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All Forum events are free and are held in the Ford Academic Complex, Room 215 at 12:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. For more information about Millsaps Forum events, contact Dr. Steven G. Smith at 601-974-1334.
January 15
"How to Handle a College"
Howard McMillan, Acting President of Millsaps College
The one-time President of Deposit Guaranty National Bank comments on the differences between managing a college and a commercial bank.
January 22
"The Ethics of Communications"
Curtis Coats (Department of Communications) and Rebecca Day Kimberling (McAlister's)
Public Relations is a field that has boomed in the last two decades. What are the ethical boundaries in this growing field? How much spin is too much? When does an organization's message turn into propaganda? How does public relations relate to journalism? Millsaps Communications professor Curtis Coats and Rebecca Day Kimberling, Director of Corporate Communications for McAlister's, will lead a panel on the challenges of true communication in an information-loaded society. Sponsored by the Faith and Work Initiative.
January 29
20th Annual Millsaps Student Research Symposium
Note: The Symposium will be held in Olin Atrium.
Millsaps undergraduates present the results of their scientific research in this annual symposium sponsored by the Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society. Posters will be exhibited in the Olin Atrium, with oral presentations scheduled to start at 12:30 in Olin 100.
February 5
Julia Fenton
The Howorth Lecture
Atlanta-based sculptor and Millsaps graduate Julia Fenton discusses her artwork, which explores gender roles, ritual, and the body with materials as unlikely as milk and honey.
February 19
Honors Project Symposium
Students in diverse fields share highlights of their recently defended Honors work in this annual symposium sponsored by the Honors Program.
February 12 February 25
"Four Decades of Sports Reporting in Mississippi"
Rick Cleveland
The senior sports reporter and columnist for the Jackson Clarion-Ledger comments on the sports scene.
February 26
"Last Chance? How to Deal with Climate Change"
Larry Schweiger (National Wildlife Federation)
The President and CEO of National Wildlife Federation and author of Last Chance: Preserving Life on Earth will discuss the science behind global climate change and argue that a clean energy economy can provide needed solutions to avert its worst consequences.
March 5
"Women in Mississippi 2010: Generating Momentum for Change"
Marianne Hill (Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning)
State economic forecaster Marianne Hill, author of "Development as Empowerment" and "Women and Child Support in Mississippi: Time for a Change," will discuss women's status in Mississippi, assessing strategies to improve women's standing in the economy, in education, and in government. Dr. Hill is a founder of the Mississippi Coalition for Women and a member of the Mississippi Women's Commission.
March 26
"Stories of Justice and Reconciliation in Mississippi"
Jerry Mitchell
The Nussbaum Lecture
Jerry Mitchell's investigative reporting for the Jackson Clarion-Ledger has led to the reopening and successful prosecution of four seemingly cold murder cases from the Civil Rights Era, including the conviction of Byron de la Beckwith for the shooting of Medgar Evers as portrayed in the movie Ghosts of Mississippi. Mitchell is a 2009 recipient of a "genius grant" from the MacArthur Foundation.
April 9
"Mexico City: A Symposium"
Sponsored by Latin American Studies
The character of the Mexican megalopolis will be examined by three who have lived there: John Ross, a veteran Mexico City-based journalist, author of Rebellion from the Roots, Murdered by Capitalism, Mexico in Focus, and El Monstruo: Dread & Redemption in Mexico City; David Lida, a Mexico City-based journalist and fiction writer, author of Travel Advisory: Stories and First Stop in the New World: Mexico City, Capital of the 21st Century; and Andrew Paxman, Assistant Professor of History at Millsaps, co-author of El Tigre: Emilio Azcárraga y Su Imperio Televisa.
April 16
"Hispanophobia"
Eric Griffin (Department of English)
While reading selections from his recent book, English Renaissance Drama and the Specter of Spain: Ethnopoetics and Empire (Penn, 2009), Eric Griffin will share his interest in sixteenth-century Hispanophobia and comment on the residual presence of this 400-year-old structure of feeling in our own historical moment.
