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Business School Professor Shares Best Paper Award In Leadership Studies, George Kehoe Jan 2002

Business School Professor Shares Best Paper Award In Leadership Studies, George Kehoe

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Since its inception, "The Leadership Quarterly" (LQ) has become a top journal in the field of leadership research. A study of the journal's history published last winter has earned coauthors William Gardner of The University of Mississippi and Kevin Lowe of the University of North Carolina-Greensboro LQ's 2000 "Best Paper of the Year" honors.


Midwesterner Appointed Educator At University Museums, Elaine Pugh Jan 2002

Midwesterner Appointed Educator At University Museums, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Chandra Williams said her love for teaching in an informal setting attracted her to the post of museums' educator at The University of Mississippi (UM).


Um Professor Coauthors Book On Crime Prevention For Houses Of Worship, Staff Report Jan 2002

Um Professor Coauthors Book On Crime Prevention For Houses Of Worship, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Houses of worship from coast to coast are falling victim to nonviolent and violent crimes, but preventive measures are available.


Hearin Foundation Pledges $8.5 Million To School Of Business Administration, George Kehoe Jan 2002

Hearin Foundation Pledges $8.5 Million To School Of Business Administration, George Kehoe

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The New Year is off to a bright start for The University of Mississippi School of Business Administration with an $8.5 million grant from the Robert M. Hearin Support Foundation of Jackson.


Acclaimed Soloist To Perform Jan. 22 Piano Series Recital On Oxford Campus, Deidra Jackson Jan 2002

Acclaimed Soloist To Perform Jan. 22 Piano Series Recital On Oxford Campus, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Pianist Michael Gurt, a well-established concert soloist, chamber musician, recording artist, and teacher, will present a Jan. 22 concert in Meek Hall auditorium on The University of Mississippi's Oxford campus.


Theatre Professor, Former Army Officer Gives Students Front-Line Perspective On War, Deidra Jackson Jan 2002

Theatre Professor, Former Army Officer Gives Students Front-Line Perspective On War, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Lloyd Caldwell, a University of Mississippi assistant professor of acting/voice, doesn't talk much about his 10-year career in the U.S. Army. But on Sept. 11, just hours after the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington -- and after learning that two of his former colleagues were among those who died in the Pentagon -- the shocked faces of many on the Oxford campus, especially his students, were enough to prompt him to reveal his secret on a day that was anything but ordinary.


Music, Meditation Topics Of Community Enrichment Classes, Angela Moore Jan 2002

Music, Meditation Topics Of Community Enrichment Classes, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Music lovers, musicians and anyone simply seeking inner peace may benefit from the upcoming Community Enrichment classes at the University of Mississippi (UM).


Um Offers Summer Accelerated Studies For Students In Grades 8-10, Barbara Lago Jan 2002

Um Offers Summer Accelerated Studies For Students In Grades 8-10, Barbara Lago

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Think you're too young to go to college? Not at The University of Mississippi (UM), where a program planned for summer 2002 gives students entering the eighth, ninth and 10th grades next fall a taste of college life.


Women’S Cross-Racial Friendship Is Subject Of Program Feb. 11, Elaine Pugh Jan 2002

Women’S Cross-Racial Friendship Is Subject Of Program Feb. 11, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- How well do white women and black women know each other? Does their real-world intimacy differ from its literary portrayals?


Waste Not, Want Not, Staff Report Jan 2002

Waste Not, Want Not, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

Troy Hall, right, and Herman Hill of Mississippi Valley State University's facilities management department load donated bed frames a truck headed for the MVSU campus in Itta Bena. 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 MVSU said they would like to have them.


Photo, Staff Report Jan 2002

Photo, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

The Ole Miss student dance troupe "Showstoppers" perform a scene from Leonard Berstein's "West Side Story" at tonight's, Thursday, March 27, 2003, dress rehearsal for the gala opening of the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts set for tomorrow evening on the Oxford campus of The University of Mississippi.


Happy Holidays!, Staff Report Dec 2001

Happy Holidays!, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

The Ole Miss Family wishes everyone a joyous holiday season and happy new year! UM administrative offices, which closed for the holidays on Dec. 20, will reopen on Jan. 2. Classes for the Spring 2002 semester begin Jan. 7.


Veteran Journalist, Author Curtis Wilkie Returns To Ole Miss As Visiting Professor, Patsy R. Brumfield Dec 2001

Veteran Journalist, Author Curtis Wilkie Returns To Ole Miss As Visiting Professor, Patsy R. Brumfield

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- University of Mississippi students will hear first-hand about the world, presidential politics and book-writing when veteran reporter Curtis Wilkie returns to his alma mater as a visiting professor this spring.


Dr. Barbara And Richard Wells Establish New Scholarship Fund In Um School Of Pharmacy, Mitchell Diggs Dec 2001

Dr. Barbara And Richard Wells Establish New Scholarship Fund In Um School Of Pharmacy, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Eager to create opportunities for students in The University of Mississippi (UM) School of Pharmacy, Dr. Barbara Wells decided home is the best place to start.


Ole Miss Dietician Advises Exercise For Healthy Mind & Body, Deborah Purnell Dec 2001

Ole Miss Dietician Advises Exercise For Healthy Mind & Body, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. – Weight gain -- that's one year-end holiday tradition most of us could live without. Although it's been widely reported that the average American gains five or more pounds during the holiday season, a recent National Institutes of Health study found that those reports are widely exaggerated. So, why all the hoopla? According to Sharon Boon, fitness coordinator at The University of Mississippi (UM), the trouble isn't necessarily the number of pounds put on but the trouble with losing them.


