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Ole Miss Awards Largest Business Scholarship In State, Deidra Walters Jun 1998

Ole Miss Awards Largest Business Scholarship In State, Deidra Walters

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Mary Kylie Lindsey of Tupelo serves as a mentor to a local first-grader through the Big Brother/Big Sister program. Each week they spend time together, and during the school year Lindsey helped her little sister with homework assignments -- setting a shining example of a good leader, an excellent student and a well-rounded, caring citizen.


Ole Miss Yearbook Wins National Recognition, Deidra Walters May 1998

Ole Miss Yearbook Wins National Recognition, Deidra Walters

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The University of Mississippi yearbook staff has been honored by Taylor Publishing Company with an Award of Excellence for outstanding achievement in yearbook design and coverage for Ole Miss, the 1997 yearbook.


Ole Miss Names Wilson New Director Of Center For The Study Of Southern Culture, Lp White May 1998

Ole Miss Names Wilson New Director Of Center For The Study Of Southern Culture, Lp White

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The University of Mississippi has named Dr. Charles Wilson, professor of history and Southern studies, as the new director of its Center for the Study of Southern Culture. Wilson succeeds Dr. William Ferris, who recently left the Center to serve as chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities.


Ole Miss Business School Faculty Welcomes Distinguished Scholars, Deidra Walters May 1998

Ole Miss Business School Faculty Welcomes Distinguished Scholars, Deidra Walters

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Faculty in The University of Mississippi School of Business Administration are bettering themselves from the inside out.


Open Auditions Scheduled June 13 For Ole Miss Summer Theater Production, George Kehoe May 1998

Open Auditions Scheduled June 13 For Ole Miss Summer Theater Production, George Kehoe

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Open auditions for The University of Mississippi Department of Theatre Arts' production of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Nile will be held June 13.


Mississippians To Gather June 13 For Annual Picnic In Nyc's Central Park, Barbara Lago May 1998

Mississippians To Gather June 13 For Annual Picnic In Nyc's Central Park, Barbara Lago

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss -- The warmth of the sun beats down on hundreds of families and friends gathered among the trees, sitting here and there on Grandma's quilts enjoying fried catfish and watermelon as a blues band plays nearby. Children laugh and run, tossing a football or playing tag in the balmy summer breeze.


Um Public Relations Staffs Capture 27 State Awards, Barbara Lago May 1998

Um Public Relations Staffs Capture 27 State Awards, Barbara Lago

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Public relations materials produced by University of Mississippi staff members won 27 of 68 awards given in the senior division of the College Public Relations Association of Mississippi's annual contest.


Political Science Chair Tapped For Statewide Harrison Award, Tina Hahn May 1998

Political Science Chair Tapped For Statewide Harrison Award, Tina Hahn

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Dr. John W. Winkle III, chair and professor of political science at The University of Mississippi, has been honored with the statewide Robert W. Harrison Jr./Association of Governing Board's Distinguished Service Award.


Um School Of Accountancy Plans Annual Weekend, Deidra Walters May 1998

Um School Of Accountancy Plans Annual Weekend, Deidra Walters

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The University of Mississippi School of Accountancy will host alumni, fellow accountants, professionals and friends on the Oxford campus for the second annual Accountancy Weekend June 5-6.


Ole Miss Center To Co-Sponsor Natchez Celebration June 4-6, Lp White May 1998

Ole Miss Center To Co-Sponsor Natchez Celebration June 4-6, Lp White

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The University of Mississippi Center for the Study of Southern Culture will co-sponsor the award-winning Natchez Literary Celebration June 4-6, with CopiahLincoln Community College, the National Park Service and the Natchez National Historical Park.


Ole Miss Student Enjoys Year As Mississippi's Miss Hospitality, Deidra Walters May 1998

Ole Miss Student Enjoys Year As Mississippi's Miss Hospitality, Deidra Walters

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Mary Lacy Montgomery, a senior at The University of Mississippi, has spent much of the year serving as an official friendly face for the Magnolia state. As Mississippi's Miss Hospitality, she has visited children's homes, assisted in ribbon cuttings and spoken at a tourism conference, and will represent Mississippi at events in New York's Central Park and Washington, D.C.


Renovated Ventress Hall Reopened In Ceremony On Oxford Campus, Staff Report May 1998

Renovated Ventress Hall Reopened In Ceremony On Oxford Campus, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Lt. Gov. Ronnie Musgrove spoke at a recent University of Mississippi ceremony to reopen the newly renovated Ventress Hall.


International Students At Ole Miss Make School A Family Affair, Deidra Walters May 1998

International Students At Ole Miss Make School A Family Affair, Deidra Walters

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Nine sets of siblings attend The University of Mississippi, and two of these sets are twins. This may not sound remarkable for a university of 10,000-plus students -- until you realize that these siblings are from outside the United States.


Reuben Anderson Delivers Um Law School Commencement Address, Elaine Pugh May 1998

Reuben Anderson Delivers Um Law School Commencement Address, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Graduates at The University of Mississippi School of Law were challenged to live up to the responsibility of the legal profession during Monday's commencement address on the Oxford campus.


