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Lineup Announced For 2003-04 Ford Center For The Performing Arts Series, Deidra Jackson Aug 2003

Lineup Announced For 2003-04 Ford Center For The Performing Arts Series, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Actor James Earl Jones and singer Art Garfunkel are just two of eight featured performances slated for the inaugural Ford Center for the Performing Arts Series at the University of Mississippi.


War Hero Scott O’Grady Headlines Welcome Week, Speaks At Convocation, Deborah Purnell Aug 2003

War Hero Scott O’Grady Headlines Welcome Week, Speaks At Convocation, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - U.S. Air Force Capt. Scott F. O'Grady, who was shot down in war-torn Bosnia in 1995, shares his amazing story Saturday, Aug. 16, at the University of Mississippi.


Library Receives Historic Items From North Mississippi Audubon Preserve, Tobie Baker Aug 2003

Library Receives Historic Items From North Mississippi Audubon Preserve, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - If walls could talk, they would tell a captivating story spanning 150 years at Strawberry Plains, a restored 1851 two-story antebellum house near Holly Springs.


Early Arriving Students, Parents Greeted With ‘Move-In 2003,' Aug. 14-16, Deborah Purnell Aug 2003

Early Arriving Students, Parents Greeted With ‘Move-In 2003,' Aug. 14-16, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - For early arriving students and their parents, the University of Mississippi plans "Move-In 2003: Red, Blue and You," Aug. 14-16, at the Oxford Mall.


Museums Publicity Materials Win National Awards, Elaine Pugh Aug 2003

Museums Publicity Materials Win National Awards, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - For the second consecutive year, the University of Mississippi Museums is a winner in the American Association of Museums Publications Design Competition.


Georgia Author, Naturalist Named Grisham Writer-In-Residence, Deidra Jackson Aug 2003

Georgia Author, Naturalist Named Grisham Writer-In-Residence, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Janisse Ray, author of the poignant American Book Award-winning memoir "Ecology of a Cracker Childhood," is the 2003-04 John and Renee Grisham Writer-in-Residence at the University of Mississippi.


Arts Commission Grant To Support Thacker Mountain Radio, Deidra Jackson Jul 2003

Arts Commission Grant To Support Thacker Mountain Radio, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - A new grant to the University of Mississippi's Center for the Study of Southern Culture will support Thacker Mountain Radio, a popular hour-long variety show that celebrates literature and music.


Back To School In Lula: Children Receive Internet Access, Tobie Baker Jul 2003

Back To School In Lula: Children Receive Internet Access, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - In the small Mississippi Delta town of Lula, children now have an opportunity to explore the world via the Internet, thanks in part to the University of Mississippi.


Prof Leads Team On World's Largest Physics Experiment, Mitchell Diggs Jul 2003

Prof Leads Team On World's Largest Physics Experiment, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Lucien Cremaldi, a University of Mississippi physicist, has been selected to represent his colleagues on the advisory body for one of the largest scientific experiments ever conceived.


Um’S ‘Mister Magazine’ Finds Personal Satisfaction In Arabic Work, Patsy R. Brumfield Jul 2003

Um’S ‘Mister Magazine’ Finds Personal Satisfaction In Arabic Work, Patsy R. Brumfield

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Middle East meets West in a new, slick magazine designed to show what America is really like.


Lineup Announced For Department Of Theatre Arts 2003-04 Season, Deidra Jackson Jul 2003

Lineup Announced For Department Of Theatre Arts 2003-04 Season, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Seven productions, from a hit Broadway musical to romantic comedy and drama, are slated for the University of Mississippi's Department of Theatre Arts season.


Eudora Welty As Teen: Library Receives Scrapbook, Tobie Baker Jul 2003

Eudora Welty As Teen: Library Receives Scrapbook, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Acclaimed storyteller Eudora Welty was "chief buzzard" in the Blinking Buzzards, a private society she created while a Jackson, Miss., high school student.


Orchestra To Play Varied Program In Grove Sunday, July 27, J. Adrian Aumen Jul 2003

Orchestra To Play Varied Program In Grove Sunday, July 27, J. Adrian Aumen

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - From classical and patriotic to The Beach Boys and Basin Street, the music in Sunday's free concert at the University of Mississippi promises something for every age and taste.


Communities Invited To Learn More About Preserving Local Stories, Patsy R. Brumfield Jul 2003

Communities Invited To Learn More About Preserving Local Stories, Patsy R. Brumfield

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Powerful stories from the past can help people shape the future, say a pair of film makers traveling across Mississippi.


Workshop To Focus Medical Officials On Earthquake Preparedness, Patsy R. Brumfield Jul 2003

Workshop To Focus Medical Officials On Earthquake Preparedness, Patsy R. Brumfield

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - When an earthquake shatters the peace of a Mississippi morning, healthcare facilities are just as vulnerable as homes and businesses.


