April 30, 2008 UM Announces Selection of 2008 Lott Leadership Summer Scholars - The University of Mississippi has named this year's class of Trent Lott Leadership Institute Summer Scholars, which includes more than 40 exceptional rising high school seniors from across the United States and two foreign countries. |
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April 28, 2008 State Leaders Discuss Debate- With the presidential debate only a few months away, Sen. Thad Cochran,
R-Miss., and Rep. Chip Pickering, R-Miss., had lunch in the Old Oxford
Depot with a group of students to discuss the upcoming election and to
address questions concerning Mississippi and the country as a whole. |
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April 25, 2008 New Washington Internship Program Proving to be Excellent for 17 Students - Instead of spending sunny Saturdays in flip-flops and a T-shirt watching baseball games at Swayze Field this spring, University of Mississippi senior William Gillis is in Washington, D.C., walking the paths of top policy experts, touring Smithsonian museums and visiting national monuments. |
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April 23, 2008 Lott Leadership Exchange Program Heads to South Korea - The Lott Leadership Exchange Program is an opportunity exclusively for rising sophomores who display academic and community leadership. |
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December 24, 2007 Washington Internship Program Offers Unique Learning Experience - University of Mississippi students can gain practical experience in the nation's capital through the Washington Internship Experience program developed by the Lott Leadership Institute, Department of Political Science and Division of Outreach. |
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September 27, 2007 United State Public Policy Lecture - Josef Joffe, publisher-editor of the German weekly Die Zeit, provides an international view on U.S. public policy. A visiting professor of political science at Stanford since 2004, Joffe was Payne Distinguished Lecturer there in 1999/2000. He is also Distinguished Fellow of the Institute for International Studies and Abramowitz Fellow of the Hoover Institution, both at Stanford. His most recent book is Überpower: America’s Imperial Temptation (2006).
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September 21, 2007 Lott Says Senate Missed Bipartisan Opportunity Regarding Troop Withdrawal - Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) said Friday that the U.S. Senate missed a key opportunity two weeks ago to begin working on a compromise regarding the war in Iraq .....
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September 14, 2007 Former Sen. Tom Daschle to Visit Campus, Deliver Public Lecture Sept. 21 - Former U.S. Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) is
scheduled to deliver a free, public lecture Sept. 21 at the
University of Mississippi. U.S. Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.)
invited Daschle to visit the Oxford campus, sponsored by
UM's Trent Lott Leadership Institute..... |
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September 5, 2007 Six Freshmen Receive $40,000 Lott Leadership Scholarships - Since its founding in 1848, the University of Mississippi has nurtured state and national leaders, and that tradition continues including special training opportunities through the Trent Lott Leadership Institute.... |
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July 13, 2007 Leadership Program Creates Ties between U.S. and S.A. Universities - Consul General Helen La Lime and Public Affairs officers welcomed a
bi-national group of students and staff from the Nelson Mandela
Metropolitan University (NMMU) of Port Elizabeth and the University of
Mississippi, Oxford (Ole Miss) for a briefing of U.S. Mission
activities in South Africa, followed by a reception in the shadow of
Table Mountain.... |
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July 10, 2007 Developing Leaders for Mississippi - For the Trent Lott Leadership Institute's summer kids, homework is fun and speaking in public is becoming an exciting activity.... |
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June 29, 2007 UM Students to Join Chinese Peers in Cultural Exchange July 11 to Aug. 10 - The son of American missionaries, Graham Purcell grew up in Russia. Now the University of Mississippi student looks forward to visiting communist China... |
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June 12 , 2007 UM Students to Join South African Peers for Leadership Exchange Program - Ten University of Mississippi students join 10 of their peers from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, June 16 to July 17, for a cultural exchange aimed at promoting a better understanding of the world... |
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June 8 , 2007 UM Officials, Students Visit Jordan, Hope for Increased Cooperation - Water, perhaps more so than oil or terrorism, could one day lead to widespread war in the Middle East as most countries in the area suffer from a shortage and scarcity of the life-giving necessity.. |
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May 2007 Newsweek Editor Talks Religion - Newsweek editor and best-selling author, John Meacham, spoke on the complex and intimate relationship between religion and politics in the Yerby Auditorium Monday night..… |
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April 2007 Senator Promotes Bi-Partisan Decisions - U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine spoke about the need for bi-partisan leadership in government Friday afternoon in the School of Business Administration auditorium.… |
