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Dr. Harry Boyte, Institute of Public Affairs, University of MinnesotaPPL Speaker Series

The Department of Public Policy Leadership is honored to welcome a number of distinguished scholars and presenters who will be speaking with our students in the spring of 2009.

Dr. Harry Boyte of the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota will be our third speaker of the semester. His presentation is titled “The fight for the Soul of America – Higher Education and the future of our Democracy” and will take place on Thursday February 19th, 2009, from 4:00-5:15 pm in the Tupelo Room of the historic Barnard Observatory (location is here).

According to Dr. Boyte's Web site, he "is founder and co-director of the Institute's Center for Democracy and Citizenship, and founder of Public Achievement, a theory-based practice of citizen organizing to do public work for the common good which is being used in schools, universities and communities across the United States and in more than a dozen countries. Boyte has been an architect of the center's 'public work' approach to civic engagement and democracy promotion, a conceptual framework on citizenship that has gained world-wide recognition for its theoretical innovations and its practical effectiveness." For more information on Dr. Boyte, click here.

Dr. Larry Hickman, Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Dewey Studies at Southern Illinois University CarbondaleOur second speaker for the spring of 2009 is Dr. Larry Hickman, Professor of Philosophy at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and Director of the Center for Dewey Studies. He will be meeting with our students for lunch on Thursday, February 5th at noon to talk about participatory and representative forms of democracy in the work of John Dewey, and how we can use the methods of the sciences as a model for thinking about the optimum balance.

Dr. Hickman will then give a public presentation on the philosophy of technology in Bryant Hall, room 209, at 4 p.m. on Thursday, February 5th. This presentation will be open to the public, and is part of the department of Philosophy and Religion's Forum Lecture series.

More information on the remaining speakers in our series will be posted here soon. If you have any questions, you can email them to us here (ppleader@olemiss.edu).

 

Dr. John Lachs, Centennial Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt UniversityThe first of our speakers in the spring of 2009 was Dr. John Lachs, Centennial Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University, who spoke about "The Costs of Comfort" in the Tupelo room of the historic Barnard Observatory (location is here) on Thursday, January 29th of 2009 at 4 p.m. For a printable flier listing the details of this event, click here.

Dr. Lachs also had lunch with our students on Friday, January 30th at noon in the Odom conference room. Finally, he served as facilitator and keynote speaker for the Society of Philosophers in America's (SOPHIA) symposium, "Ethics at the End of Life," which will ran from Friday evening, January 30th through Saturday afternoon, the 31st. You can find more information here below (click here), or you can visit SOPHIA's Web site directly here (http://www.philosophersinamerica.com).

 
 
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The Washington Internship Exchange, through the University of Mississippi.The Washington Internship Experience

Our majors are strongly encouraged to take advantage of internship opportunities.  To learn more about specific programs in place for internship opportunities, visit the Lott Leadership Institute's Washington Internship Experience Web site.

Dr. Joel F. Clark is our Washington Internship Experience Coordinator.  He can be reached via email at jfclark@olemiss.edu, or by phone at 703.307.9770.

 
 
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Outreach Programs

Click here to learn more about outreach programs organized or affiliated with the Trent Lott Leadership Institute.  Click here to learn more general information about opportunities available through the Division of Outreach and Continuing Education at the University of Mississippi.

 
 
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Scholarships and Applications to the Department of Public Policy Leadership

The Lott Leadership Institute awards a number of scholarships each year to students who major in Public Policy Leadership. You can find information about the scholarships and an application file (in Adobe PDF format) here.

 
 
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HandsThe Society of Philosophers in America's (SOPHIA)
"Ethics at the End of Life" symposium

The Society of Philosophers in America (SOPHIA) will be hosting a symposium, "Ethics at the End of Life," at the University of Mississippi in Oxford this January on the 30th and 31st in Bryant Hall.

Click here for more information about the symposium, or for the story about our even that was published recently in Inside Ole Miss, click here.
Click here for information about SOPHIA.

Dr. Eric Thomas Weber
is working with Dr. Jo Ann O'Quin of the Department of Social Work to put on the event. Continuing education credit is available to participants who are practitioners in social work. Contact Dr. Weber (etweber@olemiss.edu) for further information about the event.

 
 
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The Mississippi Philosophical Association Medical Ethics Conference, at The University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS.Mississippi Philosophical Association
Medical Ethics Conference

From November 20th through the 22nd of 2008, the Mississippi Philosophical Association hosted a conference on the subject of Medical Ethics at the Jackson branch of the University of Mississippi, the university's Medical CenterDr. Eric Thomas Weber is the current President of the association, and was Program Chair for the event.  The conference focused on the ethical, political, and other philosophical challenges involved in cases of surrogate motherhood, stem cell research, active and passive euthanasia, suicide, reproductive rights and responsibilities, challenges for consent in cases of mental illness and temporary unconsciousness, and more.  Click here for more information on the conference. The Call for Papers is past its deadline at this point.  If you have any questions about the event, contact the program chair by email here: etweber@olemiss.edu, or by phone at: 662.915.1336.

The Mississippi Philosophical Association is grateful for the generous support of the departments of Philosophy and Religion at Mississippi State University and The University of Southern Mississippi, of the department of philosophy at Millsaps College, and of the University Medical Center, the department of Philosophy and Religion, the department of Public Policy Leadership, the department of Political Science, the College of Liberal Arts, the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, and the Office of the Provost at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss)

 
 
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