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Two black holes are entwined in a gravitational tango in the artist’s conception (above). Supermassive black holes at the hearts of galaxies are thought to form through the merging of smaller ones, such as those depicted here. Gravitational Waves

The 2015–16 University of Mississippi LIGO team included (from left) Camillo Cocchieri, visiting scholar; Mohammad Detected 100 Years After Afrough, graduate student; Marco Cavaglià, associate professor of physics and astronomy; Katherine Dooley, assistant professor of physics and astronomy; and Jared Wofford and Hunter Gabbard, both undergraduate research assistants. Einstein’s Prediction niversity of Mississippi physicists contributed to Hanford, Washington, registered the September the historic discovery confirming a major occurrence as well as a second black hole collision on Uprediction of Albert Einstein’s 1915 general December 26, 2015. The LIGO system of two theory of relativity and opening an unprecedented new identical detectors constructed to detect incredibly window into the cosmos. tiny vibrations from passing gravitational waves was An illustration of two black holes merging and the gravitational waves that ripple outward as the black holes For the first time, on September 14, 2015, at 4:51 conceived and built by MIT and Caltech researchers spiral toward each other. The black holes—which a.m., scientists observed ripples in the fabric of space- and funded by the National Science Foundation represent those detected by LIGO on December 26, time called gravitational waves. The milestone detection (NSF) with significant contributions from other US 2015—were 14 and 8 times the mass of the sun, until marks the beginning of the new field of gravitational- and international partners. Research and analysis of they merged, forming a single black hole 21 times the mass of the sun. The equivalent of 1 solar mass was wave astronomy. data from the detectors are carried out by a global converted into gravitational waves. “Gravitational waves arrive at the earth from cataclysmic group of scientists. UM has been a member of the events in the distant universe,” said Marco Cavaglià, LIGO Scientific Collaboration since Dr. Cavaglià associate professor of physics and astronomy and assistant joined in 2007. Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory “The LIGO detectors are the most precise (LIGO) Scientific Collaboration spokesperson. measurement devices ever built,” said Katherine Dooley, They carry information about their dramatic origins assistant professor of physics and astronomy and senior and about the nature of gravity that cannot otherwise be member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, who obtained. The detected gravitational waves were produced designed techniques to control the angular pointing of during the final fraction of a second of the merger of two the laser beam, helping push the limits of the precision

IMAGE BY LIGO/T. PYLE black holes into a single, more massive spinning black measurement technology needed to make these hole. The existence of gravitational waves had been detections possible. predicted by Einstein, but never observed. “The gravitational waves create phenomenally small Twin Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave changes in the distance between two points in space, and we Observatory detectors in Livingston, Louisiana, and use laser light to measure that change in distance.” continued on page 3 more stories, photos, and videos at libarts.olemiss.edu

FROM THE DEAN Lee M. Cohen, PhD eflecting on my first year as dean, I have developed a deep Why is it called appreciation and respect for the faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends of the College of Liberal Arts. I also “liberal arts”? R rom the origins of Western civilization in the want to thank the many individuals who have shown my family and me unbelievable support and hospitality as we have transitioned to ancient world comes the concept of a liberal our new home. I am proud to be a member of the University of Farts education. The term comes from the Mississippi family and remain awestruck by the many opportunities Greek word eleutheros and the Latin word liber, both available to our students. Despite the fact we find ourselves in a meaning “free.” For free (male) citizens to fully challenging budget year, the College of Liberal Arts and the participate in Athenian democracy, they needed University of Mississippi remain very strong. certain skills in critical thinking and communication PHOTO BY KEVIN BAIN The past year has been a year of rapid growth and change within developed through a broad education in seven the College. For example, we have welcomed six new department disciplines: the trivium, or verbal arts, consisting of chairs, a new center director, 32 new faculty members and instructors, 128 new graduate students, and our grammar, logic, and rhetoric; the quadrivium, or largest undergraduate class ever, with 3,982 freshmen. Further, Dr. Jeffrey Vitter began his tenure as our new numerical arts, consisting of arithmetic, astronomy, Chancellor and we obtained R1 status (“Highest Research Activity”) among doctoral granting universities music, and geometry. Such an education celebrated based on the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. and nurtured human freedom and early democracy. We are extremely proud of the faculty and staff that serve the College of Liberal Arts. Our faculty In modern times, we can look to the continue to provide a strong academic foundation through our general education curriculum and are American Association of Colleges and responsible for approximately 60% of all of the student credit hours taught on campus. They also maintain Universities for a contemporary active research programs, engage in creative scholarship, create magnificent works of art, and produce top- understanding of this rate performances. Our staff sees to it that this sizable endeavor functions on a day-to-day basis and concept. provides countless services that are vital to our mission. “Liberal education is an Now, as throughout our history, students are taking required classes in the fine arts, the humanities, and approach to learning that the natural and social sciences. As they do, they are gaining an understanding of our increasingly complicated empowers individuals and world and learning more about themselves. They are also developing essential skills to become global citizens prepares them to deal with and be well prepared for the workplace. Skills such as critical analysis, creativity, oral and written complexity, diversity, and communication and an understanding of the human condition are essential. In fact, on August 30th of this change. It provides year, The Wall Street Journal reported that companies across the US are looking for “applicants who can students with communicate clearly, take initiative, problem-solve and get along with co-workers.” The many programs broad knowledge housed under the College of Liberal Arts prepare our students to successfully navigate our dynamic world as of the wider they become flexible and skillful lifelong learners who will be employable in any setting. world (e.g. While a liberal arts education fosters marketable skills, it also cultivates inspiration and purpose. This is science, culture, our goal, and I am pleased that our traditions of learning hold the key to our future. Students in the and society) as well as College want to improve the world, and they are developing the skills necessary to do so. in-depth study in a You can learn more about today’s College of Liberal Arts in this edition of The View from Ventress. I specific area of interest. also invite you to follow us @umlibarts on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Thank you for caring about A liberal education helps and supporting the College of Liberal Arts. V students develop a sense of social responsibility, as well as strong and transferable A Roman Imperial bust from Hadrian’s Villa, first, second intellectual and practical century AD, excavated in skills such as communication, 1769, from the David M. analytical and problem- Robinson Memorial Collection Olympic Silver and Gold solving skills, and a of Greek and Roman PHOTO BY KIRBY LEE, USA TODAY SPORTS ine participants in the 2016 Antiquities at the University demonstrated ability to of Mississippi Museum. Olympic Games had a connection apply knowledge and skills Nto UM, including one alumna of in real-world settings. The the College. Champion long jump athlete broad goals of liberal education have been enduring Brittney Reese (BA English ’11) won silver even as the courses and requirements that comprise at the 2016 Rio Games, gold at the 2012 a liberal education have changed over the years. London Games, and finished fifth at the Today, a liberal education usually includes a general 2008 Beijing Games. She holds many gold education curriculum that provides broad learning medals in American and World Indoor and in multiple disciplines and ways of knowing, Outdoor Championships and is the number along with more in-depth study in a major.” two all-time long jumper in US history (aacu.org/leap) V behind Jackie Joyner-Kersee. V For more about UM in Rio, visit olemissports.com/olympics.

The View from Ventress 2 2016 Physicist Albert Einstein (1879–1955) and an aerial shot of the LIGO Lab in Livingston, Louisiana.

First Detection “Using sophisticated algorithms and data analysis techniques, we estimate that the black hole collision detected in September took place about 1.3 billion years ago,” said Cavaglià. The black holes collided with each other at nearly half the speed of light, said Dooley. “The explosion released so much energy that about three times the mass of the sun was converted to gravitational waves in only a fraction of a second. These are the gravitational waves that LIGO has observed. “This is a momentous event. LIGO has opened our ears to the universe. For the first time ever, we can listen to the cosmos.” Cavaglià, Dooley, postdoctoral research assistant Shivaraj Kandhasamy, and three students from the UM-LIGO team are among the authors of the discovery paper. UM’s team also includes two graduate “LIGO’s detection opens a new way to look students, a visiting research associate, and several exchange master’s students from Italy. at the cosmos,” CAVAGLIÀ SAID. “LIGO will go down

Second detection in history in the same way as Galileo’s telescope.” “The black holes producing the gravitational waves detected in December were about three times smaller in size than the black holes we observed in September,” signals—with the Livingston detector measuring the waves compared to the first-generation LIGO detectors. said Cavaglià. 1.1 milliseconds before the Hanford detector—the position “With the advent of Advanced LIGO, we anticipated “Their size is closer to what astronomers observe of the source in the sky can be roughly determined. researchers would eventually succeed at detecting in galactic X-ray binaries. LIGO data also show with “It is very significant that these black holes were unexpected phenomena, but these two detections thus far very high confidence that at least one of the black much less massive than those observed in the first have surpassed our expectations,” said France A. Córdova, holes was spinning before it collided with its detection,” says Gabriela Gonzalez, LIGO Scientific NSF director. “NSF’s 40-year investment in this companion. This is the first detection of a spinning Collaboration spokesperson and LSU professor. “Because foundational research is already yielding new information black hole in a binary system that does not rely on of their lighter masses compared to the first detection, about the nature of the dark universe.” V X-ray observations.” they spent more time—about one second—in the Visit VfV online to read Physics Viewpoint: The First During the merger some 1.4 billion years ago a sensitive band of the detectors. It is a promising start to Sounds of Merging Black Holes by Emanuele Berti, quantity of energy roughly equivalent to the mass of the mapping the populations of black holes in our universe.” associate professor of physics and astronomy, a sun was converted into gravitational waves. The detected Both discoveries were made possible by the nontechnical introduction to the reasons why the LIGO discovery was so hard, why it matters so signal comes from the last 27 orbits of the black holes enhanced capabilities of Advanced LIGO, a major much, and what will come next. before they merged. Based on the arrival time of the upgrade that increases the sensitivity of the instruments

Student Physicist Awarded Fulbright unter Gabbard (BS physics ’16) has a dedication and hard work.” Fulbright Scholarship to work with some of “The Fulbright year allows me to pursue my Hthe world’s top physicists at the Albert research interest in machine learning applied to the Einstein Institute in Germany. now burgeoning field of gravitational wave astronomy,” “This award is a testament to Hunter’s excellent Gabbard said. work in his brief scientific career,” said Marco He proposes using a novel method utilizing Cavaglià, associate professor of physics and astronomy machines to better characterize and understand the and assistant spokesperson for the Laser Interferometer nonastrophysical noise that can mimic gravitational- Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) Scientific wave events in Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Collaboration. detectors. Andrew Lundgren, co-chair of the detector “A full member of the LIGO Scientific characterization group and part of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration for three years, he is one of only a Collaboration, will supervise. handful of undergraduate students earning authorship “I hope to continue at a PhD program in either on the LIGO papers reporting the first two direct physics or astrophysics and then become an active detections of gravitational waves and all related researcher in gravitational physics taking part in the companion papers. Hunter is a model for student design of next-generation detectors.” V PHOTO BY THOMAS GRANING The View from Ventress 3 2016 Celebrating Shakespeare Two rare books anchored the university commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the Bard’s death. PHOTO BY ROBERT JORDAN irst Folio is the term scholars use to describe Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies, a collection of 36 plays published in 1623. Only 233 copies Fof the book are known to exist in 2016. The Folger Shakespeare Library chose the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts as the Mississippi location for the landmark exhibition of the English poet, playwright, and actor’s work. “With this as the centerpiece, our host sites across the nation developed exciting original programming through which we hope Americans of all ages engage with Visitors viewed the First Folio opened to the “to be or not to be” speech from Hamlet. Shakespeare, deepen their love of his language, and discover how understanding his world helps us understand our own,” said Owen Williams, assistant director for Theatre faculty Rene Pulliam and Rhona Justice-Malloy and the Office of the scholarly programs at the Folger Library. Provost assisted with the acquisition. While visiting the Player’s Club in December Lectures, performances, workshops, and master classes—many by those within Justice-Malloy notified Pulliam that the copy was going to auction. In January, the College—during the three-week celebration in April included a talk by Ivo Associate Provost Noel Wilkin contacted Pulliam with news that the Ford Kamps, chair and professor of English, tracing the path from Shakespeare’s Foundation would be a major donor for the Folio. manuscripts to the First Folio’s publication and a discussion with Karen Raber, “They were excited about it being at a public institution where people would really professor of English, of how Shakespeare remains relevant to modern audiences enjoy it,” Justice-Malloy said. “I am so proud to be a faculty member at Ole Miss and know through cinematic adaptations of his plays; an Ole Miss Theatre performance of A that we value the importance of such a book. The Folio will help recruit students and Midsummer Night’s Dream; theatre faculty demonstrations on stage combat and scholars interested in the arts, history, and literature research. I extend an enormous ‘thank Shakespearean-era dancing; and a Mockingbird Early Music Ensemble performance. you’ to the Ford Foundation for making this possible.” V Another layer of excitement came from a Gertrude C. Ford Foundation gift The Second Folio is a part of the recently opened Hot Off the Press: New and allowing the university to acquire for its permanent collection a rare volume of the Newly Available Archive Collections exhibition of rare political, literary (including Second Folio, an update published in 1632. The copy belonged to Edwin Booth, some very rare William Faulkner), historical, and blues materials on display in the one of history’s most illustrious Shakespearean actors, and was purchased from the Faulkner Room of the J. D. Williams Library Department of Archives and Special Collections. It is open 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday through Friday except University New York’s Players Club, a social group for actors founded by Booth. holidays. For more information, call 662.915.7408.