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March 2007 State's First Public Policy Studies Program to be Offered Beginning this Fall ... The University of Mississippi's legacy of producing state and national leaders including governors, lieutenant governors, supreme court justices, senators and representatives has been further ensured with a new undergraduate degree program.… |
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August 2006 New Jobs Could Curb Illegal Immigration: Lott Students Analyze U.S.-Mexican Relations - Creating more job opportunities in Mexico may solve border and illegal immigration issues here in the United States … |
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July 2006 South African trip enlightens college student ... Brittany Chapman of Moss Point returned to the University of Mississippi on Saturday with an incredible story and 400 pictures of her summer vacation …
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July 2006
Rising High School Seniors Learn Chinese Culture, Language in Qingdao …The city of Qingdao, China, is home to more than 2.5 million people - roughly the same as the entire state of Mississippi - so Jacob D. Patrick of Brookhaven was surprised to learn that residents of that metropolis are as friendly as his home state's reputation …
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July 2006 S. Africans Learn About U.S.'s South During Visit …Nearly 9,000 miles from Little Rock, across the Atlantic Ocean and south of the equator, 21-year-old Travis Dell decided he wanted to study race relations in the American South …
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July 2006 STUDENTS FROM MISSISSIPPI, SOUTH AFRICA SHARE LEARNING ...A group of students from the University of Mississippi and the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in South Africa is in the District to exchange ideas as part of the Lott Leadership Exchange Program... |
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July 2006 Students Compare Civil Rights Struggles, Form Bonds During Summer Exchange Program ...A Trent Lott Leadership Institute international exchange program is opening eyes for students about civil rights struggles facing America and South Africa. |
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June 2006 Vietnam Ambassador Visits Campus to Discuss Educational Opportunities, Exchanges ...Vietnam Ambassador Nguyen Tam Chien visited the University of Mississippi Thursday (June 1) in an effort to forge stronger relations inside the United States. |
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April 2006 Treasury Secretary visits Campus - Secretary of the Treasury John Snow toured Oxford and discussed many issues with Ole Miss students, ranging from the flexibility of Chinese currency to his views on the Hamilton Project.
"He wanted to be here and be talking to the students," Carden said.
Snow explored the campus with Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., taught a Macroeconomics class and addressed the student body. |
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February 2006 His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, ...'All have responsibility
to promote the intercultural, interfaith understanding that our future depends on.... We will not let extremists block our path to global peace and progress.'
- King Abdullah
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January 2006 U.S. Rep. Chip Pickering Addresses Students, Says Strong Character is Vital to Leadership
...Top students, counselors from four states attend conference. |
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November 2005 U.S. Sen. John McCain to Deliver Lecture at Ford Center Nov. 18
...U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), a former Vietnam POW and candidate for the 2000 Republican presidential nomination, visits the University of Mississippi
Nov. 18. for a public forum. |
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August 18, 2005 Trent Lott Leadership Institute Names First Executive Director
...William Gottshall, chief of staff for U.S. Sen. Trent Lott, has been named the first
executive director of the Trent Lott Leadership Institute at the University of Mississippi. |
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July 18, 2005 Lott Institute sends high school seniors to
Washington...The Lott Leadership Institute for High School Students will be sending a group of high
school seniors to Washington for eight days to see the role of leadership in its highest form in
politics.
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June 21, 2005 UM Names
10 Inaugural Recipients of Patricia Lott Scholarships ...The
University of Mississippi has named the first recipients
of the $40,000 Patricia Thompson Lott Scholarship, available to incoming
freshmen from Mississippi with demonstrated leadership abilities.
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Summer 2004 - University
Dedicates Home for Lott Institute, New Scholarship Honors
Patricia Lott ...the culmination of years of hard
work and commitment to better prepare our state’s and
the nation’s future leaders with the skills needed
to be successful... |
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July 18, 2004 - Program shapes
students to prepare for politics ...Since 2000, the institute
has identified and groomed up-and-coming leaders...
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