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Ole Miss Alumni Association To Host First Nationally Broadcast Meeting, Bill Dabney Oct 1998

Ole Miss Alumni Association To Host First Nationally Broadcast Meeting, Bill Dabney

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- University of Mississippi graduates and friends nationwide will meet together Nov. 5 without ever leaving their hometowns.


Um Institute Uplinks Satellite Training For Professionals In School Food Service, Elaine Pugh Oct 1998

Um Institute Uplinks Satellite Training For Professionals In School Food Service, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- School officials and child nutrition personnel at more than 2,000 viewing sites in all 50 states will participate in an Oct. 28 national satellite seminar produced by the National Food Service Management Institute.


Trent Lott Headlines Martindale Building Dedication Oct. 30, Tina Hahn Oct 1998

Trent Lott Headlines Martindale Building Dedication Oct. 30, Tina Hahn

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- U.S. Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) -- the first Mississippian ever to hold the position of Senate Majority Leader -- will speak at The University of Mississippi's dedication of the Martindale Student Services Center on Oct. 30.


Nobel Laureate To Speak At Ole Miss During Sesquicentennial Celebration, Deidra Walters Oct 1998

Nobel Laureate To Speak At Ole Miss During Sesquicentennial Celebration, Deidra Walters

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Dr. Gary Becker, the 1992 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences, will deliver the inaugural Hearin Foundation Lecture Oct. 30 as part of The University of Mississippi's Sesquicentennial activities.


Top Choir To Meet Top Orchestra At North Oxford Baptist Church Nov. 6, Peter Lee Oct 1998

Top Choir To Meet Top Orchestra At North Oxford Baptist Church Nov. 6, Peter Lee

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- As the result of a late-night train ride from Moscow to St. Petersburg, one of the world's best choirs will perform in Oxford with one of the world's top orchestras.


Waves Of The Future Exhibit Opens Nov. 5 At University Museums, Deidra Walters Oct 1998

Waves Of The Future Exhibit Opens Nov. 5 At University Museums, Deidra Walters

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Waves -- not the kind found on the ocean shore, but the sound, light and electromagnetic kind -- are the focus of The University of Mississippi Museums' Sesquicentennial exhibit Waves of the Future.


Historic Saddlebags Play Role In Sesquicentennial Celebration, Elaine Pugh Oct 1998

Historic Saddlebags Play Role In Sesquicentennial Celebration, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- A pair of tattered leather saddlebags more than 150 years old -- which might have been cast away long ago except for their prominence in the history of higher education in the state -- will be among the treasures highlighted during The University of Mississippi's upcoming Sesquicentennial week of special events.


Death Depicted In Greek Vase Painting Is Topic Of Lecture At Ole Miss Oct. 26, Deidra Walters Oct 1998

Death Depicted In Greek Vase Painting Is Topic Of Lecture At Ole Miss Oct. 26, Deidra Walters

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Death and dying might not be the motif you would use for decorating vases today, but for the ancient Greeks, these were common images used on oil containers called lekythoi.


Ole Miss Receives $2.15 Million For Research Projects In September, Rick Hynum Oct 1998

Ole Miss Receives $2.15 Million For Research Projects In September, Rick Hynum

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- University of Mississippi professors received $2.15 million for research, service and education projects in September.


Ole Miss Students Learn From Successful Business Professionals Who Once Walked In Their Shoes, Deidra Walters Oct 1998

Ole Miss Students Learn From Successful Business Professionals Who Once Walked In Their Shoes, Deidra Walters

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The best advice in life comes from those who have been there. That's the idea behind an entrepreneurship class at The University of Mississippi, which was offered for the first time this semester.


150 Years Strong: The University Of Mississippi Plans Nov. 6 Academic Convocation, Tina Hahn Oct 1998

150 Years Strong: The University Of Mississippi Plans Nov. 6 Academic Convocation, Tina Hahn

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The University of Mississippi will celebrate the 150th anniversary of becoming the first public institution of higher learning in the state with a Nov. 6 academic convocation on the Oxford campus.


William L. Waller Jr. To Deliver Um Sesquicentennial Alumni Lecture, Elaine Pugh Oct 1998

William L. Waller Jr. To Deliver Um Sesquicentennial Alumni Lecture, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- William L. Waller Jr. -- a seventh generation Mississippian and the newest state Supreme Court justice -- will deliver The University of Mississippi's Sesquicentennial Alumni Lecture Nov. 4.


Ole Miss Business School Offers Free Gmat Review Sessions, Deidra Walters Oct 1998

Ole Miss Business School Offers Free Gmat Review Sessions, Deidra Walters

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The University of Mississippi School of Business Administration is offering six free Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) review sessions.


Past Social Misbehavior In Business Renews Interest In What's Proper, Staff Report Oct 1998

Past Social Misbehavior In Business Renews Interest In What's Proper, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- A decade of downsizing and cut-throat strategies in the business world may have made proper social behavior seem less important as a necessary technical skill. However, in light of productivity and profit, there is renewed interest that good manners (or the lack of them) can make a difference, says Dr. Bobbie Krapels, assistant professor of management in The University of Mississippi School of Business Administration.