Julia Aubrey Named Ford Center Director e are looking forward to dreaming the next chapter in the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts’ history and then making “Wthose goals a reality,” said Julia Aubrey, associate professor of music, director of opera theatre, and new director of the Ford Center. She plans to collaborate with the university and surrounding community to expand the facility’s mission and engage students, residents, and their families. Aubrey said she believes the Ford Center can be a producer as well as a presenter, PHOTO BY ROBERT JORDAN incubating projects that establish it as a regional arts leader. “Oxford is an exceptional place with a variety of interests we want to tap into. We want more people to experience this wonderful venue.” V For the events schedule, visit fordcenter.org.

On Screen Novel Films Tate Ellington (BA theatre arts ’01) plays Chad According to Variety magazine, on Shameless (Showtime), Bryan Turner in James Franco (pictured) is Straight Outta Compton (Universal Pictures), developing three movies and Simon Asher on Quantico (ABC). “I based on the crime novels Scholar in China definitely wouldn’t be here without Ole Miss Smonk, Poachers, and Hell James DeMarshall, a Chinese and Theatre,” Ellington said. “I got a great education at the Breech by Tom international studies major, spent and I loved every minute. There are a good Franklin, associate the summer studying in Xi’an, group of alums in New York—Ole Miss grads professor of fiction China, on a US Department of take care of each other.” writing. State Critical Language Scholarship. 4 The View from Ventress 2016 PHOTO BY MIKE STANTON Mississippi Poet Laureate elebrated writer and educator Beth Ann Fennelly is the new Mississippi Poet Laureate. C “Mississippi’s reputation for the written word is unmatched the world over, and Beth Ann will strengthen that reputation,” said Governor Phil Bryant. The prize-winning author and professor of English will spend her four years as official state poet creating and reading poetry during state occasions and participating in school and community events that promote appreciation of poetry as an art form. “I’m truly honored to have been chosen as Mississippi’s Poet Laureate, a post held most recently by Natasha Trethewey, whom I greatly admire,” said Fennelly, who teaches poetry and nonfiction writing, directed the MFA program for six years, and was the 2011 UM Humanities Teacher of the Year and College of Liberal Arts Teacher of the Year. “Southerners in general and Mississippians in particular are known to have produced many of our nation’s greatest writers. It will Fennelly’s poem “The Kudzu Chronicles” give me joy to help promote literary arts throughout the state and (published by W. W. Norton in Unmentionables, encourage future generations of Mississippi storytellers and writers. 2008) is grounded in her experience in “I look forward to continuing and deepening my work with the Mississippi and references William Faulkner, National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Out Loud Initiative in the Neshoba County Fair, and her home in Mississippi, the fabulous Mississippi Book Festival, and the schools, Oxford. Its closing stanzas were used as the libraries, and organizations that grow and nurture talent from our lyrics for “Kudzu,” a song by Jackson rich Mississippi soil.” musician Claire Holley: Born in New Jersey and raised in the Chicago area, Fennelly wrote Listen, kin and stranger, and taught around the world before settling in Oxford in 2001. She received a BA magna cum laude from the University of Notre Dame and then taught when I go to the field English for a year in a coal-mining village on the Czech/Polish border before returning and lie down, to the US to earn her MFA from the University of Arkansas, complete a Diane Middle- Let my stone be brook Fellowship at the University of Wisconsin, and teach at Knox College in Illinois. a native stone. She has held residencies at the University of Arizona and MacDowell Colony in New Let the deer come at dusk Hampshire, fellowships at Middlebury’s Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference and Sewanee, from the woods behind and a 2009 Fulbright grant studying poetry in Brazil. the church Fennelly has received numerous awards for her work. and let them nibble Department of English Chair and Professor Ivo Kamps said the poet laureate acorns off my grave. title has been a time-honored way of drawing attention to the importance of poetry Then let the kudzu in national discourse since 1616 when King James I of England gave poet and blanket me, playwright Ben Jonson a pension with the expectation he would write occasional W. W. Norton published Fennelly’s second and third collections of for I always loved the heat, verses to commemorate the country’s major events. Tender Hooks Unmentionables poetry, (2004) and (2008), as and let its hands rub “It is an incredible honor for Beth Ann Fennelly and for the university that she is well as her book of nonfiction, Great with Child: Letters to a out my name, called to join in this tradition,” Kamps said. “I can’t think of a better person in the Young Mother (2006). In 2013 HarperCollins published The Tilted World, a novel by Fennelly and her husband, Tom for I always loved role because she has written lyrically, lovingly, but also poignantly about the state of Franklin, associate professor of English. It was an Indie Next affection. V Mississippi. Her verse confronts readers with poetry’s best attributes—a clear Great Read, a finalist for the 2014 Southern Independent understanding of proportion and form, captivating rhythms, striking imagery, and Booksellers Alliance Book Award, and has been published in six startling insights.” foreign editions. Her sixth book, Heating & Cooling: 52 Micro-Memoirs, will be published by W. W. Norton in 2017.

Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival Geographic Seaside Writers The Mississippians Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Michael Worthy, Visionary Award Conference associate professor of music, won first division ratings this spring for The UM Mississippi Geographic Alliance MFA in Creative Writing PHOTO BY KEVIN BAIN their performance at the prestigious festival. Soloists Alicia Venchuk, an (MGA) recognized US Senator Thad students Gothataone English doctoral student, on guitar and Hunter McGuary, a music major, Cochran (BA psychology ’55) for Moeng (top) and Maggie on trombone received outstanding performance certificates. promoting geographic literacy by Woodward were selected introducing the Teaching Geography Is as scholars to attend the Fundamental Act. Florida meeting with “I support the MGA mission to help new professional writers, generations of our youth to be better editors, and agents. equipped to compete successfully in the global marketplace,” he said. The View from Ventress 2016 5 more stories, photos, and videos at libarts.olemiss.edu

Innovators Changing the South Generous Southern Living magazine recognized Patrick Woodyard, Joe York, Gift Adds More and Sarah Camp Milam for “shaping the South to be something new, Goodness something different, something we’ve never seen before.” to Gravy Patrick Woodyard (BA international studies and Spanish ’10) he nation’s leading “Nisolo, the Nashville-based luxury shoe company, means ‘not alone,’ and that embodies founder and CEO manufacturer of cast iron Patrick Woodyard’s commitment to partnership. Discovering a heritage of multi-generational shoemakers in cookware has committed Peru, Woodyard brought his gorgeous shoes to the States, along with a commitment to treat workers in both T $150,000 to the Southern countries ethically and pay them equitably. Nisolo makes some of the best footwear we’ve seen anywhere in the Foodways Alliance (SFA), giving its world, and it’s proving every day that Southern hospitality makes good business sense.” Gravy an ingredient that will make — Southern Living the quarterly print and biweekly Forbes magazine also noticed Nisolo’s socially responsible business efforts—providing English language and financial podcast storytelling platform a little literacy classes along with fair wages—and it landed Woodyard a spot on the 2016 Forbes 30 Under 30 list of “the brightest bit richer. young entrepreneurs, breakout talents, and change agents.” “The way Gravy uses oral history to tell a story in an understated Joe York (MA Southern Studies ’05) manner is the “Documentary filmmaker Joe York’s short films show Southern food at its most raw and mouth- way we like to wateringly delicious. More importantly, his storytelling highlights incredible characters and unsung present our cooks who inspire us to incorporate passion not just into cooking but into our entire lives. York message,” said continually pushes boundaries with form as well as content, and we can’t wait to see what he’s doing Mark Kelly, public next. Find his films at the Southern Foodways Alliance, or check out his longer films: Sorry We’re relations and Open and Mississippi Innocence.” advertising PHOTO BY KEVIN BAIN — Southern Living manager for Lodge Shake’em On Down: The Blues According to Fred McDowell, a one-hour Southern Documentary Manufacturing. Project film by York and Scott Barretta, adjunct instructor of sociology and anthropology, was selected “When the SFA for the 2016–17 Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers. It chronicles the life of the tells about a musician whose slide guitar technique and vocals influenced the Rolling Stones, Bonnie Raitt, Taj shrimper on the Mahal, R. L. Burnside, and the North Mississippi Allstars (all of whom appear in the documentary). Gulf Coast who supports his family Sarah Camp Milam and helps “If you love nothing better than stories told over, about, and through food, get restaurants stay in business that’s ready for your next obsession: Gravy, a quarterly magazine from the Southern something we want to be a part Foodways Alliance (SFA) and winner of the 2015 James Beard Award for of. The independent restaurateur publication of the year. We have Sara Camp Milam [managing editor] to thank or food distributor or baker … for growing Gravy into robust, full-color issues packed with stories that help us they’re a huge part of the look at traditional food with a new eye. Milam … brings culture, character, and American culinary experience and storytelling into the mix.” business model and we support that. — Southern Living Through those messages, people learn In 2016 the SFA accepted its second consecutive James Beard Foundation Award for Gravy, … and discover we’re an integral part this time in the podcast category. The free 25-minute program is available on the SFA website of American food culture.” V and through iTunes. Recent podcasts pondered the restaurant chain Cracker Barrel and Southern nostalgia. Another focused on the food world behind the scenes at Indian-owned motels. V MAKE A GIFT: Nikki Neely Davis, [email protected], 662.915.6678

; ; Undergraduate Research Conference Chemistry Book Club Three students earned Grand Champion titles at the Pi Sigma The UM American Chemical Society Alpha political science honor society meeting: Conner Somgynari chapter won a 2015 (BA international studies ’16), investigated when and why armed ChemLuminary Award for its groups might use diplomacy; Christine Sim (BA political common reading experience science ’16), discussed the influence of voter ID laws program. Faculty and students on voter turnout; and Katie Reid, an economics and read Warmth Disperses and Time political science major, researched state building in Passes, The Alchemy of Air, and Afghanistan. Pictured with Sue Ann Skipworth, The Prisoner’s Handbook: Murder assistant professor of political science (left). and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York.

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Private Giving PHOTO BY EARL E. GIBSON III hile food nourishes the body, art nourishes the soul. The WSouthern Foodways Alliance (SFA) expertly blends both into PHOTO BY BRANDALL ATKINSON programming. Impressed by the SFA’s Lyon Hill and Kimi Maeda present Barbecue use of art to enhance the presentation Winners of the Chairman’s Award on stage. Puppet Theatre at the 2012 SFA Symposium. of Southern food culture, two donors committed to major gifts for performing and visual arts at the SFA annual symposium. The 21c Museum Hotel group of five properties—brainchild of contemporary art collectors and preservationists Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson—was founded UM NAACP Wins National Award in Louisville, Kentucky, with the mission of making contemporary art accessible to he National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) the public through boutique hotels combined with contemporary art museums and presented the UM chapter with the Chairman’s Award at the 47th NAACP restaurants. The group’s gift will sustain annual art installations exhibited during the TImage Awards live broadcast on TV One in February. SFA’s symposium. “In honoring the UM NAACP, we focus on your work and accomplishments “We hope to expose a new audience to innovative art and ideas, providing a as organizers, justice activists, advocates, clergy, athletes, and artists who have visual context for the important discussions happening at the symposium and joined forces to contribute to awakening our moral and community conscience on beyond,” said Sarah Robbins, chief hospitality officer. “At 21c Museum Hotel, we issues negatively impacting society,” said Roslyn M. Brock, chair of the NAACP engage our team, our guests, and the community through contemporary art, cultural national board of directors. programming, and food. These are all opportunities to discover and to spark The NAACP award recognizes special achievement, distinguished public conversation around topical ideas. Through these communal experiences of service, and groundbreaking work to increase understanding and awareness of discovery, ideas are born and spread. SFA’s mission to address complex cultural issues racial and social justice issues. is complementary to ours and we are thrilled to partner on this important initiative.” “The experience was surreal and overwhelming,” said Dominique Scott, UM The SFA also stages performances at its symposium. From ballet to street theatre, chapter secretary and a student of African American Studies and sociology, who from a puppet show to an oratorio, such performances will now be supported by a accepted the award with Tysianna Marino and chapter president Chukwuebuka major gift from an anonymous donor to the SFA performing arts fund. “Buka” Okoye, both public policy leadership majors, and James M. Thomas, “Through performance, the SFA shares stories inspired by the South and by Southern assistant professor of sociology and chapter faculty advisor. experiences,” said SFA Director John T. Edge. “In the now crowded marketplace of food “I was on stage in front of my heroes—groundbreaking women of color, who ideas, these stories spark honest reflection and foster genuine progress while offering new unapologetically assert their value in the world. When we looked out into the ways to address complex Southern issues with national implications.” V crowd, fists raised, every able-bodied person in the room stood and applauded. I MAKE A GIFT: Nikki Neely Davis, [email protected], 662.915.6678 almost lost it. The emotion hit me at once.” V

Graduate Awarded Grammy ina Cole Garguilo (BM music ’11) and the Phoenix Chorale won the 2015 Grammy for best choral performance. “The Grammy means so much,” said the soprano from Memphis, who is pursuing a doctorate in vocal performance Nfrom Arizona State University while performing with the three-time Grammy-winning ensemble. “The award-winning album, Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, is proof that collaboration, hard work, and sincerity can create something both wholly human and completely divine. “I am extremely grateful for my time at the University of Mississippi. I never considered Ole Miss until I realized all my important musical role models—from my voice instructor to my choir directors and family friends—were alumni. This musical enrichment cultivated experiences that shaped me as an artist.” V