Attractive New Gates Grace Oxford Campus; More Planned, Tina Hahn Dec 2001

Attractive New Gates Grace Oxford Campus; More Planned, Tina Hahn

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- When students, faculty, staff, alumni and visitors arrive at The University of Mississippi-Oxford campus, Chancellor Robert Khayat wants them to know they are entering a "sanctuary for knowledge and growth."


Law School Honors Its First Black Alumna With Public Service Award, Elaine Pugh Dec 2001

Law School Honors Its First Black Alumna With Public Service Award, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Forest attorney Constance Slaughter-Harvey, termed "a soldier" for justice, has been honored with the University of Mississippi (UM) School of Law's 2001 Public Service Award.


Use Old Christmas Trees To Provide Cover For Wildlife, Mitchell Diggs Dec 2001

Use Old Christmas Trees To Provide Cover For Wildlife, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Old Christmas trees -- Martha Stewart may have dozens of creative uses for them, but most folks just chuck the holiday centerpiece on the curb with the other remnants of cheer. Instead, consider using it to help fish and other wildlife, suggests Dr. Stephen Brewer, assistant professor of biology at The University of Mississippi (UM). Using old trees to construct fish shelters in lakes and reservoirs is one option that has gained favor with conservation officials.


Ole Miss Paintball Team Aims At National Title, Tobie Baker Dec 2001

Ole Miss Paintball Team Aims At National Title, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- To eliminate a player in a game of paintball, the mark must be the size of a U.S. quarter. Anything less is termed "splatter." Even though The University of Mississippi (UM) paintball team lost its first ever Painted Egg Bowl against Mississippi State in November, it's just a splatter -- they're still in the game as one of four teams world wide selected from thousands to compete in the 2002 Staying Power Contest.


New Active-Learning Style Helps Pharmacy Students Prepare For Challenges, Mitchell Diggs Dec 2001

New Active-Learning Style Helps Pharmacy Students Prepare For Challenges, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- University of Mississippi pharmacy student Jessica Warren avoids lecture hall, but her future patients should be thankful rather than concerned.


New Minor Added To Liberal Arts '2+2' Degree Program At Um-Desoto Center, Barbara Lago Dec 2001

New Minor Added To Liberal Arts '2+2' Degree Program At Um-Desoto Center, Barbara Lago

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The University of Mississippi (UM) is adding a new minor to its liberal arts "2+2" degree program at the UM-DeSoto Center in Southaven.


Ole Miss Students Assist In Local K-12 Classrooms, Tobie Baker Dec 2001

Ole Miss Students Assist In Local K-12 Classrooms, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Everything elementary teachers need to educate young minds about the holiday season -- from how Christmas lights work to mistletoe facts -- is packaged inside the Christmas Around the World curriculum program, which gets a boost from some University of Mississippi (UM) students.


Despite High-Tech Entertainment Age, Books Still Enthrall Young Children, Deidra Jackson Dec 2001

Despite High-Tech Entertainment Age, Books Still Enthrall Young Children, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- When classic stories such as "Charlotte's Web," "Goodnight Moon," and "The Snowy Day" are passed on from one generation to another, they continue to prove at least one concept unrivaled by CD burners, video games, and other high-tech toys: books stand the test of time. Whether bought as presents or borrowed or purchased to fill idle vacation time before and after the holidays, a traditional page-turner can still hold a child's interest and help establish firm reading habits, said Dr. Martha Chambless, coordinator of elementary education in The University of Mississippi (UM) School of Education's Curriculum and …


You Can Conquer Holiday Blues, Post-Sept. 11, Deidra Jackson Dec 2001

You Can Conquer Holiday Blues, Post-Sept. 11, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The horrific Sept. 11 attacks, which cast a pall over the country, the economy and the holiday season, have left many people still dazed. Add to those aftereffects a war in Afghanistan, a faceless anthrax attacker, and uncertainty about the future, and some people may have difficulty coping with the mental aftermath.


Space Grant Conference Helps Teachers Make Science, Math Exciting, Mitchell Diggs Dec 2001

Space Grant Conference Helps Teachers Make Science, Math Exciting, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- High school science and math teachers in search of ways to challenge their students can get some out-of-this-world help at The University of Mississippi (UM) Jan. 25-26.


Girls' Softball Clinics Offered Jan. 12, 19, Lori Topp Dec 2001

Girls' Softball Clinics Offered Jan. 12, 19, Lori Topp

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Girls ages 8 to 18 can get a head start on improving their softball game at The University of Mississippi's Softball Clinics in January, 2002.


Professor Selected To National Center For Infectious Diseases Advisory Board, Mitchell Diggs Dec 2001

Professor Selected To National Center For Infectious Diseases Advisory Board, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Dr. Ronald Borne, professor of medicinal chemistry at The University of Mississippi (UM), has been appointed to the Board of Scientific Counselors for the National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID).


Tupelo Attorney Honors Wife’S Memory With Scholarship Endowment, Elaine Pugh Dec 2001

Tupelo Attorney Honors Wife’S Memory With Scholarship Endowment, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- When William P. "Pete" Mitchell of Tupelo attended law school at The University of Mississippi (UM) during the Depression, there were needy students but no scholarships.


University To Host Federal Judgeship Investiture Of Mike Mills, Patsy R. Brumfield Dec 2001

University To Host Federal Judgeship Investiture Of Mike Mills, Patsy R. Brumfield

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Dignitaries will abound when U.S. District Judge Michael P. Mills of Fulton is officially invested in a Dec. 21 ceremony at The University of Mississippi.


New Holiday Ornament Features Historic Oxford Landmark, Elaine Pugh Dec 2001

New Holiday Ornament Features Historic Oxford Landmark, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Just in the nick of time, an unique holiday item has arrived at The University of Mississippi Museums.