Advisory - International Conference On Race, Patsy R. Brumfield Jul 2003

Advisory - International Conference On Race, Patsy R. Brumfield

University of Mississippi News

The University of Mississippi's William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation hosts its inaugural International Conference on Race Oct. 1-4 on the Oxford campus to explore racial reconciliation in international contexts. The program will highlight presentations that consider how local action-oriented initiatives resolve conflict around the globe.


Labor, South Focus Of October Conference, Patsy R. Brumfield Jul 2003

Labor, South Focus Of October Conference, Patsy R. Brumfield

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Labor and the American South's growing importance in national and international economics brings activists, economic developers and journalists to the University of Mississippi Oct. 4-7.


Research Funding Sets New Record For Oxford Campus, Mitchell Diggs Jul 2003

Research Funding Sets New Record For Oxford Campus, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Funding for research and sponsored programs at the University of Mississippi has topped $100 million for the third consecutive year.


Theatre Arts Grad Scores Emmy Nomination, Deidra Jackson Jul 2003

Theatre Arts Grad Scores Emmy Nomination, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Hollywood set decorator Julie Kaye Fanton loves her job, and her Emmy nomination this week means she must do it well.


Beauty Salon, Barber Shop Tax Rules Slated For Free Workshop Sessions, Patsy R. Brumfield Jul 2003

Beauty Salon, Barber Shop Tax Rules Slated For Free Workshop Sessions, Patsy R. Brumfield

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - If you own, work for or handle bookkeeping of a beauty salon, barber shop or nail salon, free tax advice is coming your way.


Faulkner & Environment Conference July 20-25 - Update, Deidra Jackson Jul 2003

Faulkner & Environment Conference July 20-25 - Update, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - William Faulkner's fiction is at the center of a rare ecological study during this year's Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference, July 20-25, at the University of Mississippi.


Philanthropy A Way Of Life For Booneville Couple, Linda Herbst Jul 2003

Philanthropy A Way Of Life For Booneville Couple, Linda Herbst

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Joey and Tracie Langston of Booneville have embarked on a campaign of giving after establishing personal lives grounded in family and hard work.


Small Construction Company Tax Rules Slated For Free Workshop Sessions, Patsy R. Brumfield Jul 2003

Small Construction Company Tax Rules Slated For Free Workshop Sessions, Patsy R. Brumfield

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - If you own a small construction company or handle its bookkeeping, free tax advice is coming your way.


Geospatial Education Institute Selects Second Group Of Course Fellows, Mitchell Diggs Jul 2003

Geospatial Education Institute Selects Second Group Of Course Fellows, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - As the nation's first model for online curriculum on remote sensing nears completion, nine innovators have won contracts for the second set of courses.


Child Nutrition Leader Oakley Named Head Of National Institute, Elaine Pugh Jul 2003

Child Nutrition Leader Oakley Named Head Of National Institute, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Charlotte Oakley, a state and national leader in child nutrition programs for more than two decades, is new executive director of the National Food Service Management Institute at the University of Mississippi. Her appointment was effective July 1.


Um-Tupelo Offers New Programs For Non-Traditional Students, Angela Moore Jul 2003

Um-Tupelo Offers New Programs For Non-Traditional Students, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

TUPELO, Miss. - Tupelo-area residents seeking higher education have two new options this fall at the University of Mississippi's Tupelo campus.


Business Professor Tapped As Aria Officer, Tobie Baker Jul 2003

Business Professor Tapped As Aria Officer, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Larry A. Cox of Oxford, who has guided growth of the University of Mississippi's insurance program, is in line to become president of the American Risk and Insurance Association.


Teachers From Military Bases Worldwide Visit For Special Training, Angela Moore Jul 2003

Teachers From Military Bases Worldwide Visit For Special Training, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Fifty-one teachers from U.S. military bases as far-flung as Korea, Germany, Italy and Okinawa and as close to home as South Carolina are spending this week at the University of Mississippi, courtesy of the U.S. Department of Defense.


Chancellor Khayat To Receive ‘03 Distinguished American Award, Wire Report Jul 2003

Chancellor Khayat To Receive ‘03 Distinguished American Award, Wire Report

University of Mississippi News

MORRISTOWN, N.J. - Jon F. Hanson, chairman of The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame, announced today that Robert C. Khayat, chancellor of the University of Mississippi, will be the 2003 recipient of the Distinguished American Award.


Community Invited To Free Blues Concert In Grove Sunday (July 13), J. Adrian Aumen Jul 2003

Community Invited To Free Blues Concert In Grove Sunday (July 13), J. Adrian Aumen

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Two acclaimed blues acts come to the Grove at the University of Mississippi Sunday (July 13) in a free, outdoor concert beginning at 7:30 p.m.