Visual History Vitus Shell (MFA art ’08) UniversityofMississippi worked with children in Indianola to create two Inaugural TedxUM Talks murals about the town’s UM’s TEDx event, organized by Marvin King, associate professor of political science history—from Choctaw and African American Studies, and Elizabeth Wicks, a French and international studies Indians to B. B. King—for student, featured four College faculty: chemist Randy Wadkins discussed the city pool renovation. nanotechnology; psychologist Laura Johnson explored multiculturalism; English “The visual history gives professor Gregory Heyworth explained multispectral digital imaging; and theatre arts the community a sense professor Matthew Wilson demonstrated how humor brings people together. of pride and identity,” Watch videos, visit VfV online. Shell said. The View from Ventress 2016 7 more stories, photos, and videos at libarts.olemiss.edu

Prestigious Fellowship Awarded for Ebola Research ilberte “Gigi” Bastien (PhD clinical psychology ’13) is in Liberia for 11 months as a Fogarty Global Health Fellow with the National Institutes of Health PHOTO BY ANNEMARIE POYO FURLONG Gstudying the mental health and psychosocial impacts of Ebola virus disease. “The people of Liberia and their resilience in facing one of the greatest epidemics of our lifetime are truly inspiring,” said Bastien, associate director of Global Health for the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta. “I am thrilled to contribute to the growing body of literature on evidence-based global mental health disaster/emergency response.” Her focus is the existing strengths, resiliency, and resources among Liberia’s Ebola survivors. The country had 4,800+ Ebola-related deaths between March 2014, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter with Dr. Bastien (middle) in May when her service to the Carter Center when outbreaks were reported in West Africa, and January 2016—the deadliest Mental Health Liberia Initiative as a Satcher Health Policy Fellow was recognized at a ceremony epidemic since the disease’s discovery. honoring contributions to the nonprofit public policy center’s work fighting disease, hunger, poverty, From a psychological standpoint, Bastien’s research addresses the lack of conflict, and oppression around the world. knowledge surrounding resiliency in the aftermath of large-scale emergencies to help professionals understand strategies supporting knowledge exchange, mental health “The fellowship experience is an important step towards my goal of becoming an literacy, and interventions in ways that are respectful of communities. independent researcher focused on global health disparities with a particular emphasis Her dissertation examined disaster response and resilience following the on disaster/emergency mental health response and capacity building in low and middle devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti. International research of this nature is rare in income countries as well as the development, implementation, and evaluation of the clinical research field and increasingly valued. culturally responsive interventions in the context of such large-scale emergencies.” V

Physicists Receive $3 Million to Study Nuclear Fuel Storage he US has thousands of tons of used nuclear fuel stored in aging steel casks, problem. As the lead institution, our work involves computer modeling and hands-on raising serious safety concerns about the long-term stability of the experimental work. We’ll build a virtual model of the loaded storage cask and use Tradioactive material. Two UM physicists are leading a team to study computer models to test the various acoustic approaches in order to optimize the the stability of the canisters. placements of our sources and sensors. Our external partners will apply other Josh Gladden, interim vice chancellor for research and sponsored means including exotic modalities such as muon tomography.” programs, associate professor of physics and astronomy, and director of the Many casks are nearing the end of their engineered lifetime. UM Jamie L. Whitten National Center for Physical Acoustics (NCPA), and “Currently, there are no tools or techniques to assess the structural Joel Mobley, associate professor of physics and astronomy, have a $3 million integrity of the interior or the rod bundles,” said Gladden. “This research grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) for collaborative problem has the potential to provide those tools.” solving with other university and industry partners. John Gilligan, director of Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP) “At present, there are about 70,000 tons of spent nuclear fuel in at the DOE, said that “the project led by Josh Gladden is one of the storage, and it is increasing at a rate of nearly 2,000 tons per year,” Gladden larger and most important as part of our NEUP program to support said. “These storage casks are massive steel structures, each of which can commercial nuclear energy. The DOE will take the analysis and hold several tons of fuel.” conceptual designs proposed by UM and perhaps eventually build The casks are also completely sealed. operating prototype experiments to test the ideas and pass the “With no internal access, it is critical to find ways of evaluating the state information on to industry for implementation. One of these new Storage cask. of the spent fuel rods and support structures from the outside,” Mobley said. techniques might become standard practice to ensure the integrity of “The NCPA team will investigate acoustic and ultrasonic approaches to the spent fuel storage in the US.” V

At the Helm UM Three Minute Thesis Competition Ray Mabus (BA political science The 3MT competition challenges graduate students ’69) manages a $170 billion budget to explain their research topic and its significance in and is responsible for the well-being three minutes and using one slide. This year, College of more than 900,000 enlisted students received first and second place in both PhD personnel stationed on ships or at and MA categories. Watch the presentations at VfV naval bases around the world. online, including the Grand Prize winner, Amanda Read about the US Secretary of the Malloy (MA Southern Studies ’16), talk about Memphis Navy in the Ole Miss Alumni Review. photographer William Eggleston. V Visit VfV online.

8 The View from Ventress 2016 Sarah Liljegren’s Lainy Day’s neuroscience National Science Foundation work centers on under- (NSF) CAREER grant may lead to  standing the evolution, func- novel technologies to modify tion, and neuroendocrinology organ abscission in crop plants. of brain regions involved in spatial and motor learning. Jason Hoeksema and students Current projects revolve joined colleagues in pharmacy for field around steroid induced  Research research to study fungi in ancient Polish neuroplasticity forests. Rare mushrooms in that ecosystem in the avian have potential anticancer activity. cerebellum. Leaders With a grant from the National Oceanic and M ascended to the R-1: Doctoral Atmospheric Administration, Glenn Parsons and students are testing a device to reduce Universities—Highest Research by-catch—unintentional capture—of sharks UActivity category, representing by commercial fishermen. the top 2.5% of US institutions of higher  education by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education this year. “As a flagship university, UM is determined to play a key role in the cycle of research and discovery that drives and sustains our community and world,” Chancellor Jeffrey S. Vitter said. “This ranking was achieved because of our outstanding faculty and their dedication to research and education.” College of Liberal Arts contributions to this achievement include Department PHOTO BY NATHAN LATIL PHOTO BY NATHAN of Biology faculty research. Their   Erik Hom’s The new chair of biology, sponsored research for July 2015–June multi-institutional Gregg Roman, is a 2016 totaled $1,761,212. NSF grant neuroscientist who “The Department of Biology faculty supports gathering investigates the molecular are uncovering exciting new knowledge in field samples and neural mechanisms several fundamental areas of the life around the world of that drive changes in uncharacterized behavior. sciences,” said Gregg Roman, chair and fungi associated professor of biology. “This knowledge is with photosynthetic far-reaching and is helping to generate organisms. new solutions for some of our greatest challenges in health and the environment. We are further dedicated to training the next generation of biologists, capable of  Lucile McCook’s Patrick Curtis received  discovering an even deeper understanding of collaborative NSF UM’s 7th National Science living systems and of solving problems of grant funds pooling Foundation CAREER grant disease, food sustainability, and the loss of Mississippi and for microbiology research Southeast US on how bacteria adapt, ecosystems.” V herbarium data repurpose, and integrate into one searchable signaling pathways to web portal of create complex cellular images and geo- systems, particularly referenced data. those of prokaryotic development. PHOTO BY KEVIN BAIN

History Club HGTV A new organization promotes the The first season of an alumni couple’s Home Town show on the subject of history outside the class- popular lifestyle television channel is scheduled for 2017. room. “The goal is to celebrate history “Erin [BFA art ’07] and Ben [BA history ’07] Napier love their through activities such as watching small hometown of Laurel, Mississippi, especially the old historical films, holding salons to dis- historical houses. Using found materials and old textiles, cuss papers, inviting guest speakers, they’re keeping the character of these classic homes, but and taking field trips,” giving them modern and affordable updates. From said club president Erin’s imaginative hand sketches to Ben’s custom Tayler Clements handiwork, this couple is bringing Laurel’s homes (BA biological back to life, and making sure their small town’s science and future is as bright as its past.”— HGTV website history). The View from Ventress 2016 9 more stories, photos, and videos at libarts.olemiss.edu

Student Spotlight A look at a few of the 5,000 undergraduates in the College

CHRISTAL DAVIS (BA psychology ’16) Christal worked simultaneously in three research labs, received clinical experience at Haven House residential alcohol and drug rehabilitation center and the North Mississippi Regional Center for people with developmental disabilities, tutored athletes, and coauthored with Professor Todd Smitherman an article on the treatment of PTSD and chronic headache published in a peer-reviewed medical journal. “Innumerable hours studying, researching, and working to be the best student possible paid off with an invitation to join Phi Beta Kappa, one of the nation’s most prestigious honor societies.” V

VICTORIA CALCOTE (BA biochemistry ’16) Victoria applied knowledge from her science courses to novel situations. Her paper incorporating basic biochemistry, production and aging of cheese, microbiology, and the health effects of the fusion of those factors for a Chemistry of French Food course was so interesting that Professor Susan Pedigo plans to use it as instructional material for Biochemistry I. “A medical mission trip to Montero, Bolivia, was especially transformative, translating material in my studies to hands-on knowledge. The trip taught me adaptation and creativity through the shortage or absence of necessary supplies and to ask relevant questions about the material I am learning.” V

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SARAH FARMER (BS mathematics ’16) As a participant on an interdisciplinary chemistry research team, Sarah developed metal catalysts for hydrocarbon oxidation—part of Dr. Jonah Jurss’ chemistry lab’s larger goal of developing new alternative fuel technologies. She also found satisfaction being part of UM’s new Transfer Student Peer Mentorship Program. “I transferred after ending my career as a volleyball player at Mississippi College. The program allowed me to ease others’ transitions to Ole Miss. My goals were to help mentees enjoy this exciting time and to encourage them to mentor future transfer students.” V

THOMAS BURNETTE (BM music ’16) A top snare drummer in The Pride of the South marching band, outstanding undergraduate instrumentalist, UM Concerto Competition winner, and Ole Miss Athletics band spirit awardee, Tommy is on ESPN’s SEC Nation opening video. “The SEC Network staff filmed 14 SEC drummers at Mercer University. Every game day I receive calls telling me that I’m on television, and it reminds me how blessed I am to have been selected for this grand opportunity. I will forever cherish the experience and be grateful to Band Director David Willson for choosing me to be the face of Ole Miss.” V

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HANNAH MARY JONATHAN SWITZER MARTIN EVANS (BA religious (BA classics and (BA economics studies ’16) Spanish ’16) ’16) Hannah believes Mary’s senior Studying survey that academic thesis design and success is incorporated methodology in PHOTO BY ROBERT JORDAN

incomplete until PHOTO BY ROBERT JORDAN research in PHOTO BY ROBERT JORDAN an experiential it is applied to several learning class make a practical languages, the seemed to difference in the multidisciplinary Jonathan as a community. Her classics field, and practical way to undergraduate her interest in gain data work in religious the history of analysis experience. His class project to create and studies provided the opportunity to engage in business. distribute a survey to undergraduates concerning community-based learning for a class on religion “The proudest moment of my undergraduate prescription drug abuse reached 6,400 students. and aging. study was the defense of my thesis. I wrote about Presenting the project report to the Vice “Volunteering at a low-income housing the olive oil trade between Rome and its Iberian Chancellor for Student Affairs and Dean of development for senior citizens allowed me to colonies in the ancient world to combine my three Students in a Lyceum conference room gave delve firsthand into ethical problems attributed to fields of study: business, classics, and Spanish. Evans “a genuine sense of accomplishment for old age, including loneliness and poverty. From Gathering data from site reports and primary providing information that the University can use playing card games to taking residents bowling, sources and researching in multiple language to design drug abuse prevention programs.” V involvement enriched my understanding of books and journals put to use all the skills I’ve ethical challenges related to contemporary aging, learned.” V particularly the way poverty effects the elderly. V

MAGGIE COREY KALEB HALL FULLER MITCHELL (BA German (BA Arabic ’16) (BFA theatre and Corey studied arts ’15) international Arabic in Kaleb worked studies ’16) Jordan last fall tirelessly on his Maggie has with a Boren acting, martial a 2016 Scholarship arts, and Fulbright from the US movement skills; English Department of was a featured PHOTO BY PHILLIP WALLER PHOTO BY ROBERT JORDAN Teaching State. The dancer with Assistantship Boren program funds study of less commonly Mississippi, the in Germany to taught languages in world regions critical to US Dance Company; help students interests and underrepresented in study abroad. and gained and serve After commission as a second lieutenant in the multiple PHOTO BY THOMAS GRANING as a cultural US Army, he anticipates active duty. certifications in stage combat training. ambassador. The US government international “We do not know when, where, or how the He felt the production We Are Proud to educational exchange program is designed to next war will be fought. It is my job to be the Present was staged at the right time on campus. “It increase understanding with other countries. most prepared I can be because I owe it to the was intense, moving, influential, and lightly She plans to remain in Germany to pursue a American people and the soldiers I will lead to comedic in its treatment of race relations. I knew master’s degree. be the most competent leader. In order to I wanted to be an actor, but being a part of a “I look forward to working with the youth at accomplish that, I must be culturally competent production so profound and meaningful truly Gymnasium Alfeld in Alfeld, Niedersachsen. and able to effectively communicate, partner, solidified my decision.” He believes strongly in Looking back, I’m proud of my resolve to learn the influence, and operate in complex joint, the University Creed and hopes that UM German language. With it comes a deeper interagency, intergovernmental, and continues to use its capacity to lead the state in appreciation of the German people and culture.” V multinational environments.” V social issues. V

