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Remarks By His Majesty King Abdullah Ii At The Ford Center, Abdullah Bin Hussein Ii Feb 2006

Remarks By His Majesty King Abdullah Ii At The Ford Center, Abdullah Bin Hussein Ii

University of Mississippi News

REMARKS BY HIS MAJESTY KING ABDULLAH II GERTRUDE CASTELLOW FORD CENTER UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, 3 FEBRUARY 2006 In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful. Senator Lott, Chancellor Khayat, My Friends: I am really truly delighted to join you today. Chancellor, I know that this University has opened its doors to students from every continent. Nine Jordanians are currently students here, and many more through the years. Ole Miss is helping shape a global community of knowledge. That's a critical contribution to the future.


Remarks By His Majesty King Abdullah Ii At The Ford Center, Abdullah Bin Hussein Ii Feb 2006

Remarks By His Majesty King Abdullah Ii At The Ford Center, Abdullah Bin Hussein Ii

University of Mississippi News

REMARKS BY HIS MAJESTY KING ABDULLAH II GERTRUDE CASTELLOW FORD CENTER UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, 3 FEBRUARY 2006 In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful. Senator Lott, Chancellor Khayat, My Friends: I am really truly delighted to join you today. Chancellor, I know that this University has opened its doors to students from every continent. Nine Jordanians are currently students here, and many more through the years. Ole Miss is helping shape a global community of knowledge. That's a critical contribution to the future.


Jordanian King Urges Tolerance, Dialogue For World Peace In Public Address At Ole Miss, Tobie Baker Feb 2006

Jordanian King Urges Tolerance, Dialogue For World Peace In Public Address At Ole Miss, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - In searching for peace, the world could benefit by examining how the University of Mississippi moved past its racial divisions, said His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein of Jordan in a speech today on the Oxford campus.


Jordanian King Urges Tolerance, Dialogue For World Peace In Public Address At Ole Miss, Admin Feb 2006

Jordanian King Urges Tolerance, Dialogue For World Peace In Public Address At Ole Miss, Admin

University of Mississippi News

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Security Procedures Set For King Of Jordan Visit, Public Address To Be Broadcast On Web, Local Cable, Staff Report Feb 2006

Security Procedures Set For King Of Jordan Visit, Public Address To Be Broadcast On Web, Local Cable, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - People who want to attend the speech Friday by His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein of Jordan at the University of Mississippi should arrive early and observe strict security rules.


Journalism Department Seeks Nominations For Prestigious Silver Em By March 1, Staff Report Feb 2006

Journalism Department Seeks Nominations For Prestigious Silver Em By March 1, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - An outstanding journalist with a Mississippi connection is being sought to receive the Silver Em award at the University of Mississippi.


Two Grad Students Attend First Google Workshop For Women Engineers, Edwin Smith Feb 2006

Two Grad Students Attend First Google Workshop For Women Engineers, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Millions of Web surfers use Google Search but seldom does anyone receive an invitation to visit the Internet giant's headquarters in California's Silicon Valley for pre-employment exposure to the company's operations.


Second Annual Patrons Of Music Benefit Concert To Be Held Feb. 5 At Ford Center, Camille Breland Feb 2006

Second Annual Patrons Of Music Benefit Concert To Be Held Feb. 5 At Ford Center, Camille Breland

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Why wait for the Super Bowl halftime show to see an extravagant musical performance?


Aka Sorority Raises $10,000 To Establish Candice O. Walker Memorial Scholarship Endowment, Deborah Purnell Feb 2006

Aka Sorority Raises $10,000 To Establish Candice O. Walker Memorial Scholarship Endowment, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The Theta Psi chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. has raised $10,000 to establish a scholarship endowment at the University of Mississippi to honor the memory of chapter member Candice O. Walker.


Art Professor Visits, Exhibits Work At Veritas University In Costa Rica, Camille Breland Feb 2006

Art Professor Visits, Exhibits Work At Veritas University In Costa Rica, Camille Breland

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - As student exchanges and study abroad programs become increasingly popular, the University of Mississippi has seized an opportunity to send a faculty member to a Costa Rican university.


Credentials Required For Visit By King Abdullah Ii, Staff Report Feb 2006

Credentials Required For Visit By King Abdullah Ii, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

Journalists wishing to cover the visit by His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein, king of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Friday at the University of Mississippi, must request credentials by 5 p.m. today (Feb.1). For security purposes, each media representative must submit his/her full name, affiliation, Social Security number and date of birth.


Faculty Experts Available To Comment On State Of Union Address, Staff Report Jan 2006

Faculty Experts Available To Comment On State Of Union Address, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

President Bush plans to use his State of the Union address to discuss his strategies for Iraq, the economy and Social Security, among other topics. The address is set for 8 p.m. today. University of Mississippi faculty experts are available to comment and offer insight into these issues for analysis and/or followup coverage.


Housing Director To Help Design Residence Hall Of The Future, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Jan 2006

Housing Director To Help Design Residence Hall Of The Future, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Campus housing is no longer simply about providing a room and a bed; instead, it must stimulate learning and encouragement, while balancing environmental and technological issues and being affordable to the school and the student.


Is Blues The Devil's Music? - Blues Today Searches For Answers, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Jan 2006

Is Blues The Devil's Music? - Blues Today Searches For Answers, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Living Blues magazine delves into the topic of blues as the devil's music during the 2006 Blues Today Symposium Feb. 9-11 at the University of Mississippi.


