{"id":36602,"date":"2014-05-20T08:43:33","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T13:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=36602"},"modified":"2014-09-23T08:25:35","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T13:25:35","slug":"khayat-memoir-receives-publishing-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/khayat-memoir-receives-publishing-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Khayat Memoir Receives Publishing Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/khayat-memoir-receives-publishing-award\/the-education-of-a-lifetime-3-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-36604\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-36604\" src=\"http:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/the-education-of-a-lifetime-3-278x300.jpg\" alt=\"the-education-of-a-lifetime-3\" width=\"278\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/the-education-of-a-lifetime-3-278x300.jpg 278w, https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/the-education-of-a-lifetime-3.jpg 1069w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" \/><\/a>OXFORD, Miss. &#8212; Robert Khayat, Chancellor Emeritus of the University of Mississippi, has added another feather to his cap with the announcement that his memoir <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nautiluspublishing.com\/edofli.html\"><em>The Education of a Lifetime<\/em><\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nautiluspublishing.com\">Nautilus Publishing<\/a>) won a 2014\u00a0Independent Publishers Association of America award for best memoir in the nation by a small press.<\/p>\n<p><em>The New York Times<\/em> ranked <em>The Education of a Lifetime<\/em> among the top selling educational books in the country in 2013, and the Silver IPPY Award is added evidence of its broad appeal. The IPPY Awards are bestowed each year by the IPAA, and this year more than 4,000 total entries and more than 100 entries in the memoir category. Khayat spoke about writing the memoir earlier this year and said the book grew out of his desire to &#8220;communicate to as broad an audience as possible the value of respect and the benefits of team membership, whether it be with an athletics team, choral music group, prayer group, political group or whatever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #444444;\">\u00a0\u201cWhen a group of people come together and are united and focused on some kind of objective, they have a far better chance of reaching that objective,\u201d he said. (<a href=\"http:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/khayat-recounts-his-education-of-a-lifetime\/#.U3tUz14bdyE\">See the full article here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #444444;\">The book\u2019s stories recount how Khayat assembled a leadership team that helped the university attract big-dollar donors, launch a renowned honors college, undertake a massive building program, swell its enrollment and host its biggest event ever, the 2008 presidential debate. Readers learn the \u201cback stories\u201d of how he became the Rebels\u2019 kicker, why an eccentric potential donor called him \u201cCanoe,\u201d how he reassured a U.S. president about his necktie choice and how a late-night bowl of cereal led a renowned scholar to speak on behalf of the university before the national council of Phi Beta Kappa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re honored to have been recognized by the IPPY judges, but my greatest hope for this story was to let the world know that Ole Miss and Mississippi are no longer stuck in 1963. The reality of today\u2019s Mississippi has very little to do with how we\u2019re perceived by others. Our goal, in writing this book, was to shift that perception,\u201d Khayat said in a release from his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nautiluspublishing.com\">publisher<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OXFORD, Miss. &#8212; Robert Khayat, Chancellor Emeritus of the University of Mississippi, has added another feather to his cap with the announcement that his memoir The Education of a Lifetime (Nautilus Publishing) won a 2014\u00a0Independent Publishers Association of America award for best memoir in the nation by a small press. 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