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'Showstoppers’ Brings Broadway To Fulton Stage May 2-4, Deidra Jackson Apr 2002

'Showstoppers’ Brings Broadway To Fulton Stage May 2-4, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - "Showstoppers: On Broadway - Celebrating the Life of the Performer" is an energetic two-hour review showcasing popular Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, and completes the University of Mississippi (UM) Department of Theatre Arts 2001-02 season.


Continuing Education Available For Health-Care Employees, Tobie Baker Apr 2002

Continuing Education Available For Health-Care Employees, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Health-care employees, ministers and others can learn more about caring for the terminally ill Wednesday, April 24, at the University of Mississippi (UM).


George Washington Institute Seeks Teachers For Training June 1-8, Deidra Jackson Apr 2002

George Washington Institute Seeks Teachers For Training June 1-8, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Twenty teachers are sought for the George Washington Scholars Institute for Mississippi Teachers June 1-8 at the University of Mississippi (UM).


Retired Dean Franklin Moak Dies, Services In Oxford On Tuesday, Patsy Brumfield Apr 2002

Retired Dean Franklin Moak Dies, Services In Oxford On Tuesday, Patsy Brumfield

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Dr. Franklin Edwin Moak, retired dean of students at the University of Mississippi (UM), died Saturday, April 20, after surgery in an Oxford hospital. He was 76.


Honors Day 2002 Award Recipients Named, Deborah A. Purnell Apr 2002

Honors Day 2002 Award Recipients Named, Deborah A. Purnell

University of Mississippi News

Outstanding graduate and undergraduate students at The University of Mississippi were recognized in the 59th Honors Day Convocation on the UM-Oxford campus. Award recipients for 2002 are:


Psychologist To Talk On Oxford Campus About Drugs, Behavioral Therapies, Tobie Baker Apr 2002

Psychologist To Talk On Oxford Campus About Drugs, Behavioral Therapies, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- There's more to psychotherapy than drugs, says scholar and author Dr. Carol Tavris. She brings her lecture "Pills, Profits, Sex and Science: Thinking Critically About the Biomedical Revolution" to the University of Mississippi (UM)-Oxford campus April 26 at 3 p.m. in the Turner Center Auditorium.


Search Committee Named To Find New Athletics Director, Staff Report Apr 2002

Search Committee Named To Find New Athletics Director, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- A 10-member search committee has been appointed to recommend candidates for a new director of athletics at the University of Mississippi (UM).


World Leader In Space Law, Remote Sensing Brings International Delegation To Um-Oxford, Elaine Pugh Apr 2002

World Leader In Space Law, Remote Sensing Brings International Delegation To Um-Oxford, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- International leaders gathered for talks at the University of Mississippi (UM), thanks to Dr. Joanne Irene Gabrynowicz, director of the National Remote Sensing and Space Law Center at the UM School of Law.


Waste Not, Want Not, Staff Report Apr 2002

Waste Not, Want Not, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- As all Mississippi institutions of higher learning continue tightening purse strings, the University of Mississippi (UM) is helping a sister university with dormitory furniture. When UM replaced furniture in two Oxford-campus residence halls last week, more than 100 beds, still in good condition, went looking for new homes. Officials at Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU) said they would like to have them.


Mississippi High School Students Head To International Science Fair After Wins, Angela Moore Apr 2002

Mississippi High School Students Head To International Science Fair After Wins, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- More than 700 students entered, but only four Mississippi high school students advance after taking top honors in the recent 53rd Annual Science and Engineering Fair at the University of Mississippi (UM).


Student Summit April 26-27 Explores Unity, Diversity In Mississippi, Deidra Jackson Apr 2002

Student Summit April 26-27 Explores Unity, Diversity In Mississippi, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- College students are expected to gather in Mississippi's capital city April 26-27 with hopes of charting a brighter future for the state.


Another Moveable Feast: Symposium Explores Texas Barbecue, Deidra Jackson Apr 2002

Another Moveable Feast: Symposium Explores Texas Barbecue, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Dry-rubbed lean brisket or Elgin, Texas, hot guts - those could be fighting words for Lonestar State folks who know their barbecue.


Workshop Offers ‘Novel Ideas’: How To Start Writing, Get Published, Angela Moore Apr 2002

Workshop Offers ‘Novel Ideas’: How To Start Writing, Get Published, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- It's easy to be intimidated about writing in Oxford -- the land of William Faulkner, Larry Brown, Barry Hannah, John Grisham and countless others who put pen to paper or fingers to keyboard and spin tales admired the world over.


Gifted High School Juniors, Seniors Invited To Attend Summer College, Angela Moore Apr 2002

Gifted High School Juniors, Seniors Invited To Attend Summer College, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- For 22 years, many of the state's gifted high school students have enjoyed a summer of college life and earned six hours of University of Mississippi (UM) credit while meeting new friends and expanding their horizons.


Outstanding Um Students Named Prestigious Goldwater Scholars, Deborah A. Purnell Apr 2002

Outstanding Um Students Named Prestigious Goldwater Scholars, Deborah A. Purnell

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Two budding chemistry researchers who are students at the University of Mississippi (UM) have won prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships.