The View from Ventress 12 2016 ANN-MARIE HEROD (BA African American Studies and BAJ journalism ’16) ALICIA BACON Ann-Marie received the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award from the McLean (BA history ’16) Institute for Public Service and Community Engagement. Her volunteer work Alicia conducted original with service organizations on- and off-campus—Leap Frog, Boys and Girls Club, research at the Mississippi the Big Event, and Department of Archives and churches—began with a History for her honors thesis, mission trip to Honduras her “This Clinic Stays Open: A freshman year. While Ann- Comprehensive History of Marie enjoyed working with Reproductive Rights in children there, she wanted to Mississippi, 1966–2015.” Her help closer to home and historiographical essay examining encourages others to do the the intersections of sexuality, same. race, and gender in American “I asked myself, ‘What am history won the 2016 Sue Hart I doing in my community?’ Award for Best Project in The real work starts in our Gender Studies in the South. own backyard. We can make “My thesis advisor’s use of the world a better place by my findings in her history volunteering locally. The best class lecture fills me with pride way to be a good steward to and makes me eager to our communities and break produce significant historical down barriers is by serving work for the rest of my others.” V professional life.” V

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ERIC BENNETT LOGAN WILSON (BA political science and (BA public policy leadership ’16) biochemistry ’16) Eric gained political experience as “The University of an intern for the Mississippi Joint Mississippi provided Legislative Committee on me with a top-notch Performance Evaluation and education in Expenditure Review, a member of biochemistry and the US Senate campaign of Chris allowed me to find McDaniel, and the campaign my identity. It manager for a successful state opened my eyes to senate reelection bid by many of the Mississippi Senate Finance controversies that

Committee Chair Joey Fillingane. PHOTO BY KEVIN BAIN exist in society today “My time at UM and and taught me how opportunities with College to handle them from Republicans along with an an educated and internship with the state respectful legislature culminated when I perspective. served as campaign manager “The Everett-Williams Memorial Scholarship presented me with for a candidate reelected by opportunities that I never thought I’d have in college. It allowed me to 60%—despite a majority of focus solely on my academics and motivated me to be successful. Being one registered voters representing the of the first two recipients, I wanted to set the standard high for future opposing party. My education students who receive this honor.” and training are invaluable for a Logan began medical school at the University of Mississippi Medical career in law and politics.” V Center this fall. V PHOTO BY KEVIN BAIN The View from Ventress 13 2016 more stories, photos, and videos at libarts.olemiss.edu

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CHARLES MCCRORY (BA English ’16 ) EMILY DUHE (BA classics and English ’16) A piece that Charles developed in Tom Franklin’s Beginning Fiction Workshop “It seems like a small thing to say that my proudest achievement at Ole Miss course received the 2015 Mississippi Review Prize in Fiction. is being able to share my writing with other people; but for an introvert like “A short story I wrote emerged from my disturbed reaction to news coverage me, it feels like a small miracle. I was even elected president of the new Rebel surrounding the 2012 school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. I hoped to show Writers group. It is an immense honor—one I could not have achieved without how a culture of apparent sympathy can actually exploit suffering. Though the loss of my preconceptions and inhibitions.” I take great pride in the story and the prize, I am still unsure of whether I had any Rebel Writers provides aspiring creative writers with an established community right to inhabit the minds of victims of such a tragedy. I am sure, however, that to express their talents, integrate with other students with shared passions and goals, I did my best to grapple with a harrowing and relevant subject. I believe such and explore all writing genres in an informal and relaxed atmosphere. V expressions are necessary in fiction if we are to move forward in the national conversation on gun violence.” V

The View from Ventress 14 2016 ALICE CONNOLLY (BFA painting ’16) For her thesis exhibition, Alice “played with the lighting on flowers to signify reemergence, hope, and renewal through life’s many obstacles. Life requires adaptation. A deeper and stronger beauty emerges after change. Flowers represent maturation and second chances.” Portraits and landscapes are other favorite subjects. “I paint what I love the most the best way I am able. That’s it. My resolve is to remain true to what is authentic to me.” She is considering graduate schools in Florence, Italy, and New York City. V

EMILY HUGO (BS forensic chemistry ’16) KATHRYN JAMES “I aspire to be a forensic scientist because I love science and solving mysteries. (BA economics, public policy leadership, and Southern Studies ’17) At the end of my internship with the Alabama Department of Forensic Kathryn adjusted her academic focus after tutoring children and taking courses that Sciences, the lab director encouraged me to apply for a job after graduation. I touched on public education in Mississippi. She wanted to learn more about had proven myself and someone took note of my tenacity.” Southern identity, desegregation, and policy change. A forensic chemistry major with an intelligence and security studies minor, “A YMCA internship gave me a national perspective on ways to combat the Emily was also a Homeland Security Summer Scholar Intern for the achievement gap. Shadowing charter schools in New Orleans allowed me to learn Transportation Security Agency in El Paso, Texas. Her honors thesis used opportunities for student success regardless of zip code or race. Experiences in the computational modeling of high-energy density materials to explore the community—from the local Della Davidson Elementary School to the state capital possibility of improving the detection of compounds such as explosives. V in Jackson with Mississippi First education policy research—have given me a better understanding of how Mississippians identify and evaluate educational challenges.” V

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Alan Arrivée (from left), Jasmine Poole, nursing student and equipment lab assistant, and Harrison Witt with a new camera purshased with startup funds.

Cinema PHOTO BY BRANDON SKAGGS Culture on Campus

he Cinema minor, first offered in Fall 2011, has narrative, documentary, television, commercial, music Shaping Policy 60 students enrolled; journalism thrives; the video, live performance, industrial, and still shoots. He waun Samuel (BA international Tlibrary created a video editing studio for use by brings these technical and storytelling skills to UM studies ’06) has served as California all students; Southern Studies houses the award- students. Congresswoman Maxine Waters’ winning SouthDocs and plans an MFA in documentary “Yet we are not able to fully prepare students with all T Chief of Staff since 2014. expression; and screenwriters and film studies faculty the tools necessary for a career in the industry,” said “He has a unique understanding of the teach throughout the humanities. Arrivée. “We are preparing curriculum and the physical constituent needs and a formidable grasp of the Alan Arrivée, associate theatre professor and cinema environment necessary to create a BFA in cinema legislative process and how policy is shaped in director, has been the lone cinema production faculty production, which will make a difference to students Congress,” Waters said. member in theatre arts for six years. interested in a career in this highly competitive field. It is At UM, Samuel studied political and To deepen cinema production instruction, the our intention to provide students with the best education economic transitions with a regional focus in department hired Harrison Witt this year. Besides being in cinema production available in the South. We aren’t Latin America. He completed a semester of an award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker, he quite there, but with the help of the greater UM studies at the Universidad Autonóma de brings 20+ years of professional production experience community, this goal is definitely within reach.” Querétaro, Mexico, where he examined the in cinematography and lighting and thousands of hours To reach this goal, the cinema program needs to nation’s political history, all as Mexico was in on set with top directors, cinematographers, and other add an instructor in sound design, build cinema the midst of its significant 2006 presidential industry professionals. Witt’s incredibly diverse, production labs, and expand and replace equipment on election cycle. hands-on backgrounds in visual storytelling for studio- a regular basis. V “In addition to my intensive work and level features and extensive experiences across MAKE A GIFT: Denson Hollis, [email protected], studies in democratic transitions under Dr. production environments include independent 662.915.5092 Holly Reynolds, I most often today reference a freshman course I took on spatial reasoning with Dr. Michael Metcalf,” he said. “In that course, we discussed the ways people identify On the Money different concepts and how they identify or 25 years, most central banks have implemented monetary commonalities among seemingly abstract policy by changing the value of a short-term interest rate. For (or concrete) ideas. I think spatial Fthe US, this is the federal funds rate, a sharp departure from reasoning is important for people who controlling the money supply, a main policy tool during the 1980s. work on public policy. This skill set often Research by Michael Belongia, Otho Smith Professor of proves critical in how quickly and Economics, and Joshua Hendrickson, assistant professor of effectively one can construct innovative economics, has shown, however, that the alleged problems ideas to confront modern day public popularly associated with monetary control can be linked to large policy challenges. If I didn’t firmly grasp errors in how central banks measure the money supply. some of the lessons from that class then, In collaboration with Peter Ireland of Boston College and the Shadow Open Market Committee, they certainly resonate today.” Belongia has published papers on the theory of how the quantity of money should affect output and Following his studies at the Croft inflation as well as statistical investigations of whether money and other variables behave in a manner Institute for International Studies, Samuels predicted by the theory. Other work examined whether the Federal Reserve could influence the economy’s total earned a JD from the UM School of Law spending by controlling the behavior of the money supply. The professors provided evidence that recovery from the and was a 111th Congress John C. Stennis 2009–10 economic downturn could have been more rapid if the Federal Reserve had set a target for the growth rate of Center for Public Service Staff Fellow, 2009 the money supply. Most recently they found that the poor recent economic performance can be traced to the Federal Truman National Security Scholar, and Reserve’s apparent abandonment of a rule to guide policy decisions and a return to discretionary policy actions. Senior Counsel and Legal Fellow/Intern Belongia and Hendrickson are currently working on an alternative theoretical model to the standard neo- Coordinator on the House Financial Services Keynesian model that is the basis for monetary economics research. V Committee in Washington, DC. V

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Native American Artifacts on Display aureen Meyers, assistant professor of anthropology, installs a pottery exhibition in MBarnard Observatory for the Faulkner and the Native South Conference with Tony Boudreaux, associate professor of anthropology and director of the Center for Archaeological Research, and graduate student Emily Clark (left). “The vessels are unique because of their iconography, which shows religious symbols of Native Americans who lived during the Mississippian period in the Southeastern US,” Meyers said about the Department of Sociology and Anthropology’s Davies Sociology and Service Collection that includes these 14th-century ceramic hile Caitlin Brooking earned an MA in vessels recovered from Walls in northwest Mississippi sociology she served as a Catalyzing by physician Julius Davies in the early 20th century. WEntrepreneurship and Economic Although the Faulkner Conference exhibition closed Development (CEED) Innovation Fellow for UM’s in August, another display from the Davies McLean Institute for Public Service and Community Collection—this one of Native American artifacts Engagement, partnering with the Tri-County Workforce from across North America for the UM Common Alliance. She worked to expand professional Reading Experience book Ten Little Indians by Native development of youth and support young parents with American author Sherman Alexie—is in the J. D. time management counseling, childcare, and assistance Williams Library Department of Archives and Special processing financial aid applications. A DeBord Award Collections through the fall semester. It is open 8 for Outstanding MA Student in Sociology for service a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. recognized Brooking’s efforts. The fellowship led to her current job with Volunteer Mississippi, a state “These items have the potential to contribute greatly government organization with a mission to empower to educating the public about Native Americans,” local nonprofits and offer logistical support for those Meyers said. “We hope the exhibits give the endeavors. V community a sense of our rich resources.” V

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Art and Art History Department PHOTO COURTESY GREG THOMPSON FINE ART Receives Largest Private Gift illiam Hollingsworth (1910–1944) had an innate love for art and a volume of work that belies his brief life. W “Hollingsworth is a fixture in the pantheon of Southern art,” said Hunter Cole, author of William Hollingsworth: An Artist of Joy and Sadness. Inspired by French impressionism, Hollingsworth painted the Mississippi landscape, sunrises and sunsets, and the lives of African Americans in Jackson during segregation. “William Hollingsworth had a capacity to render life in Mississippi—people and places in urban and domestic scenes—with great sensitivity. He also influenced many artists in his day and is still revered among collectors nationwide,” said Betsy Bradley, director of the Mississippi Museum of Art, where nearly 300 of the artist’s pieces were bequeathed. Upon her death, Jane Oakley Hollingsworth ensured her husband’s legacy would continue as generations of students receive scholarships bearing his name. A $238,000 bequest established the William Robert Hollingsworth Jr. Art Scholarship Endowment for students in the Department of Art and Art History, primarily those studying painting or sculpture. “Never before has the department been able to compete for students eligible for higher scholarships elsewhere and to attract top art students in the country,” said Virginia Chavis, chair and professor. “We are forever grateful for this very generous endowment to honor William Hollingsworth and to pass on the knowledge of art.” V MAKE A GIFT: Denson Hollis, [email protected], 662.915.5092 The Good Neighbor (1940), watercolor on paper, by William Hollingsworth Jr.

