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 Dr.
Jane Goodall, renowned for her groundbreaking study of chimpanzees
in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania, is scheduled to speak on
Tuesday, April 8 at the College as part of The
Millsaps Nova Series. The program will begin at 7:30 p.m. in
the Millsaps Christian Center Auditorium. A limited number of tickets,
costing $10 each, are available to the general public. All tickets
will go on sale Wednesday, Feb. 26, at 8:30 a.m. To reserve tickets,
call (601) 974-1020. For students, faculty and staff you must go
online to register for tickets.
For more information on ticket distribution and policy click here.
Goodall's appearance is also offered as part of the Millsaps
Green Semester, a series of events focusing on environmental education,
conservation and consumer responsibility. For a complete schedule of Green
Semester events, click
here.
Goodall devotes much of her time to environmental activism. She promotes
the work of the Jane Goodall Institute, an organization with operations
in 14 countries, including Tanzania, South Africa, Uganda, Kenya, Congo,
China, Japan, Taiwan, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Italy, the United Kingdom
and Canada. The institute supports the continuing Gombe study and other
research, education and conservation programs. These include the Lake
Tanganyika Catchment Reforestation and Education Project, a sustainable-development
and conservation effort involving 33 villages around the lake, and the
Congo Basin Project, which is working with other organizations to end
the bush-meat trade that threatens to annihilate chimpanzees. The institute's
Roots & Shoots program, which supports students from preschool through
university in projects that benefit people, animals and the environment,
hosts about 4,000 worldwide groups in more than 70 countries. Goodall
has received the Medal of Tanzania, the National Geographic Society's
Hubbard Medal and Japan's prestigious Kyoto Prize. She also received the
third Gandhi/ King Award for Nonviolence, presented in 2001 at the United
Nations by the World Movement for Nonviolence. She has also been designated
a Commander of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II.
Her list of publications
is extensive, including two overviews of her work at Gombe, In the
Shadow of Man and Through a Window, as well as the spiritual
autobiography Reason for Hope and many children's books. The
Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of Behavior is recognized as the definitive
work on chimpanzees and is the culmination of Goodall's scientific career.
This event
is made possible by BancorpSouth, BellSouth, Blue Cross & Blue Shield
of Mississippi, EastGroup/Parkway Foundation and Dermatopathology Associates
PLLC – Dr. Billy L. Walker and Dr. Jennifer Smith Schulmeier.
The Millsaps
Nova Series hosts addresses by individuals of international standing who
have played transforming roles in the fields of education, business, government,
religion, science and the arts. The programs are intended to be discussions
of cultural, social, economic and political changes affecting Mississippi,
the nation and the world. As it evolves, the series will include lectures
and presentations by students, faculty and community leaders that further
reinforce the importance of visionary leadership in the shaping of public
policy and personal beliefs.
The Millsaps
Nova Series was so named because when a star suddenly appears where
previously none was observed, astronomers call it a nova. The word
nova is Latin for "new," but a nova is not actually a
new star; it is a star whose brightness has increased thousands-fold
through an explosion of energy. A nova sustains this level of light
for some time, illuminating the heavens where once our eyes perceived
darkness only.
Millsaps will begin mailing tickets
to faculty, staff, and students ,via campus mail, starting the week
of March 15th. General public tickets will also be mailed the week
of March 15th.
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