{"id":34262,"date":"2014-04-07T17:00:48","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T22:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=34262"},"modified":"2014-09-23T08:26:43","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T13:26:43","slug":"honors-convocation-to-include-taylor-medals-outstanding-teacher-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/honors-convocation-to-include-taylor-medals-outstanding-teacher-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Honors Convocation to Include Taylor Medals, Outstanding Teacher Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_35046\" style=\"width: 178px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/William-Berry.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35046\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35046\" alt=\"William Berry\" src=\"http:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/William-Berry-168x300.jpg\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/William-Berry-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/William-Berry-1151x2048.jpg 1151w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-35046\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">William Berry<\/p><\/div>\n<p>OXFORD, Miss. \u2013 Outstanding students from all academic disciplines and the campuswide top teacher are to be recognized Thursday (April 10) at the University of Mississippi&#8217;s 71st annual Honors Day Convocation.<\/p>\n<p>The convocation begins at 7:30 p.m. at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordcenter.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts<\/a>. Seventy students are to be presented with Marcus Elvis Taylor Memorial Medals, the university&#8217;s highest academic award, and one faculty member is to receive the Elsie M. Hood Outstanding Teacher Award.<\/p>\n<p>Guest speaker for the convocation is the 2013 Hood Award recipient Will Berry, assistant professor of law. A reception follows the ceremony in the Ford Center&#8217;s orchestra level lobby.<\/p>\n<p>At separate events, new members are to be inducted into the university&#8217;s top two student honor societies. The Phi Kappa Phi ceremony is scheduled for 3 p.m. Thursday at the Ford Center. Phi Beta Kappa holds its ceremony at 3 p.m. April 11 in Paris-Yates Chapel.<\/p>\n<p>The Taylor Medals, established in 1904, are the university&#8217;s highest academic award and recognize no more than 1 percent of the student body each year. The Hood Award was first given in 1966 and allows faculty, staff, students and alumni to nominate a deserving professor for superior classroom teaching.<\/p>\n<p>Around 80 students are to be inducted into Phi Kappa Phi,<b>\u00a0<\/b>the university&#8217;s highest academic honor across all disciplines. The speaker is John Z. Kiss, dean of the Graduate School.<\/p>\n<p>Some 60 students are slated for induction into Phi Beta Kappa, the university&#8217;s highest academic honor in the liberal arts. Michele Alexandre, associate professor and Jesse D. 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