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The View from Ventress 18 2016 Collaborations o better understand the world and to tackle its complex problems, collaboration between disciplines offers a critical path forward. Faculty combine research and teaching interests to give

students multidisciplinary educational PHOTO BY KEVIN BAIN opportunities. In this special section, we present the latest offerings in the College—two new minors, a new integratedT fine arts course, and integrated science courses—along Professors of African American Studies are Marvin King, with a glimpse of the other multidisciplinary majors and minors. political science; Patrick Alexander, English; Derrick Harriell, English; Shennette Garrett-Scott; history; Kirk Johnson, sociology; Cinema, East Asian Studies, Environmental Studies, will be about games with discussion on virtual worlds, Ethel Young-Scurlock, English; and Charles Ross, history. Gender Studies, Medieval Studies, and Neuroscience group think and violence, and Oculus Rift along with a The African American Studies (AAS) program multidisciplinary minors enrich degrees programs. Two tech focus on virtual reality.” was established in 1970 to encourage the minors created in 2015–16—Digital Media Studies and “DMS complements the traditional computer examination of the African American experience, Society & Health—offer even more experiences, skills, science minor by preparing students to design and to facilitate a campus atmosphere favorable to such knowledge, and networks to equip students develop software systems from core principles,” said studies, and to develop programming such as for a variety of careers in our fast- Dawn Wilkins, professor and chair of computer and research seminars, speakers, films, art exhibitions, changing world. information science. “The DMS and conferences, like the international symposium “Students can prepare for minor with computing emphasis on Richard Wright, and a variety of programming exciting and contemporary empowers students to use during Black History Month. technology applications by computational tools to create AAS majors and combining their major digital solutions for minors examine the with the Digital Media real-world history and culture of Studies (DMS) problems. A

African Americans PHOTO BY ROBERT JORDAN minor’s choice of potential along with the social, emphases employee with economic, and political in computing, computing or issues that shape the digital arts, digital media African American and/or digital experience experience. The communications,” stands out for curriculum integrates said Robert positions in a broad Kirk Johnson, professor of sociology methods and theories of Cummings, chair and range of disciplines.” the various behavioral/social sciences, humanities, associate professor of writing and The minor addresses and arts into a comprehensive analysis of the life, rhetoric and director of DMS. “It growing academic and P H O issues, culture, and history of African Americans. T is a novel pathway into the creative O employment demands in web B Y RO Faculty research of the African American experience economy of the information age.” BE development, business data analytics, RT JORDAN includes media, politics, popular culture, sports, The College of Liberal Arts, School computational art, digital graphic design, Students in DMS 101 are learning literature, finance and banking, prison literature, of Engineering, and Meek School of data visualization, internet and social nonlinear editing by making a short Harlem Renaissance, slave revolts, race relations, Journalism and New Media proposed video with a custom audio track. media marketing, and mobile application and critical race studies. the minor with faculty from across development. Katie Krouse added the In 2007 the University of Mississippi became academic programs, UM Libraries, and Information minor to her Integrated Marketing Communications the first institution in the state to offer a BA in Technology staff presenting 31 courses such as Web degree. “After learning about the DMS emphasis in African American Studies and remains so today. Programming, Creative Visual Thinking, Digital Rhetoric, digital arts, I decided to expand my creative skills and “The African American Studies Program is the Graphic Design, and Digital Photography. overall digital knowledge to achieve a forward thinking oldest interdisciplinary academic unit in the In the foundational course, Introduction to DMS, and creative marketing career,” she said. College of Liberal Arts,” said Charles Ross, students explore ethical and legal issues while using a “The Society & Health minor arose partially as a result professor of history and director of AAS. “Since its broad range of tools and techniques to learn about of changes in the medical school entrance exam, shifting founding in 1970 others have followed the AAS technologies of communication, scholarly inquiry, politics, expectations for the education of health professionals, and model of developing a rigorous curriculum of business, entertainment, and everyday life. For example, a recognition of the need for interdisciplinary approaches to courses that cross several disciplines. In 1970 the week on digital narrative focuses on narrative in its many address health problems,” said John Green, professor of AAS curriculum consisted of 15 courses; we now forms, digital storytelling, the age of the micronarrative, sociology and director of both the Center for Population offer some 60 courses.” along with a tech focus on global app use. Another week Studies and the new minor.

The View from Ventress 19 2016 Socioeconomic, cultural, and psychological factors associated with human health, coupled with ethical healthcare practice and policy implications are the minor’s focus. Students learn a social science and humanities-based approach and an appreciation for team-based problem solving. The Medical Humanities core course provides a weekly shadowing experience at Baptist Memorial Hospital–North Mississippi. In class, students discuss their observations and readings. “The goal is to gain a

PHOTO BY KEVIN BAIN deeper understanding of factors that shape the human experience of illness and medicine in a contemporary Students and faculty in the Society and clinical setting, such as Population Health course visit a mobile medical historical, cultural, societal, clinic run by the Aaron E. Henry Community emotional, economic, or Health Center, Inc. in Clarksdale (above). International Studies is offered by the Croft religious factors,” said Sarah Moses, The Global Health in Mississippi Symposium brought Institute, founded in 1997 by a gift from the assistant professor of religion. together faculty, students, alumni interested in “Students get a holistic perspective on connecting public health initiatives in Mississippi with Joseph C. Bancroft Charitable and Educational those taking place internationally. Fund. Students select a regional concentration and medicine that will help them, whether they plan related foreign language from East Asia, Europe, to be doctors, healthcare administrators, policy these problems without examining them from diverse Latin America, or the Middle East, with a advocates, or hospital chaplains.” perspectives and understanding the contexts in which thematic concentration from Global Economics Faculty from Liberal Arts, Applied Sciences, they exist. A minor like Society and Health at UM and Business, International Governance and Journalism and New Media, and Pharmacy crafted the will give students the tools and background to Politics, or Social and Cultural Identity. curriculum of 30 social science and humanities courses approach health and healthcare as critical thinkers.” International Studies supports a university goal including Biomedical Ethics, Health Psychology, One student picked up this important point from of “bringing the world to Mississippi and Medical Anthropology, The Family, Health the Society and Population Health course: “The class Mississippi to the world” through campus Communication, Human Development, and changed the way I think about medicine. There is so programming, and the study abroad requirement, Psychosocial Aspects of Loss, Death, and Grief. much more to health and disease than just the a period of intense personal and intellectual “With the complexities of our changing physiological. Everyday factors influence a person’s growth that sets the stage for the senior thesis. healthcare systems, interdisciplinary approaches to well-being.” Award-winning 2016 thesis projects include Zach solving health challenges are essential,” said Molly eam-taught courses take Cookston’s work on Google in China and Erica Phillips, manager of health advantage of expertise McGraw’s investigation of domestic terrorism in promotions programs and among our faculty and Western Europe. policy at the Dreyfus T allow direct interaction “The Croft Institute encourages students to Health Foundation of between interdisciplinary look around the world, identify their passion, and the Rogosin perspectives in the same follow through with study abroad and a strong Institute in New classroom. thesis program,” said Joe Bell, who is studying York. “We Introduction to labor and agricultural policy and the globalization cannot the Fine Arts course of food systems in the US and Latin America. improve P

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Students interested in China, Japan, and Korea Humanities, natural, and social science faculty The Cinema minor encourages students to analyze pursue the East Asian Studies minor offered by the teaching with the Environmental Studies minor motion pictures within artistic, cultural, historical, and Croft Institute and learn to communicate effectively in encourage students to bring ideas to practice political contexts, as well as provides experience with an East Asian language. Supported by a Korea through internships, study abroad, and on campus. cinema production. Recent alumni Jordan Berger, Foundation grant for a faculty hire, the current Neal McMillin (BA economics and Southern Studies Gavin Fields, Houston Settle, and Daniel Russell recipient, Shine Choi, links her research on North ’14) studied in Scotland for a thesis on the created Deer Run Media production company in Korea, the Global South, and postcolonial theory with community and environmental impact of wave and Chattanooga and have won awards at the UM Cinema UM’s Southern Studies and race relations research. tidal energy. After a Mississippi River system course, Competition, Oxford Film Festival, and Orlando Fringe he pursued a master’s degree in water policy and is Festival. Berger’s short film, The Surface, was an a 2017 Knauss Fellow, the premier ocean policy official selection at the 2014 European Independent experience for US graduate students. Film Festival in Paris.

20 The View from Ventress 2016 The View from Ventress 20 2016 about the arts and their vital role in society. After concepts, how this leads to the delivery of electricity to exploring the elements of individual art forms, our homes, bioelectricity and ideas related to bio- students focus on a variety of themes, including magnetism (e.g., do birds use magnetic field lines of beauty, humanism, censorship, popular culture, the Earth for navigation?).” collaboration, technology, and rituals. Student reviews often begin with a statement “As a musician, it’s easy to see the traditional role of about usually not liking science, then say it was the the arts in our culture changing,” said Michael Rowlett, “best class I’ve ever taken!” because of classroom assistant professor of music. “More and more, artists have interaction, topics, and passionate faculty. to advocate for the value they contribute to our culture. “Science and technology play an increasingly We encourage students to think about the integral role important role in the world,” said Marco Cavaglià, the arts play in our culture.” associate professor of physics. “An informed citizenry PHOTO BY NATHAN LATIL Students engage with the arts on campus and in with basic scientific knowledge is essential the wider world by attending events and creating for our technologically driven collections of images, audio, or video. By society. Teaching basic commenting on each other’s collections, scientific notions and their students sharpen their ability to engage relevance to every day others with their observations. experiences helps “Artists work across disciplinary students make Since 1977, the Center for the Study of boundaries to create objects and informed decisions Southern Culture (CSSC) has stood at multiple experiences,” said Kris Belden- based on objective crossroads of Southern cultural life. Faculty Adams, assistant professor of art data and scientific research ranges from the Global South, blues to history. “They combine the visual facts.” religion to tourism to immigration to literature to arts with theatre, dance, and music, activism to foodways. The Center offers both a BA depending on the message they wish and MA in Southern Studies. to convey. This class prepares CSSC keeps up with With the Physics Toolbox students to become discerning viewers, smartphone app students measure scholarship as it changes, perhaps even makers, of how the acceleration changes when addresses questions of interdisciplinary arts.” the phone is kept at different angles, the South as the region Integrated Science I when it’s dropped in free-fall and changes, and always bounces back, swung as a pendulum and II prepares or rotated tied on a string. looks for new ways to nonscience majors to connect scholarship and make informed audiences outside decisions regarding academia. The Center science and organizes multiple technology in their he College of conferences, lectures, and Blues legend B. B. King (right) donated his personal record lives by integrating Liberal Arts publications, including collection to UM’s Blues Archive. a broad range of Tfosters a the 24–volume New concepts in biology, collaborative environment Encyclopedia of Southern chemistry, geology, for teaching and research. Culture, forthcoming Mississippi Encyclopedia, and physics with a We capitalize on resources Living Blues magazine, the Study the South online minimum use of by combining faculty journal, and the Southern Foodways Alliance mathematics and an expertise in novel ways to (SFA) quarterly, Gravy. emphasis on the human offer multidisciplinary academic “The SFA oral histories, documentary films, story and societal issues. experiences. To explore funding podcasts, and publications opened up all kinds of “For example, when we this important work, please contact issues such as labor, health, globalization, race, and cover the topic of energy we Denson Hollis, senior director of tradition to large and thoughtful audiences,” said discuss energy and society, various development, at [email protected] or Ted Ownby, professor of history and director of sources of energy, and energy in living systems 662.915.5092. Your help developing courses and the CSSC. “Likewise, we work with oral history, and ecosystems,” said Maurice Eftink, associate campus programming, purchasing equipment, and documentary photography, and, through the provost emeritus and professor emeritus of chemistry funding student scholarships, internships, and Southern Documentary Project and SFA, and biochemistry. “When we discuss research provides the needed boost to take our documentary film. In a world in which everyone’s electromagnetism, we include the basic Maxwell university to a higher level of excellence. V phone is also a recording device, documentary skills have become a new kind of literacy.”

Students of Neuroscience come to understand the Students in the Medieval Studies minor learn that The Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender neural underpinnings of behavior through coursework “the Middle Ages” comprises a wide variety of Studies, established in 1981, offers the Gender and participation in faculty research labs. One cultures, artistic trends, literatures, languages, Studies minor to help students understand how neuroscience scholarship recipient—James Markos, philosophies, and religious practices. UM and why notions of “masculinity” and “femininity” a student of biological science, biochemistry, and medievalists sponsor events, essay prizes, and have changed at different times and cultures. public policy leadership—won the Neuroscience reading groups. This spring a lecture series Students may choose an emphasis on sexuality or Research Showcase for his study of the Effects of commemorated the 750th birthday of Italian writer the graduate certificate. UM opened its doors to Cannabidiol on Morphine Conditioned Place Dante Alighieri (1265–1321), “Modern Dante: The women in 1882, with Sarah Isom as the first Preference in Mice with faculty in psychology and the Humanities, the Academy, and the Public in the 21st female faculty member in 1885 (in elocution) and School of Pharmacy. Century,” cosponsored by the Mississippi Humanities the first female faculty member at a co-educational Council. institution of higher learning in the Southeast. The Sarah Isom Center has 70+ affiliated faculty today.