Director Of The Land Institute To Give Earth Day Speech, Deborah Purnell Apr 2002

Director Of The Land Institute To Give Earth Day Speech, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Reduce chemical use, increase soil productivity and promote a healthy environment -- all are messages for Earth Day April 22 at the University of Mississippi (UM).


World Music Ensemble Performs April 16 On Oxford Campus, Deidra Jackson Apr 2002

World Music Ensemble Performs April 16 On Oxford Campus, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- A virtual smorgasbord of melodies from the United States, Brazil, Northern India and Russia is offered April 16 in a World Music Ensemble concert on the University of Mississippi's (UM) Oxford campus.


Hip, New Tv Ads Feature Um Student, Faculty & Staff Members, Tobie Baker Apr 2002

Hip, New Tv Ads Feature Um Student, Faculty & Staff Members, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- "Dude, you got the part!" -- that was the news University of Mississippi (UM) junior Clay Chamberlin was waiting to hear after classes last week.


Pharmacy Presents Practical Session On Healthy Eating, Weight Management, Mitchell Diggs Apr 2002

Pharmacy Presents Practical Session On Healthy Eating, Weight Management, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Learn to eat delicious, healthful foods and manage your weight without pills, fads or other gimmicks during the program "Healthy Eating" April 17 at The University of Mississippi (UM).


Opera Theatre Presents Witty Comedy 'The Merry Wives Of Windsor' April 18-21, Deidra Jackson Apr 2002

Opera Theatre Presents Witty Comedy 'The Merry Wives Of Windsor' April 18-21, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- "The Merry Wives of Windsor" brings to life classic comic opera and one of Shakespeare's zaniest comedies April 18-21 in a University of Mississippi (UM) Opera Theatre Ensemble production.


Tennessee Williams' 'Slapstick Tragedy' Performances April 18-20, Deidra Jackson Apr 2002

Tennessee Williams' 'Slapstick Tragedy' Performances April 18-20, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Tennessee Williams' devotees and others may laugh to keep from crying at the dismal but heartfelt themes that run through the American playwright's "Slapstick Tragedy," which plays April 18-20 at The University of Mississippi's (UM) Fulton Chapel.


Budding Engineers Devise Movable Mousetraps, Tobie Baker Apr 2002

Budding Engineers Devise Movable Mousetraps, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Mice beware. Mousetraps now have wheels. Junior high and high school students converge on the University of Mississippi (UM) Friday as part of a statewide competition to determine which "mousetrap car" they have designed has the greatest performance.


Two English Profs To Teach Southern Lit In Sweden, Finland, Deidra Jackson Apr 2002

Two English Profs To Teach Southern Lit In Sweden, Finland, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Two University of Mississippi (UM) Department of English faculty members are recipients of prestigious Fulbright Awards this year.


34 Journalists Selected To Attend Conference On Covering Non-Profits, Patsy Brumfield Apr 2002

34 Journalists Selected To Attend Conference On Covering Non-Profits, Patsy Brumfield

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Thirty-four journalism fellows from newsrooms across America examine nonprofit organizations up close and learn more about how to cover them May 18-23 at The University of Mississippi (UM).


Guest Musicians Perform Free Trumpet-Piano Concert April 24, Deidra Jackson Apr 2002

Guest Musicians Perform Free Trumpet-Piano Concert April 24, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The University of Mississippi Department of Music presents a free concert of piano and trumpet music April 24 at the University of Mississippi (UM).


Public Broadcasting Chair Delivers First Peery/Muths Accountancy Lecture, Elaine Pugh Apr 2002

Public Broadcasting Chair Delivers First Peery/Muths Accountancy Lecture, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Katherine Milner Anderson, chair of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), returns to her alma mater April 17 to deliver the inaugural H.E. "Gene" Peery/Sherman and Celia Muths Lecture at The University of Mississippi.


First World Conference In Space Law, Remote Sensing April 18-19, Elaine Pugh Apr 2002

First World Conference In Space Law, Remote Sensing April 18-19, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- International leaders shaping space and remote sensing law and policy gather April 18-19 at The University of Mississippi (UM) for their first-ever world conference.


Museums Seeks Public Input In Community Art Project Plans, Elaine Pugh Apr 2002

Museums Seeks Public Input In Community Art Project Plans, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Permanent artwork in Lafayette County is to be discussed Saturday, April 13, when the University of Mississippi (UM) Museums hosts its first public planning session for a new grant program.


Last-Minute Tax Tips Could Save You Dollars, Elizabeth Kelly Apr 2002

Last-Minute Tax Tips Could Save You Dollars, Elizabeth Kelly

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- With the April 15 tax filing deadline looming, some last-minute advice may help relieve the stress. Dr. Cheryl Metrejean, assistant professor of accountancy at The University of Mississippi (UM), offers the following tips:


Worldfest Features Talents Of International Students, Deborah Purnell Apr 2002

Worldfest Features Talents Of International Students, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Learn origami, the ancient Japanese art of paper folding, and hear musical sounds of China and taste cuisine from Japan, India and Malaysia, as the University of Mississippi (UM) celebrates WorldFest 2002 on April 10.