Frist Student Service Awards Presented At Commencement, Deidra Walters May 1998

Frist Student Service Awards Presented At Commencement, Deidra Walters

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The University of Mississippi presented the Frist Student Service Awards to two dedicated faculty and staff members at Saturday's commencement exercises.


Trent Lott Tells Ole Miss Graduates To Work To Preserve Freedom, Tina Hahn May 1998

Trent Lott Tells Ole Miss Graduates To Work To Preserve Freedom, 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 -- returned to The University of Mississippi, his alma mater, to tell Saturday's graduates: "Go out and live the American dream."


Nation's Children In Child Care Situations Benefit From Nfsmi Project, Elaine Pugh May 1998

Nation's Children In Child Care Situations Benefit From Nfsmi Project, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Preparing nutritious meals for children in child care centers across the nation is the focus of a new set of training materials now available through the National Food Service Management Institute (NFSMI).


Committee Recommends Six Finalists For Campus Visits In Ad Search, Tina Hahn May 1998

Committee Recommends Six Finalists For Campus Visits In Ad Search, Tina Hahn

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Six finalists for the position of Director of Intercollegiate Athletics at The University of Mississippi have been invited for campus interviews.


Ole Miss To Celebrate Staff Appreciation Week May 11-15, Deidra Walters May 1998

Ole Miss To Celebrate Staff Appreciation Week May 11-15, Deidra Walters

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- With the end of the spring semester, The University of Mississippi will hold its annual Staff Appreciation Week May 11-15, offering sports tournaments, workshops, a talent show, a picnic and an unusually competitive blood drive.


Ole Miss Student To Study In Ancient Greek Digs, Peter Lee May 1998

Ole Miss Student To Study In Ancient Greek Digs, Peter Lee

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Digging in the dirt of ancient Greece is an almost-realized dream for University of Mississippi student David Webb, who is about to embark on six weeks of study in that country.


Ole Miss Commencement Takes On Sesquicentennial Flavor, Tina Hahn May 1998

Ole Miss Commencement Takes On Sesquicentennial Flavor, Tina Hahn

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- A bell will ring 150 times Saturday (May 9) to mark The University of Mississippi's Sesquicentennial, as almost 1,500 graduates walk through the Lyceum -- the oldest public higher education building in the state -- on their way to receive diplomas in the Grove.


Ole Miss Alumni Association Presents 25-Year Service Awards, Bill Dabney May 1998

Ole Miss Alumni Association Presents 25-Year Service Awards, Bill Dabney

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Faculty and staff members who have served The University of Mississippi for 25 years were honored May 7 by the Ole Miss Alumni Association.


Court Of Appeals Schedules Session May 12 At Um Law Center, Elaine Pugh May 1998

Court Of Appeals Schedules Session May 12 At Um Law Center, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The Mississippi Court of Appeals will convene at The University of Mississippi School of Law May 12.


State Bar President To Speak At Um Law School Graduation May 11, Elaine Pugh May 1998

State Bar President To Speak At Um Law School Graduation May 11, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Spring graduation ceremonies for The University of Mississippi School of Law will be held May 11 at 10 a.m. in the C.M. "Tad" Smith Coliseum on the Oxford campus.


English Prof Grooves To African Tunes On Ole Miss Radio Show, Steve Cheseborough May 1998

English Prof Grooves To African Tunes On Ole Miss Radio Show, Steve Cheseborough

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Where would an American professor of English learn to love African music? Would you believe -- Finland?


Ole Miss Student Cartoonist Releases Book Of Favorite Works, Deidra Walters May 1998

Ole Miss Student Cartoonist Releases Book Of Favorite Works, Deidra Walters

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. Nick Stakelum, a University of Mississippi senior from New Orleans, is used to making waves with his editorial cartoons in the student-run newspaper, The Daily Mississippian.


Professor Is Panelist At International Conference On Use Of Windows Ce, Elaine Pugh May 1998

Professor Is Panelist At International Conference On Use Of Windows Ce, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- A University of Mississippi professor was an invited panelist in a plenary session at the recent Windows CE Developers Conference in San Jose, Calif.


Um Graduate Is One Of Only 10 In Nation Selected To Attend Conference, Deidra Walters May 1998

Um Graduate Is One Of Only 10 In Nation Selected To Attend Conference, Deidra Walters

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Thomas Elfert of Greenwood, a recent University of Mississippi graduate, was chosen as one of only 10 students from across the nation to receive a Jeffrey Nordhaus Memorial Scholarship, an honor which garnered him an expense-paid trip to the Insurance, Marketing and Management Services Conference in San Francisco, Calif.


Federal Highway Administration Establishes Online Pavement Research User Forum At Um, Elaine Pugh May 1998

Federal Highway Administration Establishes Online Pavement Research User Forum At Um, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

Intended to generate worldwide exchange of technical information


Prestigious National Barry Goldwater Scholarship Awarded To Ole Miss Student, Peter Lee May 1998

Prestigious National Barry Goldwater Scholarship Awarded To Ole Miss Student, Peter Lee

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Working toward her goal of making medicine has landed Annie Meaghin Burke of Ocean Springs, a University of Mississippi second-year student, one of the most prestigious awards available nationally for a college sophomore or junior.