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Longtime Professor Honored With Endowment t his 82nd birthday party, ADr. Hans- Jürgen Gaycken received a certificate showing that his daughter had established an endowment to fund a scholarship in his name for students of the German language. PHOTO BY ROBERT JORDAN “That was a big Swahili instructor Neema Loy (right) talks with a student. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Gaycken and Dr. surprise,” said Betteina Gaycken Gaycken, who taught Learn Swahili/Jifunze Kiswahili German for 35 years at UM. “I was really touched and very pleased that it will help students.” stelle Blair found a different path to fulfill her foreign language requirements when she joined a Dr. Bettina Gaycken (BA biology and German ’00), a small, but growing, group studying Swahili, also known as Kiswahili. radiologist with the Women’s Health Center in Memphis, Blair’s interest in Swahili was not out of the blue. “My family traveled to Tanzania to go on a E practically grew up on campus, playing school in Bondurant safari,” she said. “The people—their culture and life outlook—are amazing.” Hall classrooms, where her father had an office. The 11th language taught by the Department of Modern Languages, Swahili is the national language “He was always available to students, whether it was to of Tanzania and Kenya and common in Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, continue an interesting discussion from class or to offer advice and Mozambique. on problems completely unrelated. It was no surprise that The Swahili program is expected to grow significantly, said Donald Dyer, chair and professor of many former students sent thoughtful cards and some even modern languages. “The most rapidly growing languages at American universities are Korean, Italian, and flew in from different states to attend his birthday party.” American Sign Language, but Swahili is up-and-coming,” he said. “We are proud to be one of a small and Bettina Gaycken earned her medical doctorate in 2004 elite group of universities in the US offering the language.” from the University of Tennessee and completed her Neema Loy, a graduate student from Tanzania, teaches UM’s four courses. radiology residency at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis “To learn Swahili is to learn the language of East African people,” said followed by a fellowship in Breast Imaging at Brigham & Loy, who is pursuing an MA in Modern Languages with an Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School in Boston. emphasis on Teaching English as a Second Language. “You She hopes the gift will both celebrate her father and learn their way of living: food, music, religion, and culture. encourage more students to pursue a degree in German. The Swahili Club meets with speakers from Tanzania and Hans Gaycken, a native German, came to the US in Kenya, and we promote collaborative learning by video 1957 and received a doctorate in German languages and chatting with learners from other universities.” literature from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Blair plans to use the language after graduation. The where he met Hanne, also a German native, who would biology major plans to become a doctor and hopes to work become his wife. In 1973, Gaycken joined the faculty, with Doctors Without Borders in Eastern Africa. V where he was an award-winning teacher. V Students learn about East African textiles. MAKE A GIFT: Denson Hollis, [email protected], 662.916.5092

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Concert Singers Student Success Free Books Forty-nine UM Concert The Association of Public and Land-grant A new program funded by the Flora Hewlett Singers joined 126 Universities (APLU) selected UM for a $515,000 Foundation and the College allows students students from three grant funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates to enroll in courses offering free or reduced- other universities for Foundation to improve the general education cost textbooks. Faculty members have an invitation-only needs of undergraduates in high-enrollment, signed on for the first phase of the performance of blended courses. “We are committed to Z-Degree Mississippi initiative in which Hymnus Paradisi by providing the best education possible for our students will earn degrees with no textbook costs Herbert Howells at the students and are excited by the APLU Adaptive by 2020. “It’s not only free; it’s better. You see only the American Choral Directors Association Courseware initiative to develop new and content you need for that class,” said Robert Southern Division Convention. efficient methods by which to deliver that Cummings, chair and associate professor of writing and education,” said Provost Morris Stocks. rhetoric and director of the digital studies minor. 22 The View from Ventress 2016 Ethical Questions eborah Mower joins the Department of Philosophy and Religion this fall with Dgenerous support for her research from the Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Hume Bryant Lectureship in Ethics Endowment. President of the Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum and an active member of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, she codirected the 2016 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute on Moral Psychology and Education: Putting the Humanities to Work and coedited Developing Moral Sensitivity and Civility in Politics and Education. “Professor Mower makes a terrific contribution to our department,” said Steven Skultety, chair and associate professor of philosophy and religion. “She is engaged in fascinating research, is well known for her efforts to extend the boundaries of ethics to different realms of professional life, and will create interest in ethics among PHOTO BY CLIFF OCHS many students in a variety of disciplines.” Students of the Mississippi Water Security Institute listen as Martin Locke of the US Department of Agriculture National Sedimentation Dr. Mower teaches professional ethics and civility. Her Laboratory points out ecosystem remediation efforts being tested around Beasley Lake in the Delta. interest in the topic of civility developed initially when teaching The Examined Life. Throughout the course, she pushed students to consider the components of a life well lived—both personal and institutional—such as the roles Water, Water Every Where of family, marriage, education, politics, and philanthropy. “Civility is a factor common to each of these: iology professor Clifford Ochs is director of “We canoed the Mississippi to Island 63 to affecting how we interact with others personally and our the Mississippi Water Security Institute, a search the muddy bottom of a flooded forest for motivations and goals in engaging in social institutions,” Bnew interdisciplinary educational project of benthic macroinvertebrates indicative of habitat she said. the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College quality,” said Nikki Park, an accountancy major. “Classic texts like Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and addressing all issues related to use and management “South of Indianola, we walked along farmland with Plato’s Republic encourage us to see the interconnection of water resources in the state. conservation easements to help restore an oxbow of our personal and institutional roles as ethical matters, “Water security refers to the challenges inherent lake. In Clarksdale, we toured the city’s wastewater and to think of a life well lived as one that requires in promoting and linking strong economic facility that releases treated water into the Sunflower ethical action in all aspects. Much current psychological development with community health and with River. We learned about new techniques in seed research bears out the insights of historic philosophers, natural resource protection,” said Ochs. planting and irrigation that can save farmers time particularly in the areas of moral, political, and positive Honors students from across Mississippi met and money, while reducing water consumption and psychology. Civility is merely one virtue among many, with representatives in multiple fields and runoff. Again and again, we were struck by the but essential for social interaction and politics.” stakeholders in the business community, agriculture, ingenuity of farmers, engineers, and scientists She looks forward to collaborating with faculty across law, urban planning, engineering, and conservation striving to figure out the best ways to use water to campus on professional ethics, politics and law, education, during this intensive two-week summer program meet the needs of people, wildlife, and grow the and psychology as well as a range of applied ethics. V funded by the Robert M. Hearin Foundation. Delta economy.” V

Music City Manager Teaching Teachers Bill Simmons (BA psychology James Reid, professor and interim ’74) counts Brad Paisley among chair of mathematics, and Laura his country music artist clients. Sheppardson, associate professor and Read about the president-elect of assistant chair, are providing in-depth the Country Music Association content instruction for K–8 teachers as board of directors in the Ole Miss part of UM Center for Math and Alumni Review, visit VfV online. Science Education professional development funded by a $1.2 million grant from the Mississippi Department of Education.

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1 Hilary Becker, assistant 6 T. Dionne Bailey 12 Susan R. Grayzel, 17 Patrick Alexander, assistant professor of classics (PhD history ’15) professor of history professor of English and . Mississippi Humanities Council Mississippi Historical Society Riley Royal Historical Society Fellow African American Studies Humanities Teacher of the Year Prize for Best Doctoral Dissertation and cofounder of Prison-to- College-Pipeline Program . National Endowment for the 13 Corina L. Petrescu, Humanities Summer Stipend 7 Scott Barretta, adjunct associate professor of German 18 Jacqueline Certion, . American Philosophical Society instructor of sociology . Institute for Advanced Studies Senior senior academic adviser with Franklin Research Grant and anthropology Fellow at Central European University UM FASTrack Program Mississippi Arts Commission in Hungary LOU Community MLK Day of Service Governor’s Award for Mississippi 2 . Alexander Von Humboldt Fellowship Outstanding Volunteer Award Robert Brown, Heritage professor of political science with the Institute for Jewish and Religious Studies at the University Mississippi Legislature Higher 19 8 of Potsdam in Germany George W. K. Dor, Education Appreciation Day Working Emanuele Berti, McDonnell-Barksdale Chair for Academic Excellence Award associate professor of Ethnomusicology and of physics and astronomy 14 Gregory Tschumper, professor of music American Physical Society Fellow 3 professor of chemistry UM Black Faculty and Staff Matt Long, professor for Outstanding Contributions and biochemistry of art Organization Lift Every Voice Award Provost Faculty Achievement Award UM Graduate School Teaching Award 9 Ron Dale, professor 20 Murrell Godfrey, associate emeritus of art 15 Nancy Wicker, professor professor of chemistry and Mississippi Institute of Arts & Letters 4 of art and art history biochemistry and director of Jane Meek, instructor Noel Polk Lifetime Achievement of Writing and Rhetoric National Humanities Center Fellow forensic chemistry program Award . Ole Miss Online Paragon Award for IHL Board of Trustees Diversity Excellence in Distance Teaching 16 Jessica Wilkerson, Award of Excellence 10 Tom Franklin, associate assistant professor of history . American Academy of Forensic professor of fiction writing and Southern Studies Chemistry Kenneth S. Field Award 5 Eric Weber, associate American Academy Berlin Prize American Academy of Arts & professor of public policy and Fellowship leadership Sciences Fellow with the Mahindra 21 Sovent Taylor, instructor Humanities Center at Harvard and assistant director of Mississippi Humanities Council 11 Shennette Garrett-Scott, University Health Professions Advising Humanities Scholar Award assistant professor of history Office and African American Studies UM Staff Council Distinguished Princeton University Davis Center Service Award for Historical Studies Fellow

The View from Ventress 24 2016 FACULTY AWARDS PHOTO BY THOMAS GRANING Dean Lee M. Cohen (second from left) congratulates Gerard Buskes, Matthew Murray, and Joshua Brinlee—recipients of the 2016 College of Liberal Arts teaching awards for excellence of class instruction, intellectual stimulation of students, and concern for student welfare.

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS CORA LEE GRAHAM AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING TEACHER OUTSTANDING INSTRUCTOR OUTSTANDING TEACHING OF FRESHMEN Gerard Buskes Matthew L. Murray Joshua Brinlee professor of mathematics instructional associate professor assistant professor of art and Dr. Buskes’ research interests are functional analysis, of anthropology foundations coordinator operator theory, and ordered algebraic systems. His Dr. Murray’s primary research interest is the The images in Professor Brinlee’s artwork draw from recent courses include advanced calculus, graduate investigation and interpretation of later prehistoric traditional portraiture as well as other painting genres. level topology, Calculus of Decision Making for the landscapes in Central Europe from the early Neolithic He employs digital imaging and new media processes Croft Institute, and honors courses. to the later Iron Age. His recent courses include to create self-portraits, which mimic the painting “First of all, I want to acknowledge all students introductory anthropology, basic archaeology, and even tradition. He teaches the basic foundational courses of that I have had the privilege to teach. I thank the geography, required for education students. drawing, color theory, 2-D and 3-D design. Honors College and the Croft Institute for “In all my classes, I encourage students to engage “To be given the opportunity to teach students International Studies for the opportunity to teach the personally and collectively with complex ideas and how art enriches and informs their daily lives is an very brightest of UM students for nearly two decades difficult problems, which I hope prepares them to award all by itself. The students are the reason I chose now. Finally, I want to recognize with gratitude a become informed and involved global citizens. to be an arts educator, and why I will always commit Liberal Arts environment in which mathematics too is Geographers like to say that ‘everything is connected.’ myself to helping them achieve their educational part of an equation that continues to hold promise for Whether anthropology, archaeology, or geography, goals. My hope is that one day they will look back on a better future for all.” the search for connections flows through my work their college experience and know that there was a and teaching. We are connected to each other, to the teacher who cared, encouraged, challenged, and earth, and to the past in essential and sometimes supported them.” surprising ways.”

