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State Bar President Delivers Address At Um Law School Commencement, Elaine Pugh May 1999

State Bar President Delivers Address At Um Law School Commencement, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

... Alumnus, Professor Guthrie Abbott Issues Challenge to Graduates


A Washington Gala Garners $10 Million Plus For Trent Lott Leadership Institute, Tina Hahn May 1999

A Washington Gala Garners $10 Million Plus For Trent Lott Leadership Institute, Tina Hahn

University of Mississippi News

... Event hosted at Kennedy Center


Summer Community Enrichment Programs Offered On Oxford Campus, Staff Report May 1999

Summer Community Enrichment Programs Offered On Oxford Campus, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Are you looking for summer activities that can fun and educating? If so, check out The University of Mississippi Institute for Continuing Studies' new schedule for non-credit community programs that offer opportunities for personal enrichment or professional development; there is something for everyone.


Another Major Step Takes Ole Miss Closer Toward Phi Beta Kappa Chapter, Tina Hahn May 1999

Another Major Step Takes Ole Miss Closer Toward Phi Beta Kappa Chapter, Tina Hahn

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- This Memorial Day holiday weekend became yet another time of celebration for The University of Mississippi, as it took a third step toward realizing its dream of a Phi Beta Kappa chapter.


Um Art Department Provides Statewide Network For Mississippi Artists, George Kehoe May 1999

Um Art Department Provides Statewide Network For Mississippi Artists, George Kehoe

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Looking for information on a Mississippi artist? Or perhaps you are an artist interested in professional conversation. In either case, a project launched at The University of Mississippi can help you find what you need.


Accountancy School Inducts Friou Of Jackson Into Hall Of Fame, Deidra Walters May 1999

Accountancy School Inducts Friou Of Jackson Into Hall Of Fame, Deidra Walters

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Roger Friou, the former president of Jitney Jungle Stores Inc. of America, was inducted into The University of Mississippi School of Accountancy Hall of Fame at the recent 12th-annual honors banquet on the Oxford campus.


Dr. Mary E. Stuckey Named Outstanding Teacher At Ole Miss, Michael Harrelson May 1999

Dr. Mary E. Stuckey Named Outstanding Teacher At Ole Miss, Michael Harrelson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Dr. Mary E. Stuckey, an 11-year teaching veteran in The University of Mississippi Department of Political Science, has been named the top teacher for 1998-99.


Five-State Civil Engineering Society Membership To Meet At Ole Miss May 12-15, Elaine Pugh May 1999

Five-State Civil Engineering Society Membership To Meet At Ole Miss May 12-15, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

... Gov. Kirk Fordice to give keynote address


Journalism Department Opens Computer-Assisted Reporting Lab, Deidra Walters May 1999

Journalism Department Opens Computer-Assisted Reporting Lab, Deidra Walters

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Just as past generations of journalists had to learn to report through the use of telephones and typewriters, journalists of today must learn to take advantage of the information highway in an increasingly complex Information Age.


Alumnus Trent Lott To Be Honored With Leadership Institute On Oxford Campus, Tina Hahn May 1999

Alumnus Trent Lott To Be Honored With Leadership Institute On Oxford Campus, Tina Hahn

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The University of Mississippi plans to strengthen its rich tradition of producing leaders by establishing the Trent Lott Leadership Institute on the Oxford campus.


Delta Rsi Schools To Benefit From Science Supplies Giveaway, Elaine Pugh May 1999

Delta Rsi Schools To Benefit From Science Supplies Giveaway, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- A windfall of science materials to aid classroom teaching will be distributed May 15 in Tupelo to specified schools around the state thanks to Carolina Biological Supplies of Burlington, N.C.


Desoto Center Announces Course Schedule For Summer 1999, Lori Topp May 1999

Desoto Center Announces Course Schedule For Summer 1999, Lori Topp

University of Mississippi News

SOUTHAVEN, Miss. -- Early registration for the summer session at The University of Mississippi-DeSoto Center will be held May 25-27.


Fifth Annual Southern Studies Teachers Institute Workshop Hosted At Ole Miss June 6-11, Lori Topp May 1999

Fifth Annual Southern Studies Teachers Institute Workshop Hosted At Ole Miss June 6-11, Lori Topp

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The University of Mississippi will conduct the week-long workshop "Gender in Southern History and Literature" June 6-11 on the Oxford campus, providing elementary and secondary educators from across the nation an opportunity to explore cultural and historical issues related to the topic.


Two Honors College Students At Ole Miss Chosen For Prestigious Century Institute, Michael Harrelson May 1999

Two Honors College Students At Ole Miss Chosen For Prestigious Century Institute, Michael Harrelson

University of Mississippi News

... Only 30 students in nation selected for the public policy training


Randy Boxx Retires From Public Education After 28 Years With Ole Miss Business School, Deidra Walters May 1999

Randy Boxx Retires From Public Education After 28 Years With Ole Miss Business School, Deidra Walters

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- On his last day at The University of Mississippi at the end of the spring semester, Dr. W. Randy Boxx, retiring dean of the School of Business Administration, tried to pack 28 years of memories into cardboard boxes and reminisced about the only place he'd worked since finishing his own education.


