Mississippi.