Dorothy Lee Tatum Memorial Scholarship Preserves Legacy of Beloved Oxonian n Oxford native established the Dorothy Lee Tatum Memorial Scholarship Endowment for Mississippians who are freshmen in the College of Liberal Arts to honor her mother and preserve her legacy in the community she loved. A “My mother loved education, the College of Liberal Arts, and Ole Miss. She would be very happy that this endowment in support of the College has been established,” said Jean Tatum, a legal assistant at the Oxford law offices of Daniel Coker Horton & Bell. “It would mean the world to her.” Dorothy Lee Hargrove was born on May 3, 1924, in Vanduser, Missouri. She, her husband, John Tatum, and son, Johnny, moved to Oxford from Dorothy Lee Tatum Clarkton, Missouri. In Oxford, the Tatums had five more children with Jean as the youngest. Dorothy Lee Tatum was involved with the Oxford community as well as UM, where she served on the advisory committee for the Center for the Study of Southern Culture. V MAKE A GIFT: Denson Hollis, [email protected], 662.915.5092

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Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, second from right, receives the America’s 2015 Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Mississippi Giving Back Department of Political Science. Congratulating him are, from left, Great Storm Leading Through here are many outstanding examples of Lanny Griffith, chair of the UM Political Science Alumni Advisory Hurricane Katrina Board; Lee Cohen, dean of the College of Liberal Arts; and John Bruce, College students, faculty, and staff chair and associate professor of political science. UNIVERSITY PRESS OF providing service to our community. MISSISSIPPI, 2015 T By Haley Barbour Visit VfV online to read stories about LaTanya Dixon (pictured), an academic mentor for freshmen who is plugged into our local community; undergraduates providing ACT workshops; and students in the McLean Barbour Chair Institute for Public Service and Community Engagement Catalyzing Entrepreneurship and Initiative Launched Economic Development (CEED) program. V n initiative is under way to honor two-term Mississippi as governor during Hurricane Katrina, and Mississippi governor and national political leader building a lobbying firm in Washington, DC. AHaley Barbour (JD ’73) with a $2.5 million The Barbour Chair will allow the department to faculty chair in the Department of Political Science. recruit a preeminent scholar with expertise in Gifts already approaching more than $800,000 in American politics, offering enhanced opportunities for cash and pledges indicate the interest in developing a students to learn about the development of our named position to recognize Barbour’s role in shaping nation, said Lanny Griffith, CEO of the BGR Group American politics over 50 years. in Washington, DC, and chair of the UM Political “Governor Barbour has enjoyed a long and Science Alumni Advisory Board. distinguished career,” said John Bruce, chair and “This time in American politics looks remarkably associate professor of political science. “From his start dysfunctional, reflecting the importance of pursuing this working in the 1968 presidential election through his work,” Griffith said. “We want to look at our political terms as governor, he has been an example of what system not from partisanship but from scholarship, people can do in the political arena. His jobs have identifying the factors or dynamics that will shape our ranged from explicitly political to apolitical, from political system going forward. UM is the perfect place appointed to elected. for this study, considering the array of Mississippians who “There is much in his career that we can point to have played pivotal roles on the national stage.” when talking with students about ways to be engaged. Top Republican and Democratic leaders attending Art Work There are lessons to be learned by considering the arc the campaign launch on campus included US Senators raphic art majors Heidi Bain and Will of Governor Barbour’s career. The Governor Haley Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker and Texas Governor Halcomb landed internships at two of Barbour Chair for the Study of American Politics will Rick Perry. Event chairs were Austin Barbour, Paul Gthe biggest companies in the be a lasting legacy to an impressive body of work by Hurst, and Wilson Golden while Griffith spearheads entertainment industry: Bain with Disney and one of our own native sons.” overall fundraising for the Chair. Halcomb with Adult Swim at the Cartoon Plans call for the holder of the faculty position to Barbour said he was honored to consider the Network. “Heidi’s work is colorful and study political institutions and processes that prospect of a faculty chair bearing his name. somewhat magical in its design; I’m not characterized Barbour’s far-reaching career. Among the “It is special Ole Miss would establish this position, surprised she was offered the Disney internship,” leader’s achievements are building a state party which will have more of a focus on politics and elections said Virginia Chavis, chair and professor of art organization during a historic shift in party allegiances, and less on government, as well as give attention to the and art history. “Will’s job at Adult Swim seems working in four successful presidential campaigns, serving development of a two-party political system.” V a perfect fit. His artwork is a mix of wacky, as the political director in the Reagan White House, MAKE A GIFT: Denson Hollis, [email protected], lovable, retro, and forward thinking.” V chairing the Republican National Committee, leading 662.915.5092 Read more, visit VfV online.

The View from Ventress 26 2016 Haywards’ Tribute to Band e hope the Eddie and Linda Hayward Pride “Wof the South Marching Band Scholarship Endowment will lift students up and help them on their way to a good life.” Eddie pointed upward and said, “He’s been good to me, and I’d like to be good to others. Maybe our actions will spur others to do the same.” V MAKE A GIFT: Ron Wilson, [email protected], 662.915.1755

Carrs Salute Band Members with Two Scholarships immy Carr never played in the Farm Companies Foundation Good Neighbor Grant and Matching Gift Program, band, yet he established a is awarded by Carr and his wife, Amanda, a UM accountancy graduate, to an Jscholarship program for two Oxford High School and a Lafayette High School graduate. members of the Ole Miss Pride of the “Coming out of high school in Greenville, I was fortunate to receive several South. small scholarships and, all combined, didn’t have to pay any tuition as an “Win or lose the game, the undergrad. Now, I’m in a position professionally to give to students who need the marching band lifts spirits and same support that I needed coming out of high school,” said Carr, who earned provides enthusiasm and energy,” he undergraduate and law degrees from UM. said. “I picked band students because Ninety-five percent of Pride of the South Band members provide their own they spend so much time and energy instruments, spend years honing the skills they need to serve the university, and Jimmy and Amanda Carr awarded scholarships to and put their heart and souls in it.” work hours in all kinds of weather to perform on game day. The goal is to build a Pride of the South band members Wes Brown (left) The Jimmy Carr State Farm $2 million endowment for band scholarships. V and Lee Easson (right). Scholarship, created with the State MAKE A GIFT: Ron Wilson, [email protected], 662.915.1755

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Lower Pearl River’s Piney Woods: The Future of History Its Land and People $150,000 planned gift to the Arch Dalrymple III UM CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF SOUTHERN CULTURE, 1985 Department of History is expected to increase the By John Hawkins Napier Adepartment’s focus on research. Brig. Gen. John H. Napier III (BA history ’49) Napier retired with the US Air Force in 1977 as a lieutenant recently designated the department as beneficiary of his colonel. He worked in intelligence and special operations where testamentary gift. he served in national security at the Pentagon and completed his “The gift will help the faculty advance the career at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama. After retirement department’s mission,” said Joseph Ward, former chair from active duty, Napier joined the Alabama State Defense and professor. “It’s exactly the kind of discretionary Force and retired as a state brigadier general in 1997. He and his money that’s the hardest to come by. For a department wife, Cameron, live in Ramer, Alabama. like ours, these gifts really help us pursue excellence. For A historian himself, Napier is author of Lower Pearl River’s example, historians have to travel to archives. More material is becoming available Piney Woods: Its Land and People published by the Center for the Study of Southern online, but overwhelmingly we go to archives to do original research. This type of Culture in 1985. He also wrote the Air Force Officers Guide and a family history. V gift is absolutely crucial for that.” MAKE A GIFT: Denson Hollis, [email protected], 662.915.5092

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FACULTY BOOKS

Galatoire’s: Language and Material The Blessings of Business: Biography of a Bistro Culture How Corporations Shaped JOHN BENJAMINS PUBLISHING, 2015 Conservative Christianity GARRETT COUNTY PRESS, 2011 By Allison Burkette, associate OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2016 By Marda Burton professor of linguistics and Kenneth Holditch By Darren Grem, assistant professor An innovative and provocative work for of history and Southern Studies students in courses on language variation, Tells the largely forgotten story of the American English and material culture, historical ties between conservative and general courses on applications of Protestants and corporate America. complex systems.

Out of the Closet, This Book Is an Action: Into the Archives: Feminist Print Culture Researching Sexual Histories and Activist Aesthetics STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS, 2015 PRESS, 2015 Coedited by Jaime Harker, professor Coedited by Jaime Cantrell, of English visiting assistant professor of English Second-wave feminism and the written The first book to focus on the experience word’s power to incite social change. of LGBT archival research.

American Lessons The Empire at PHOTO BY KEVIN BAIN the End of Time: Kenneth Holditch by Giorgio Bassani POZZI EDITORE, 2016 Identity and Reform in Edited by Valerio Cappozzo, Late Medieval German Prophecy assistant professor and director OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2016 Honoring First of Italian By Frances Courtney Kneupper, This book presents an overlooked moment assistant professor of history of Giorgio Bassani as professor and famous An examination of apocalyptic prophecies Doctoral Recipient writer in America. in English of the late medieval Empire. M feted its first doctoral recipient in English, Kenneth Holditch, at his lecture Mississippi Noir Archaeological Perspectives Ufor the 2015 Faulkner and AKASHIC BOOKS, 2016 on the Southern Yoknapatawpha Conference. The professor Edited by Tom Franklin, Appalachians: emeritus of English at the University of New associate professor of fiction writing A Multiscalar Perspective Orleans earned his PhD in 1961. “The big city has no lock on misery in UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE PRESS, 2015 these 16 portraits of dark doings in the Coedited by Maureen S. Meyers, Deep South.” “The Holditch Scholars Award will provide assistant professor of anthropology important support for deserving graduate students —Kirkus Reviews Essays by 12 archaeologists on Native and be a lovely way to honor the distinguished American sites. career of the man who received the very first PhD granted in English at UM,” said Jay Watson, Howry Professor of Faulkner Studies. Sunset City: My Father, “That the announcement of the award fund A Novel the Pornographer: came during the Faulkner conference is a ECCO, 2016 A Memoir wonderful bit of serendipity, since Professor By Melissa Ginsburg, ATRIA BOOKS, 2016 Holditch pursued his studies at a time when assistant professor of English and By Chris Offutt, associate creative writing Faulkner was still living in Oxford and went on to professor of English “A hardboiled exploration of the seedy side become an accomplished scholar of Faulkner’s “A generous reminiscence … ruminative of Houston with sentences as sharp as a and melancholy … Offutt somehow man- works in his own right.” machete.” ages to summon compassion for his father. Holditch is also known for his scholarship on —Literary Hub That, ultimately, is what makes this memoir so unexpectedly moving.” Tennessee Williams. V —The New York Times MAKE A GIFT: Angela Barlow Brown, [email protected], 662.915.3181

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Founding Feminisms The Black Christ Sacred Scents in Early in Medieval Studies: of Esquipulas: Christianity and Islam Essays in Honor of E. Jane Burns Religion and Identity in Guatemala (Studies in Body and Religion) BOYDELL & BREWER, 2016 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA PRESS, 2016 LEXINGTON BOOKS, 2016 Coedited By Daniel E. O’Sullivan, By Douglass Sullivan-González, professor By Mary Thurlkill, associate professor of French of history and dean of the Honors College professor of religion Essays using feminist approaches to offer fresh An exploration of the famous shrine’s multifacet- Explains how early Christians and Muslims insights into aspects of the texts and the material ed appeal, its mysterious changes in color over linked the “sweet smell of sanctity” with ideals of culture of the middle ages. the centuries, and its deeper significance in the the body and sexuality, created boundaries and spiritual and political lives of Guatemalans. sacred space, and imagined their emerging com- munal identity.

The Violin Loyal Protestants Faulkner and the Black UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER PRESS, 2016 and Dangerous Papists: Literatures of the Americas Edited by Robert Riggs, Maryland and the Politics of Religion UNIVERSITY PRESS OF MISSISSIPPI, 2016 chair and professor of music in the English Atlantic, 1630–1690 Edited By Jay Watson, Howry Chair in Essays about one of the world’s most important UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PRESS, 2015 Faulkner Studies and professor of English, and versatile instruments addressed to perform- By Antoinette Sutto, assistant and James G. Thomas Jr., associate ing musicians, serious concertgoers, and collec- professor of history publications director for the Center for tors of recordings. the Study of Southern Culture Analyzes the vibrant and often violent political culture of 17th-century America, exploring the The dynamic interplay between the work of the relationship between early American and early Nobel laureate and black writers. modern British politics through a detailed study of colonial Maryland.

Mavericks, Money, and Men: Affective Labour: Registres du Consistoire The AFL, Black Players, and (Dis)assembling Distance de Genève au temps de Calvin the Evolution of Modern Football and Difference (Volume 9) TEMPLE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2016 ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD, 2015 DROZ, 2015 By Charles K. Ross, Cowritten by James M. Thomas, Coedited by Jeffrey R. Watt, Kelly Gene professor of history and director assistant professor of sociology Cook Jr. Chair and professor of history of African American Studies “An important empirical study of affective labor’s Reflects intensification of ongoing conflicts John Shows how the American Football League pres- central role in sustaining two pillars of inequality: Calvin and the Consistory had with the Enfants sured for and ultimately accelerated the racial racial difference and socio-spatial distance.” de Genève, who sought to curb the influence of integration of pro football and allowed the sport —Paula Ioanide, Ithaca College the pastors, who were all French. to adapt to how African Americans were them- selves changing the game.

Clarifying and Furthering In Sickness and In Health: Registres du Consistoire de Existential Psychotherapy: Disease and Disability Genève au temps de Calvin Theories, Methods, and Practices in Contemporary America (Volume 10) SPRINGER, 2016 SPRINGER, 2016 DROZ, 2016 Edited by Stefan E. Schulenberg, By Richard K. Thomas, adjunct Coedited by Jeffrey R. Watt, Kelly Gene professor of psychology and director instructor of sociology Cook Jr. Chair and professor of history of the Clinical-Disaster Research Center The increasing importance of sickness and dis- Covers 1555, a decisive year for the success of A clear-sighted guide to existential psychology ability data across health-related disciplines is the John Calvin’s disciplinary regime. and its current practice and therapeutic focus of this concise but comprehensive resource. possibilities.

