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Inauguration Schedule of Events
October 26, 2013
Saturday, October 26
6:00 p.m. National Alumni Association Reception
Hugh Ellis Walker-Alumni Foundation House
Sponsored by the Bolivar County Alumni Chapter
Sunday, October 27
2:00 p.m. “A Night at the Movies” | North Mississippi Symphony Orchestra
Bologna Performing Arts Center
Purchase Tickets
4:00 p.m. Performing Arts Reception
Bologna Performing Arts Center
Sponsored by the Bologna Performing Arts Center
7:00 p.m. Jam Session with the President
Studio A, Delta Music Institute
Monday, October 28
8:00 a.m. Retirees Breakfast
State Room, H.L. Nowell Union
Sponsored by the Dedicated Statesmen Association
12:00 p.m. Robert E. Smith School of Nursing Lecture Series and Luncheon
Room 141-143, Nursing Building
GUEST SPEAKERS:
Teresa Malone, Executive Director, Mississippi Nurses Association
Roselyn Howard, Executive Director, Mississippi Nurses Foundation
Nora Davis, Nursing School Graduate
Kim Fava, Nursing School Graduate
2:00 p.m. Robert E. Smith School of Nursing Open House
Tours and simulation lab demonstrations with nursing students
Nursing Building
4:00 p.m. Robert E. Smith School of Nursing Reception
Nursing Building
5:00 p.m. Delta State University Colloquia:
Distinguished Speakers Lecture Series
Rooms 141-143. Nursing Building
GUEST SPEAKER:
Marcella McKay, Chief Operating Officer
Mississippi Hospital Association
6:30 p.m. Mississippi Literary Collection Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Reception
Roberts-LaForge Library
Tuesday, October 29
7:00 a.m. Faculty and Staff Breakfast
State Room, H.L. Nowell Union
Sponsored by Administrative Staff Council and Faculty Senate
8:30 a.m. College of Education and Human Sciences Classroom Lecture
Rooms 227-228, James M. Ewing Hall
GUEST SPEAKER:
Doris Dixon, Legislative Policy Staff Member, Office of Legislation
and Congressional Affairs, U.S. Department of Education
10:30 a.m. College of Education and Human Sciences Q&A Session with
Student Teacher Interns
Jacob Conference Center, James M. Ewing Hall
GUEST SPEAKER:
Mike Neyman, Consultant on Leadership and School Reform
Institute for Education and Workforce Development
University of Mississippi
12:00 p.m. College of Education and Human Sciences Lecture Series and
Luncheon
Jacob Conference Center, James M. Ewing Hall
GUEST SPEAKER:
Mike Neyman, Consultant on Leadership and School Reform
Institute for Education and Workforce Development
University of Mississippi
2:00 p.m. College of Education and Human Sciences Open House
James M. Ewing Hall
4:00 p.m. College of Education and Human Sciences Reception
Jacob Conference Center, James M. Ewing Hall
5:00 p.m. Delta State University Colloquia:
Distinguished Speakers Lecture Series
Jacob Conference Center, James M. Ewing Hall
GUEST SPEAKER:
Doris Dixon, Legislative Policy Staff Member, Office of Legislation
and Congressional Affairs, U.S. Department of Education
Topic: From Dickens to Dr. Dre
6:00 p.m. Student Cookout and Entertainment
The University Quadrangle
Sponsored by the Student Government Association
Wednesday, October 30
10:00 a.m. First Lady’s Campus Architectural History and Arts Walking Tour
Nancy LaForge, Emily Jones and Ron Koehler
Bologna Performing Arts Center
12:00 p.m. College of Arts and Sciences Lecture Series:
Madison Center Celebration
Auditorium, E.R. Jobe Hall
GUEST SPEAKER:
James W. Morhard, former Chief of Staff
U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee
Topic: The Continued Persistence of the Vietnam Syndrome: No Policy, No Victory and the Defense Budget
2:00 p.m. College of Arts and Sciences Open House
W. M. Kethley Hall
Art Exhibit
Wright Art Gallery
Choral Performance
Wright Art Gallery
Virtual Dementia Tour
Department of Social Work, Thomas L. Bailey Hall
Hearing Screenings
Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, W.M. Kethley Hall
Student and Faculty Research Poster Display
Department of Biological and Physical Sciences, Caylor-White Hall
5:00 p.m. Delta State University Colloquia:
Distinguished Speakers Lecture Series
Auditorium, E.R. Jobe Hall
GUEST SPEAKER:
James W. Morhard, former Chief of Staff
U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee
Topic: Social Policy and the Problem of a Divided Congress in a Divided Government
6:00 p.m. College of Arts and Sciences Reception
Auditorium, E.R. Jobe Hall
7:00 p.m. Theater Production: Our Town by Thornton Wilder (selected scenes)
Auditorium, E.R. Jobe Hall
The Delta Players, Division of Languages of Literature
Thursday, October 31
7:00 a.m. Run with The President
H.L. Nowell Union
11:00 a.m. College of Business Lecture Series
Baioni Conference Center, James W. Broom Hall
GUEST SPEAKER:
The Honorable Bennie Thompson
United States Representative, Second District of Mississippi
12:00 p.m. Student Leadership Forum
Second Floor Lobby, H.L. Nowell Union
Sponsored by the Student Government Association
1:00 p.m. College of Business Open House
James W. Broom Hall
2:00 p.m. Surviving a Plane Crash
Baioni Conference Center, James W. Broom Hall
GUEST SPEAKER:
James W. Morhard, survivor of the 2010 plane crash that claimed the lives
of Alaska Senator Ted Stevens and four others.
Topic: Surviving Survival: Recollections on a Plane Crash
3:00 p.m. College of Business Reception
Auditorium, E.R. Jobe Hall
4:00 p.m. Delta State University Colloquia:
Distinguished Speakers Lecture Series
Auditorium, E.R. Jobe Hall
GUEST SPEAKER:
Jeff Lenn, Professor of Strategic Management
School of Business, George Washington University
5:00 p.m. Trunk or Treat
Statesmen Park
Sponsored by the Department of Athletics
6:00 p.m. Community Cookout and Entertainment
Statesman Park
Sponsored by the Cleveland-Bolivar County Chamber of Commerce
9:00 p.m. Fireworks Show
Statesman Park
Friday, November 1
7:00 a.m. Ecumenical Service
Lena Roberts Sillers Chapel
8:00 a.m. Delegates’ Breakfast
State Room, H.L. Nowell Union
10:30 a.m. The Inauguration of William N. LaForge
Bologna Performing Arts Center
GUEST SPEAKER:
The Honorable Thad Cochran
United States Senate
12:00 p.m. Inaugural Luncheon
University Quadrangle
