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Honors Convocation Ceremony – 2012<\/strong><\/h2>\n

At the Honors Convocation, the university recognizes undergraduate and graduate students who are nominated by the faculty for their distinguished academic achievements. Undergraduate students selected by the Taylor Medal Selection Committee are awarded Taylor Medals, the highest academic award at the university. The 2012 Elsie M. Hood Outstanding Teacher at the University of Mississippi is also announced.
\nDate:<\/strong> Thursday, April 12, 2012
\nTime<\/strong>: 7:30 p.m.
\nLocation<\/strong>: Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts
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Honors Ceremony Instructions<\/strong>
\nStudents are notified by the Provost that faculty have recommended them for an award. If receiving a college, school or department award, students will report to the Ford Center no later than 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 12, 2012. Awardees will be seated according to their college or school in the center section closest to the stage. A card with the student\u2019s name will be attached to the appropriate seat. When requested by their dean, the group in that particular college or school will come forward to be recognized. The announcer will call the students\u2019 name and award. Students will be congratulated by the Chancellor and the Provost as they process across the stage and return to their seats.<\/p>\n

Recommended Attire<\/strong>
\nThe Honors Ceremony is a formal university award recognition ceremony. Business attire is recommended.<\/p>\n

Reception<\/strong>
\nA reception will immediately follow the ceremony in the Orchestra Level Lobby of the Ford Center.<\/p>\n

Parking for Honors Convocation<\/strong>
\nParking is available in the Ford Center parking lot.<\/p>\n

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<\/strong>Dr. William A. Taylor of Booneville, Mississippi, in June 1904 founded the Marcus Elvis Taylor Memorial at the University of Mississippi \u201cout of affection and regard for the memory of his son, the late Dr. Marcus Elvis Taylor, and honored alumnus of the university, of the class of 1871, and out of benevolent regard and good will for the youth of the state and the interest and the work of the University of Mississippi, and for the encouragement of meritorious scholarship and deportment.\u201d<\/p>\n

This memorial fund provides scholarship medals to students nominated for outstanding scholarship in particular fields combined with superior work in all other subjects. The number awarded annually may not be more than 1 percent of the student body. Each medal has engraved on it the name of the nominating school. A faculty committee recommends students to be recognized for \u201cmeritorious scholarship and deportment\u201d from those nominated by the participating division of the university. The Undergraduate Council and the Council of Academic Administrators give formal approval for recognition.<\/p>\n

To be eligible, a student must have a grade-point average of 3.90 or higher, must have senior standing and must have completed at least 18 semester hours in the school or college in which the nomination originates. Transfer students must have earned 45 semester hours at the University of Mississippi prior to being nominated. August and December graduates are included.<\/p>\n

Taylor Medalist Dinner<\/strong><\/p>\n

Date:<\/strong> Thursday, April 12, 2012
\nTime:<\/strong> 5:00 p.m.
\nLocation:<\/strong> Johnson Commons Ballroom East
\nTo RSVP:<\/strong> Christine Wallace: cswallac@olemiss.edu<\/a> or 662-915-5203<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Taylor Medalist Instructions<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a04:15 p.m. <\/strong>Photographs will be taken in the lobby of Paul B. Johnson Commons Ballroom<\/span>.<\/strong> As further recognition of this honor, we would like to make others aware of your achievement.\u00a0 Please remember to complete and return the University of Mississippi Hometown News Form and the Taylor Medalist Data Sheet as stated in Provost Stocks\u2019 letter<\/span><\/strong>. We suggest that you wear business attire.<\/p>\n

5:00-6:30 p.m. <\/strong>Dinner honoring Taylor Medalists and their families – Paul B. Johnson Commons Ballroom<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

7:10 p.m. <\/strong>Be in the Ford Center for the Performing Arts<\/span> <\/strong>to be seated. It is important that you get there as early as possible. Seats are reserved for the Taylor Medalists. A card with your name will be attached to the appropriate seat. When requested by the Provost, you will come forward.\u00a0 As the Provost and Chancellor recognize you, you will receive your award and then be seated as directed on the stage for the remainder of the evening. Some of you may be getting additional awards. Those awards will be announced when you are recognized as a Taylor Medalist.<\/p>\n