Clinicians Manual on Migraine Marketing Health Services In the Neighborhood: ADIS, 2016 (3rd edition) Women’s Publication in Early America By Todd Smitherman, associate HEALTH ADMINISTRATION PRESS, 2015 UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS PRESS, professor of psychology By Richard K. Thomas, adjunct 2016 A clinically focused guide on the diagnosis and instructor of sociology By Caroline Wigginton, assistant evidence-based treatment of migraine, the third Discusses recent developments in healthcare that professor of English most common medical condition on the planet. are affecting the marketing of health services, as “Stands to make a substantial, lasting contribu- well as contemporary marketing approaches. tion to early American literature and to all the conversations in which it is engaged, from Native American history to African American poetry, to political diplomacy, religious expression, and autobiographical writing in early America.” —Lisa Brooks, author of The Common Pot: The Recovery of Native Space in the Northeast

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Reckling Scholarship Supports Liberal Arts and Business n affinity for UM can spread through a family, even when some members have other alma The Warners Amaters. That’s the case for Tommy Reckling, a Rice University graduate, and his wife, Isla, a University Dean Lee M. Cohen (right) with Denson Hollis, senior director of of Texas alumna. Three of their eight children attended development for the College, and School of Business Dean Ken Cyree (left) Humanitarians UM, and they want other students to enjoy the same college experience. at Heart With a $150,000 gift, the Recklings established the Thomas Kelly and Michelle Hodges Reckling Scholarship Dr. Bob and Mary Ellen Endowment to support students in the College of Liberal Arts and the James Sterling Reckling Scholarship Endowment to benefit business students. Warner always find a “I hope to give young people a chance to go to college,” said Tommy Reckling, a retired stockbroker. way to serve others. Thomas Reckling studied business at UM in the late ’80s. He and his wife, Michelle Hodges (BA home economics ’91), he couple designated $400,000 met on campus though both are originally from Houston. to establish the Dr. and Mrs. “We are honored to have this wonderful scholarship in our names,” Michelle said. “Ole Miss has a special place in our hearts TRobert L. Warner Jr. Scholarship and I love bringing family to the incredible campus and showing it off! We are proud to be part of the amazing community.” Endowment to benefit UM students Denson Hollis, senior director of development for the College, said the benefits of scholarships such as these are far- from Hinds County, Mississippi (Mary reaching. “The scholarships established by Mr. Reckling will honor his family for generations and help fund students to Ellen’s home), and from Hancock and attend UM. We are grateful to the Recklings and hope their generosity will inspire others to make similar gifts.” V Harrison counties—coastal Mississippi, MAKE A GIFT: Denson Hollis, [email protected], 662.915.5092 where Bob was born and raised. Bob (BS biology ’79 MD ’83) and Mary Ellen, a 1979 nursing graduate, pursue professions in which the top priority is caring for others. They met at the UM Medical Center where Mary Ellen was a cardiac nurse and Bob was a Classic cardiovascular surgery resident. Bob, a general, thoracic, vascular surgeon at Arkansas Methodist Medical Giving Center in Paragould, has been a ike and Mary “Bickie” Cellas Hayes, a classics major practicing physician for over 25 years McDonnell—who consider the with a Latin emphasis, traveled and was the first surgeon in his region to Rome this summer for Mclassics the focal point of a well- Ancient Italy in Context, a to perform minimally invasive rounded liberal arts education—recently month-long course taught by abdominal aneurysm repairs among fulfilled their $500,000 commitment to an Hilary Becker, assistant other innovative vascular procedures. endowment for the Department of Classics. professor of classics. Two “Our experiences made us realize that awards—a Dr. Pepper In the past three academic years alone Scholarship for SEC university the university has a depth and a breadth $35,000 from the McDonnell Endowment students and a McDonnell that reaches, really, across the world,” Bob has supported 18 classics majors’ study abroad Scholarship—funded his trip. Warner said. “I look at my life and say, at archaeological field school digs in Greece, “I enjoyed experiencing the ‘What’s made my life have some success?’ different culture. Italian Italy, and England; intensive Latin studies in hospitality is amazing; they try and Ole Miss is in the forefront. So we Ireland; and living and learning in Athens, their best to help you and make asked ourselves, ‘What can we do to be Rome, and Edinburgh. you feel comfortable.” sure other people have that same “The availability of this support has also opportunity?’ I think it’s the idea that you given faculty the impetus to lead students abroad so even more students—whether classics majors or not—can experience want to give back so other people can ancient Mediterranean culture firsthand,” said Molly Pasco-Pranger, chair and associate professor of classics. have the same experiences.” V Mike McDonnell, a graduate of Yale University, is co-owner of Orgill Inc., which provides wholesale distribution and MAKE A GIFT: Denson Hollis, retail services to the home improvement industry. He and Mary enjoy spending time with their three children and seven [email protected], 662.915.5092 grandchildren, all of Memphis. “We are proud of what Ole Miss is doing and want to see this growth continue,” Mary McDonnell said, adding that the progress under Chancellor Emeritus Robert Khayat’s leadership inspired them to create the endowment in 2009. V MAKE A GIFT: Denson Hollis, [email protected], 662.915.5092

The View from Ventress 30 2016 The College of Liberal Arts is grateful to the following Ventress Order donors PATRON...... $25,000+ ADVOCATE...... $2,500 – $4,999 BENEFACTOR...... $10,000 – $24,999 ASSOCIATE...... $1,000 – $2,499 (names reflect gifts made between July 1, 2015—June 30, 2016): EXECUTIVE...... $5,000 – $9,999 STEWARD...... $500 – $999

PATRON R&B Feder Foundation Ellen B. Meacham and John W. Winkle Henry C. Henick III The Dick Molpus Foundation Gloria Harris 21c Museum Hotel Ruth U. Fertel Foundation Mississippi Economic Council Vivian B. Hobbs and John T. Edge, Jr. The Lyric Oxford, LLC Steven Hedberg Alabama Tourism Department Sanderson Farms Inc Oxford Tourism Council John W. Huey, Jr. The Pace Group Myrna H. and Norman E. Heimer AT&T Mississippi Sea Island Company Alan W. Partin Cristin M. and J. P. Hughes, Jr. Lisa R. and John D. Tickle II J. Mac Holladay Phyllis W. and Reuben V. Anderson Graciela L. and Elias H. Shaer Renasant Bank Jones Walker L.L.P. Carol and James Titley John F. Holmes, Jr. Sheela S. Bhagat Barry Wax Gillian and Peter Roy Elizabeth Jones Henry E. Todd Gina and Linton Hopkins, Jr. Cathead Distillery Harry R. Weller Sapkin Bros. Inc. Jamie B. and Ernest Joyner III Lisa H. and Grady F. Tollison, Jr. Renita and Xavier M. Hoskins Shelby B. and Lewis H. Smith Eugenia Lamar Trustmark National Bank William S. Howard Chisholm Foundation EXECUTIVE Cockayne Fund The Macintosh, LLC Guy P. Land UM Mock Trial Students Association Martha G. Hutson Eleanor E. Winter and Daniel J. Backo Mary L. and Steve Cockerham Mary M. Thompson Amanda B. Landry University of Virginia Fund - Rare Book School David C. Hyde Balch & Bingham LLP Crescent Communities Joe T. Cantu and Edward J. Upton Leila B. and Samuel M. Lane Sissy and Julian Van Winkle Naketa L. and Derek D. Jones Michael Benedict Caren L. and Tom T. Gallaher Mollie and William J. Van Devender Pamela B. and William F. Lawhead Yujin Wang Joyce E. and David A. King Hannah and Tommy Bishop Cecile B. and Robert H. Harper Patricia C. White Wesla S. Leech Jenny L. and Dennis E. Watts Kat Kinsman Lissa L. and Adam H. Broome Lucile P. and William S. Hicks Virginia B. and Eddie S. Wilson Lynn and George H. Leggett III Richard T. Weir Nicole Lampton Elizabeth M. and L. M. Brunt Jane O. Hollingsworth M. Amanda and Edward R. Wilson, Jr. Cynthia P. and Ronald M. Lewis, Jr. Wells Fargo Matching Gift Cntr Sarah L. Laughlin Carolyn M. Carothers Huntington Ingalls Industries James C. and James C. Liipfert Mitzi J. and Lynn K. Whittington Carroll Leggett D. M. Cockrell ASSOCIATE Intermark Group Inc. Caroline A. and Leighton Lord Dan S. Wilford Levi Strauss Foundation Bettina A. Gaycken Helen B. and Wadie H. Abraham, Jr. Jim ‘N Nick’s Community Bar-B-Q Linda D. and Alexander MacCormack Gingia and W. Swan Yerger Patricia P. and William Lewis, Jr. GBU Financial Life James M. Achord Lester G. Fant, III Charitable Trust Lauch M. Magruder, Jr. Robert C. Long Stephanie Gordon C. Scott Adelman STEWARD Lodge Manufacturing Cindy and Sam McGann Marcy Loomis Phil Hardin Foundation Ann and Lex Alexander John D. Agricola North Carolina Division of Tourism Ellen and E. Patrick McIntyre, Jr. Gigi and Charles Magill Mark and Mark Hoffman Jane and R. Wayne Alexander William R. Allen, Jr. McDonnell Family Foundation Diane W. and Steven G. McKinney David L. Martin Lynne and G. Norris Howell, Jr. Rebecca P. and Carey W. Allen AmazonSmile Foundation McIlhenny Company, maker of Tabasco Christie and L. Madison Michael II Nancie S. McDermott Kathryn W. and Terence M. Hynes Karen T. and Frank A. Anderson Fritz Anderson Anson Mills Mississippi State University Leisa S. and David H. McElreath Lucy and J. Paul Janoush Joyce M. and Herbert Arnold III Lisa M. and William H. Andrews, Jr. Eliza Kraft Olander Karen C. and Robert S. Montjoy Lynn and Joe R. McGee Carol and P. Ken Lackey, Jr. Donna and James L. Barksdale El Sayed A. S. Arafat Suzanne A. and Nicholas R. Pihakis C. Sue Moore Kristina and Tom Montague William Logan Celia G. and James A. Barnett USN (Ret.) Raymond M. Balach Scarlotte M. and Crymes G. Pittman Munro Foundation Peter Morich Jennifer G. and Kennard A. McKay Kristin and Wilson P. Barton III Bank of Yazoo City Isla C. and T. R. Reckling III Murphy Oil Usa Inc. Angela D. and Johnny B. Mosier Douglas H. McKellar, Jr. Allison P. and William G. Barton Terri and Arnold Barefoot Royal Cup Coffee Beate B. and Rodney Nolan Harold I. Moyer Brittney and Matt Miller Beverly Bartow Susan H. and Brett R. Bartlett Simmons Farm Raised Catfish, Inc. Jacqueline E. and Jay T. Oglesby Jane Kerr G. and Robert B. Nance III Richard Molpus, Jr. Benevity Community Impact Fund Gregory L. Best Brook and Pam Smith Old-Time Music Preservation Association, Inc. Christopher A. Noone Michelle S. and S. K. Morgan, Jr. Eunice M. Benton Blue Mountain College Southern Company Charitable Fdtn. Michelle M. and Richard E. Olson Ronald D. Nurnberg and Joe Osgoode Amy Norton John P. Besh Susan E. Bostick Springer Mountain Farms Malcolm Packer P3 Strategies, LLC Walterine P. and Cecil D. Odom Phil Blank Shawn S. and David E. Brevard Sumner S. Spradling Rose L. and Henry Paris John N. Palmer Christina C. and Richard R. Roberts Blue Cross Blue Shield Of MS Elizabeth A. Brock Pardis Sooudi and Frank Stitt William E. Pegues III Michael O. Palmer Edward L. Rowe Anne M. Stefani and Patrick K. Booth Tyler Brown Taqueria del Sol J. Greg Perkins Lisa R. and LeRoy H. Paris II Sara M. and William M. Shoemaker, Jr. Norma S. Bourdeaux Harold Burson K. Jean Tatum Tatiana Petrovsky Lisa B. and W. A. Percy Tim Smith Ralph Brennan Niki M. and Dudley S. Burwell, Jr. Virginia Wine Board Sheri L. Phillabaum and Roy S. Ellzey Quang Q. Phan Joann R. Stefani Jim Koikos Ronald E. Cardwell Whole Foods Market Angel P. Postell Leslie Pinsof Sterne Agee & Leach Inc. Virginia F. and James G. Brooks Courtney E. Chartier William Randolph Hearst Foundation Karen L. Raber Hilda C. and John K. Povall Virginia N. and J. Charles Taylor Brunini Grantham Grower & Hewes Chick-Fil-A at West Jackson Ave FSU Henry C. Ricks, Jr. Regina Purnell-Adams Leah L. Thomson James C. Cantrell Ashley Christensen BENEFACTOR Leah D. and Louis E. 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Remembering Rexine Henry he Rexine M. Henry Memorial The Henrys have strong ties to the Associates, which was founded in 1961 Scholarship Endowment will university. Chan, Rexine, and their and is the state’s largest physician-only Rexine Henry Tsupport science majors in the daughters, Ann Marie Lee and Julie anesthesia group. College while honoring the memory of Henry, attended UM, as will the next He established the scholarship for an alumna. generation. incoming freshmen in the College of “The main purpose is to have a “They are big Ole Miss fans,” Liberal Arts with first preference given permanent memorial to my wife and Henry said of his five grandchildren to students majoring in the sciences. mother of my children,” said Dr. D. who range in age from 10 to 15. “They “I hope someone who needs Chan Henry of Jackson, whose wife, bleed red and blue.” assistance will succeed with this Rexine, died in 2010 after a lengthy The Henrys earned bachelor’s scholarship. It’s about helping deserving battle with cancer. “If this can also degrees from UM—hers in nursing and students who can’t afford the entire help deserving students accomplish his in liberal arts with an emphasis on ticket on their own.” V their educational goals, that makes it science. The anesthesiologist (MD ’74) MAKE A GIFT: Denson Hollis, extra special.” is a partner with Jackson Anesthesia [email protected], 662.915.5092

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