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Journalism Awards Day Features Remarks by Prof Emeritus
No full textUNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Dr. Jere Hoar of Oxford, author and University of Mississippi professor emeritus, reminds students why journalism is an exciting profession as the University holds Journalism Awards Day at 4 p.m. Friday (April 5)
Veteran Journalist, Author Curtis Wilkie Returns to Ole Miss as Visiting Professor
No full textUNIVERSITY, 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
Counting the Patsy Edwards Benefit Show proceeds
No full textThis 1951 photograph shows three bank executives counting the proceeds donated from the Patsy Edwards Benefit Show. Patsy Edwards was the ballad champion in 1949 and 1951 in the Mountain Youth Jamboree. Her father was accidentally killed while Ms. Edwards was performing for the Dance Masters of America in Washington, D.C. with other Mountain Youth Jamboree contestants. The Jamboree champions gave a benenfit program to assist her and her family. Founder and director of the Mountain Youth Jamboree, Hubert H. Hayes (1901-1964) auditioned and directed youth to perform in folk dance, music, and folk and ballad singing. The jamboree was held in the Asheville City Auditorium (now known as Thomas Wolfe Auditorium) from 1948 to 1973, and Hayes’ wife, Leona Trantham Hayes (1913-1989) continued to direct the program after his death in 1964. Hubert Hayes was an author, playwright, and alumni of Duke University
You Name It: Law magazine contest awards dinner for two
No full textUNIVERSITY, Miss. - Suggest the winning name for The University of Mississippi Law Center\u27s revamped magazine and be eating in style
Ole Miss Cow Causes Stir in Texas
No full textUNIVERSITY, Miss. -- University of Mississippi (UM) alum Louis Brandt is seeing cows in downtown Houston, Texas. But he isn\u27t asking why
Campus Plans Remembrance for Victims of Terror Attacks
No full textUNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Meditation and music bring pause to the University of Mississippi campus Sept. 11 in remembrance of the 2001 terror attacks on America. From 8:50-9 a.m., students, faculty and staff are asked to use the time for silent reflection. The first plane collided with the World Trade Center in New York at about that time last year
Journalists\u27 Need for Math Skills Prompts Prof\u27s New Book
No full textUNIVERSITY, Miss. - Journalists are known to joke that they would be engineers or scientists if they could simply do the math
Christopher Reeve Accepts $110,000 at Fraternity Fund-raiser for Paralysis Research
No full textUNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Actor Christopher Reeve accepted $110,000 Friday night at The University of Mississippi (UM), saying the money will pay a young scientist to research paralysis
You Name It: Law magazine contest awards dinner for two
No full textUNIVERSITY, Miss. – Suggest the winning name for The University of Mississippi Law Center\u27s new magazine and be eating in style
Artist Finalists for Civil Rights Memorial Visit Campus Site
No full textUNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Five finalists for a national civil rights memorial on The University of Mississippi-Oxford campus visit Friday to see and hear more about their artistic challenge
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