Provost Gerald Walton Retires After 40-Year Career At Um, Rick Hynum May 1999

Provost Gerald Walton Retires After 40-Year Career At Um, Rick Hynum

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- He has been a steadying, positive influence for nearly 40 years at The University of Mississippi, shepherding Ole Miss through the best and worst of times. Dr. Gerald Walton, the University's Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, retired on May 31, leaving behind a legacy of scholarship, quiet efficiency and courage under fire.


Professor Namorato's Book Traces Rise Of Catholic Church In Mississippi, George Kehoe May 1999

Professor Namorato's Book Traces Rise Of Catholic Church In Mississippi, George Kehoe

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The Roman Catholic Church in early 20th-century Mississippi was a religious minority of fewer than 30,000 struggling in a hostile social environment. Today, with well over 100,000 members, it is an integral thread in the state's social fabric, contributing to education, health care and outreach programs for the underprivileged.


Athletic Department Announces Summer Sports Camps, Lori Topp May 1999

Athletic Department Announces Summer Sports Camps, Lori Topp

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Balls will be bounced, kicked, hit and thrown this summer at The University of Mississippi, where nine sports camps and a clinic for athletic trainers are planned.


Croft Institute At Ole Miss Offers Two Summer Workshops To Assist Foreign Language Instructors, Michael Harrelson May 1999

Croft Institute At Ole Miss Offers Two Summer Workshops To Assist Foreign Language Instructors, Michael Harrelson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The University of Mississippi's Croft Institute for International Studies is offering two summer workshops this July designed to assist foreign language instructors at the secondary school level.


Site Preparation To Begin On Performing Arts Center After Legislature's Appropriation, Tina Hahn Apr 1999

Site Preparation To Begin On Performing Arts Center After Legislature's Appropriation, Tina Hahn

University of Mississippi News

... Ole Miss also receives faculty/staff pay increase, R&R funds


Ole Miss Campus Cable System To Televise Oxford Conference For The Book April 9-11, Michael Harrelson Apr 1999

Ole Miss Campus Cable System To Televise Oxford Conference For The Book April 9-11, Michael Harrelson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The sixth Oxford Conference for the Book will be broadcast in its entirety on University of Mississippi campus television April 9-11.


Alums At Jackson Law Firm Give $1 Million To Um Law School, Elaine Pugh Apr 1999

Alums At Jackson Law Firm Give $1 Million To Um Law School, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The University of Mississippi School of Law has received a $1 million gift from the Jackson law firm Pittman, Germany, Roberts & Welsh.


Opera Theatre Presents Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte April 15-18, George Kehoe Apr 1999

Opera Theatre Presents Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte April 15-18, George Kehoe

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss -- The University of Mississippi's award-winning Opera Theatre will present Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte -- a comedy which plays on human nature's common chords -- in Meek Hall auditorium on the Oxford campus April 15-18.


Institute At Ole Miss April 23 To Provide Taste Of Real World For High School Journalists, Deidra Walters Apr 1999

Institute At Ole Miss April 23 To Provide Taste Of Real World For High School Journalists, Deidra Walters

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The Mississippi Scholastic Press Association's (MSPA) annual institute, set April 23 at The University of Mississippi, will offer a one-stop shop for high school journalists and advisers.


The Rev. Jesse Jackson To Speak At Ole Miss April 22 During ‘Southern Crusade' In State, Michael Harrelson Apr 1999

The Rev. Jesse Jackson To Speak At Ole Miss April 22 During ‘Southern Crusade' In State, Michael Harrelson

University of Mississippi News

... Oxford campus stop part of a 21-city sweep


International Pharmacognosy Meeting Hosted At Ole Miss April 29-May 1, Kara Norman Apr 1999

International Pharmacognosy Meeting Hosted At Ole Miss April 29-May 1, Kara Norman

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Scientists from around the world will gather in Tunica, Miss., in April to attend the American Society of Pharmacognosy's (ASP) interim meeting and discuss the science of botanical dietary supplements.


In Melissa's Wake: How To Defend Your Computer Against A ‘Virus', Rick Hynum Apr 1999

In Melissa's Wake: How To Defend Your Computer Against A ‘Virus', Rick Hynum

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- As computer viruses go, "Melissa" was a mere head cold, a case of the digital sniffles. But other, more malignant viruses lurk in cyberspace and can be spread around the world with a single keystroke.


Alumni Couple Gives $4 Million To Create Center For Academic Computing, Tina Hahn Apr 1999

Alumni Couple Gives $4 Million To Create Center For Academic Computing, Tina Hahn

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- A Houston, Texas, couple's gift of $4 million to The University of Mississippi will create a center for academic computing, enabling their alma mater to be both a leader and innovator in the field.


Jackson Attorney Commits $2.25 Million To Ole Miss To Create Freshman Seminar, Tina Hahn Apr 1999

Jackson Attorney Commits $2.25 Million To Ole Miss To Create Freshman Seminar, Tina Hahn

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- A Jackson attorney and his family have committed $2.25 million to The University of Mississippi to help freshman students experience a cutting-edge interdisciplinary approach to learning, enhancing their chances of academic success.


Cochran To Address Commencement Exercises In The Grove At Ole Miss, Tina Hahn Apr 1999

Cochran To Address Commencement Exercises In The Grove At Ole Miss, Tina Hahn

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- More than 1,500 undergraduate, graduate and law students are expected to gather in the Grove May 8, when U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran delivers the commencement address at The University of Mississippi.