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Volume 26 Issue 27
November 17, 2005
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Scholarships Available
The Plant and Soil Science program at Alcorn State University will award academic scholarships to five Plant and Soil Science students in the spring of 2006.
The Funds for these awards were made available through a project recently founded by USDA/CSREES under the Capacity Building Grant Program. This project is entitled “Preparing Students for High-Tech Jobs in Biotechnology by Investing in Hands-on Training in Tissue Culture and Transformation Technology”.
To be eligible for the $1,995.00 tuition waiver, each applicant must:
1. Be a Plant and Soil Science major;
2. Have a GPA of 3.0 or higher;
3. Enroll in PS457, Plant Breeding Class for the Spring 2006;
4. Submit an essay on “The Importance of Soil and Plant Science to the World Economy and Food Supply”.
Depending on the availability of funds, students in closely related programs may benefit from this project.
Interested students must submit their official transcript and proof of enrollment in PS457, Plant Breeding class to: Mrs. Arkon Burks/Morris Agricultural Science Bldg., Room Number 205.
If additional information is needed, please contact Dr. Patrick Igbokwe @ (601)877-6543.
Give the Gift of a Lift This Holiday Season
Friends Don’t Let Friends Drive Drunk
The holiday season between Christmas and New Year’s is one of the deadliest and most dangerous times of the year due to an increase in impaired driving.
If you are organizing or hosting a party this month and plan on serving alcoholic beverages, remind your guests to designate their sober driver in advance and provide a variety of non-alcoholic beverages to those designated drivers. Then at the end of the party, make sure all of your guests leave with a sober driver or make arrangements to get them home safely.
Always buckle up – it’s your best defense against an impaired driver and remember, “Friends Don’t Let Friends Drive Drunk.”
This public service announcement has been brought to you by the staff and peer educators for the Substance Abuse Prevention Program, a Title III Activity.
Office of Substance Abuse Prevention tel. 601-877-6697
Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Now Accepting Nominations
The Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters (MIAL) is now seeking nominations for awards to outstanding Mississippi artists for work shown, published, or performed in 2005.
MIAL awards honor living Mississippi artists for their achievements in the fields of fiction, non-fiction, musical composition (concert and popular), photography, poetry, and visual arts. Both current residents and former ones who have continuing, significant ties to the state are eligible.
Current and new MIAL members may submit nominations until January 15, 2006. Awards will be presented at the annual awards gala on June 10, 2006, in Oxford.
The MIAL awards competition is a juried one. Out-of-state-judges prominent in their fields select a winner in each category, from those nominated. Winners receive cash prizes and Mississippi-made gifts.
MIAL hopes to increase membership and broaden participation in the awards selection process this year. “We’re eager to have new members join the Institute and help recognize the superior work of our state’s artists,” Membership Chairman Donzell Lee says.
See www.ms-arts-letters.org to join MIAL and to get complete instructions for making nominations. Annual dues for an individual membership are $35.
Artists honored in past years include Ellen Douglas, Walker Percy, Willie Morris, Richard Ford, Barry Hannah, Samuel Jones, James Slater, William Dunlap, John Stone, Gwendolyn Magee, and Birney Imes III. MIAL is a privately funded self-sustaining non-profit established in 1978. Among its founders were Governor William Winter, Dr. Cora Norman, Dr. Aubrey Lucas, Dr. Noel Polk, and Mrs. Keith Dockery McLean.
Plans are underway for a day of arts events preceding the June 10 gala. A tour of Rowan Oak and an exhibit of quilts made by Gwen Magee, a former MIAL award winner and current member of the MIAL Board of Governors, are two of the highlights planned. Dr. Ann Abadie, Oxford, heads the program committee; other members are Bonnie Davidson, Tupelo; Sandra Shellnut, Pass Christian; Patty Lewis, Oxford; Jan Taylor and Mark Wiggs, Jackson.
For additional information, contact Margaret Anne Mitchell at (601) 366-0761 or write to MIAL, P. O. Box 2346, Jackson, MS 39225-2346. The MIAL website address is www.ms-arts-letters.org.
For additional information, contact Margaret Anne Mitchell at (601) 366-0761 or by writing MIAL, P. O. Box 2346, Jackson, MS 39225-2346. The MIAL website address is www.ms-arts-letters.org.
Caption: Making plans for the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters 2006 award festivities are these officers of the Board of Governors: (seated) Cora Norman, Jackson, President; (standing, L to R) Marion Barnwell, Jackson, Immediate Past President; Jan Taylor, Jackson, Treasurer; Will Long, Greenwood, Vice-President; and Margaret Anne Mitchell, Jackson, Secretary/Executive Secretary.
The International MulticulturalStudent Organization (I.M.S.O)invites all students to meetevery Friday at 12:00 noonon the 5th floor of the WASBin the Public Relations office Rm.511.
“The one true thing that we have in commonis our diversity”- Nelson Mandela.
Attention!
Those who want to be admitted Fall 2006 nursing school need to apply by December 15, 2005
If anyone wants more information regarding School of Nursing contact
Debbie Redfield, Counselor/Enrollment Coordinator
Alcorn School of Nursing
15 Campus Drive
Natchez, MS 39120
Phone: 601-304-4322
Fax: 601-304-4398
University Relations Staff
W. Christopher Cason,
Director
Sherita L Bailey, Administrative Assistant,
Writer
Elena Dobrynina, Staff Writer/International Student
Recruiter
Mail:
P.O. Box 389, Alcorn State, MS 39096-7500 ~ Phone:
(601) 877-6130 ~
Email: elenad@alcorn.edu
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Office: WWACB, Suite 511
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