Archive for July 15th, 2008

Millsaps College listed in The Chronicle of Higher Education’s 2008 Great Colleges to Work For

July 15, 2008

The private, United Methodist-affiliated school ranked in three of 27 categories:
supervisor makes expectations clear and solicits ideas,
requirements for tenure are clear, and
adequate time is given for research.  Read the article…
Full disclosure notice:  I am proud to be an adjunct faculty member at the Else School of Management at Millsaps College, where I teach Management.  I [...]

MSU grad wins Jeopardy championship

July 15, 2008

Recent Mississippi State University graduate Joey Beachum catapulted himself and his alma mater to the national stage today when he realized his lifelong dream of competing on his favorite game show–and walked away with the $100,000 top prize.
The Saltillo native emerged victorious after beating out more than 14,000 hopefuls in preliminary screening and competitions to [...]

This week’s New Yorker magazine cover.

July 15, 2008

The problem, says Elaine Miller, a former professor who gives talks on gender and race in political cartoons, is that “once you launch a work of art it belongs to the reader. The artist’s intent is very interesting, but the reader owns the interpretation.”
USA Today, July 15, 2008