There will be a recessional<\/strong> at the conclusion of the Convocation. The deans will proceed and you will follow them. A reception<\/strong> will then follow the Honors Convocation in the Orchestra Level Lobby of the Ford Center.<\/p>\n

Parking\u00a0<\/strong>
\nTaylor Medalists and their two dinner guests are welcome to park at the Ford Center or at Johnson Commons Ballroom (space is limited in the parking lots near Johnson Commons Ballroom, but you may park at Paris-Yates Chapel and walk to the dinner).\u00a0 If you and your guests choose to park at the Ford Center, please do so by 4:00 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0A shuttle service will run at that time to Johnson Commons Ballroom and photographs will be taken in the lobby of the Ballroom, beginning at 4:15 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0 Following the dinner at Johnson Commons Ballroom, if you and your guests parked at the Ford Center, the shuttle service will return you to the Ford Center by 7:10 p.m.<\/p>\n

For shuttle transportation, please park at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts and board the shuttle to the Paul B. Johnson Commons for the Taylor Medal Dinner. After the dinner, the shuttle will take you to the Ford Center for the Honors Convocation. Alternatively, you may park at Paris-Yates Chapel and walk to the dinner. Dinner will begin by 5:00 p.m. and conclude by 7:00 p.m<\/p>\n

Additional inquiries may be directed as follows:<\/strong>
\nChristine Wallace
\nUniversity and Public Events Director
\n662-915-5203 or via email: cswallac@olemiss.edu<\/a><\/em>
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Each year, the University of Mississippi recognizes excellence in teaching by presenting the Elsie M. Hood Outstanding Teacher Award at Honors Convocation.\u00a0 \u00a0Each recipient receives a personal plaque from Chancellor Daniel W. Jones during Honors Convocation, as well as the satisfaction of being recognized for a job well done. Recipients\u2019 names are engraved on a plaque listing previous winners, which is displayed in the J.D. Williams Library.<\/p>\n

Previous Award Winners<\/strong><\/p>\n

William Eickhorst \u2013 1966 (deceased)
\nFrank Anderson \u2013 1967
\nHarry Eugene Perry \u2013 1968 (deceased)
\nJoel Blass \u2013 1969
\nWill St. Amand, Jr. \u2013 1970
\nMiklo Bencze \u2013 1971 (deceased)
\nRonald Borne \u2013 1972
\nPaul Oliver \u2013 1973 (deceased)
\nJere Hoar \u2013 1974
\nGloria Kellum \u2013 1975
\nCharles Nevin Jones \u2013 1976 (deceased)
\nHarvey Lewis \u2013 1977
\nVaughn Grisham \u2013 1978
\nJames Mengert \u2013 1979
\nJohn Winkle, III \u2013 1980
\nKwang Sik Yun \u2013 1981
\nBill Champion \u2013 1982 (deceased)
\nRon Bartlett \u2013 1983
\nJeanette Phillips \u2013 1984
\nJames Davis \u2013 1985
\nGuff Abbott \u2013 1986
\nNatalie Schroeder \u2013 1987
\nWilliam Staton \u2013 1988
\nRodney Phil Malone \u2013 1989
\nDavid Sansing \u2013 1990
\nJames Vaughan \u2013 1991
\nDaniel! Mattern \u2013 1992
\nR\u00e0ymond Liebau \u2013 1993
\nRobert Weems \u2013 1994
\nBilly Barrios \u2013 1995 (deceased)
\nKenneth Sufka \u2013 1996
\nColby Kullman \u2013 1997
\nMorris Stocks \u2013 1998
\nMary Stuckey \u2013 1999
\nFaye Gilbert \u2013 2000
\nRonald Schroeder \u2013 2001
\nRon Date \u2013 2002
\nTonya Flesher \u2013 2003
\nWade Waters \u2013 2004
\nMark Wilder \u2013 2005
\nLaurdella Foulkes-Levy \u2013 2006
\nDavid Wilson \u2013 2007
\nGregory Schirmer \u2013 2008
\nJohn R. Neff \u2013 2009
\nKelly G. Wilson \u2013 2010
\nEthel Young-Minor \u2013 2011<\/p>\n

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