Student Media To Host Mini-Summit 'Reinventing College Media,' Feb. 3-5, Deborah Purnell Jan 2006

Student Media To Host Mini-Summit 'Reinventing College Media,' Feb. 3-5, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - More than 30 directors of student media centers from colleges across the country descend on the University of Mississippi Feb. 3-5 for the "Reinventing College Media" mini-summit.


English Department Film Series Focuses On Censorship In America, Edwin Smith Jan 2006

English Department Film Series Focuses On Censorship In America, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Censorship in America is the focus of a series of films and a lecture sponsored this spring by the Department of English at the University of Mississippi.


King Of Jordan Set To Visit Um, Deliver Public Address At Ford Center, Tobie Baker Jan 2006

King Of Jordan Set To Visit Um, Deliver Public Address At Ford Center, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, delivers an address Feb. 3 at the University of Mississippi.


Croft Visiting Speaker Series Opens With Look At Life In Afghanistan, Emilie Bramlett Jan 2006

Croft Visiting Speaker Series Opens With Look At Life In Afghanistan, Emilie Bramlett

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The Croft Institute for International Studies at the University of Mississippi launches its new visiting speaker series next week with a look at life in Afghanistan.


Ten Students Inducted To Um Hall Of Fame For 2005-06, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Jan 2006

Ten Students Inducted To Um Hall Of Fame For 2005-06, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Ten seniors at the University of Mississippi have earned entry to the school's Hall of Fame, which is one of the university's highest honors.


Law Professor Helps African Nation Develop Regulations For Civil Aviation, Natashia Gregoire Jan 2006

Law Professor Helps African Nation Develop Regulations For Civil Aviation, Natashia Gregoire

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Barely two years after helping develop a policy and regulatory framework for civil aviation in Mongolia, University of Mississippi law professor Jacqueline Serrao has taken on another challenging project, this time in the African nation of Mozambique.


Author Salman Rushdie To Speak Jan. 30 At Um's Ford Center, Edwin Smith Jan 2006

Author Salman Rushdie To Speak Jan. 30 At Um's Ford Center, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Fiction writer and essayist Salman Rushdie delivers a free, public address Monday (Jan. 30) at the University of Mississippi.


Artist Series Opens Season Feb. 2 At Ford Center With 'Sleeping Beauty' Ballet For Entire Family, Deborah Purnell Jan 2006

Artist Series Opens Season Feb. 2 At Ford Center With 'Sleeping Beauty' Ballet For Entire Family, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The 50-member Russian National Ballet performs the romantic fairy tale "The Sleeping Beauty" Feb. 2 at the University of Mississippi to kick off the spring Artist Series.


Engineering Alumnus Moves From Space Center To Key Position At Kennedy, Edwin Smith Jan 2006

Engineering Alumnus Moves From Space Center To Key Position At Kennedy, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Bill Parsons, director of the Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, has accepted the position of deputy center director at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.


Spike Lee Address, Program Honoring Early Black Athletes Headline Black History Month, Tobie Baker Jan 2006

Spike Lee Address, Program Honoring Early Black Athletes Headline Black History Month, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Award-winning film director Spike Lee delivers the keynote address Feb. 9, and black student-athletes who broke racial barriers are honored Feb. 24, in celebration of Black History Month at the University of Mississippi.


Training Program In Southaven Helps Law Enforcement Officers Recognize, Deal With Hate Crimes, Camille Breland Jan 2006

Training Program In Southaven Helps Law Enforcement Officers Recognize, Deal With Hate Crimes, Camille Breland

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A hate and bias crimes training program to educate law enforcement and employees of the criminal justice community is being conducted this week in Southaven, with help from the Department of Legal Studies at the University of Mississippi.


Cumberland Emerging Technologies, Um Awarded Nih Grant To Study Anti-Infective Drug, Staff Report Jan 2006

Cumberland Emerging Technologies, Um Awarded Nih Grant To Study Anti-Infective Drug, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. and NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A research alliance between Cumberland Emerging Technologies and the University of Mississippi has been awarded a Phase I grant from the National Institutes of Health under the Small Business Technology Transfer program.


Memorial Service Sunday To Honor Demetria Bracey, Staff Report Jan 2006

Memorial Service Sunday To Honor Demetria Bracey, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A campuswide memorial service is scheduled Sunday (Jan. 29) at the University of Mississippi honoring former student Demetria L. Bracey, who died Nov. 13.


U.S. Rep. Chip Pickering Addresses Students, Says Strong Character Is Vital To Leadership, Tobie Baker Jan 2006

U.S. Rep. Chip Pickering Addresses Students, Says Strong Character Is Vital To Leadership, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - U.S. Rep. Chip Pickering today (Tuesday) at the University of Mississippi challenged more than 130 high school seniors to develop strong personal characteristics in order to become America's future leaders.


Ole Miss Piano Series Presents Nadejda Vlaeva At Ford Center Jan. 26, Deborah Purnell Jan 2006

Ole Miss Piano Series Presents Nadejda Vlaeva At Ford Center Jan. 26, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Award-winning pianist Nadejda Vlaeva is presented in concert Thursday (Jan. 26) at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Mississippi.


Slain Civil Rights Worker's Family Makes Gift To Collection At Neshoba County Library, Edwin Smith Jan 2006

Slain Civil Rights Worker's Family Makes Gift To Collection At Neshoba County Library, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The widow of a slain civil rights worker and her children have contributed funds to a civil rights library collection in Philadelphia, Miss., where the activist was murdered 42 years ago.