Mississippi Scholastic Press Association Membership Drive Is Underway, Deidra Walters Sep 1998

Mississippi Scholastic Press Association Membership Drive Is Underway, Deidra Walters

University of Mississippi News

Two new services available for member schools


Mcdonnell-Barksdale Honors College Dedication To Honor Barksdales Who Made Dream Possible, Tina Hahn Sep 1998

Mcdonnell-Barksdale Honors College Dedication To Honor Barksdales Who Made Dream Possible, Tina Hahn

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- When Netscape Communications President and Chief Executive James L. Barksdale and his wife, Sally McDonnell Barksdale, return to their alma mater this month, they will see what a dramatic impact their gift is making on Ole Miss.


Glaxo Wellcome Ceo To Give State Of The Pharmaceutical Industry Address At Ole Miss, Laura L. Scholes Sep 1998

Glaxo Wellcome Ceo To Give State Of The Pharmaceutical Industry Address At Ole Miss, Laura L. Scholes

University of Mississippi News

Event will be broadcast live on the Internet


Ole Miss Names 10 Honors College Scholarship Recipients, Peter Lee Sep 1998

Ole Miss Names 10 Honors College Scholarship Recipients, Peter Lee

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Scoring a perfect 1600 twice on the SAT exam and placing third in the nation for a project that looks at Persian Gulf Syndrome are just some of the achievements of two freshman scholars at The University of Mississippi's McDonnell-Barksdale Honors College.


Ole Miss Experiences Enrollment Increase, Barbara Lago Sep 1998

Ole Miss Experiences Enrollment Increase, Barbara Lago

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Enrollment for the fall 1998 semester at The University of Mississippi is 13,305 -- the highest ever recorded.


Beware Of Drug Rohypnol: Mississippi Ranks Sixth In Nation For Its Seizure, Elaine Pugh Sep 1998

Beware Of Drug Rohypnol: Mississippi Ranks Sixth In Nation For Its Seizure, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The national figures are frightening: One in every four women will experience a sexual assault or an attempted assault during her lifetime, says Jennifer McIntosh, assistant director of health and wellness programs at The University of Mississippi. Men also can be rape victims. In addition, recent statistics show an increase in the number of sexual assaults in which drugs have been slipped into victims' beverages.


Teach Your Child To Tackle Those Freshman-Year Fears, Deidra Walters Sep 1998

Teach Your Child To Tackle Those Freshman-Year Fears, Deidra Walters

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Dr. Marc Showalter, director of counseling at The University of Mississippi, knows that students sometimes have to experience being uncomfortable to develop skills crucial to a successful career both during college and afterward. That's why he advises parents to resist the urge to solve problems for their children just beginning their college careers. Don't leave them stranded, but instead point them in the right direction.


Ole Miss Dept. Of Theatre Arts Stages "On The Verge" Sept. 24-26, Peter Lee Sep 1998

Ole Miss Dept. Of Theatre Arts Stages "On The Verge" Sept. 24-26, Peter Lee

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- What do a German cannibal, a husband and an eight-foot Yeti have in common? In On the Verge, an upcoming play by The University of Mississippi Department of Theatre Arts, it's Ryan Pierini.


Grisham Writer-In-Residence Endowment Brings Author Darcey Steinke To Ole Miss, Will Odom Sep 1998

Grisham Writer-In-Residence Endowment Brings Author Darcey Steinke To Ole Miss, Will Odom

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Words -- we often take them for granted, but for writers they are the very bread of life, the focal point of their careers.


Ole Miss Concert Singers Featured On Etv's Southern Expressions, Peter Lee Sep 1998

Ole Miss Concert Singers Featured On Etv's Southern Expressions, Peter Lee

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- While The University of Mississippi Concert Singers were trotting around Italy gathering awards, Mississippi ETV cinematographer Scooter Whatley was close behind filming the action.


Black Americans As Africans Discussion Opens University Lecture Series Oct. 1, Deidra Walters Sep 1998

Black Americans As Africans Discussion Opens University Lecture Series Oct. 1, Deidra Walters

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- To what extent can black Americans claim to be Africans? How much history and how many problems do the two groups share?


Ole Miss Reception Oct. 2 Honors State Bar President Guthrie Abbott, Elaine Pugh Sep 1998

Ole Miss Reception Oct. 2 Honors State Bar President Guthrie Abbott, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Dr. Guthrie T. Abbott of Oxford, president of the Mississippi Bar Association, will be honored at a reception at The University of Mississippi Oct. 2.


Nih Award Sends Ole Miss Researcher Out To Sea In Search Of Natural Medicines, Rick Hynum Sep 1998

Nih Award Sends Ole Miss Researcher Out To Sea In Search Of Natural Medicines, Rick Hynum

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- From the classroom to the coral reefs, University of Mississippi scientist Dr. Mark Hamann's career is in for a "sea change," thanks to a $335,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health.


Health Careers Forum Scheduled At Ole Miss-Oxford Oct. 12, Elaine Pugh Sep 1998

Health Careers Forum Scheduled At Ole Miss-Oxford Oct. 12, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- For young people seeking job security and excitement, careers in health care are what's hot.


Safety Net Project For At-Risk Children Targets North Mississippi Families, Elaine Pugh Sep 1998

Safety Net Project For At-Risk Children Targets North Mississippi Families, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Football weekends this fall are taking a team of University of Mississippi faculty in a different direction as they reach out to developmentally-delayed young children in rural north Mississippi.


Federal Judge To Discuss Legal Ethics In Um Law School Address Oct. 1, Elaine Pugh Sep 1998

Federal Judge To Discuss Legal Ethics In Um Law School Address Oct. 1, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- A federal trial judge and national champion of legal ethics will speak at The University of Mississippi School of Law Oct. 1.