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 Yesterday
morning, Millsaps College announced its upcoming Nova
Series program, which will feature Dr.
Jane Goodall. Phone lines at the Jackson college rang briskly until
shortly after noon, when all tickets offered to the public sold out. Millsaps
officials knew there would be keen interest in the program and were gratified
by the warm response from the general public.
"Tickets to this
event sold out within four hours," said Dr. Randy Boxx, Dean of the
Millsaps Else School of Management. "That type of enthusiastic response
is a testament to the need for educational programs such as this in the
Jackson area. The goal of the Nova Series is to continue presenting speakers
who have played transforming roles in our society."
The College has established
a waiting list for those who have not yet purchased tickets to the April
8 presentation, which will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Millsaps Christian
Center Auditorium. In addition to the live presentation in the Christian
Center, college officials will broadcast the program via closed-circuit
television in at least two other campus venues, including the 450-seat
Gertrude C. Ford Academic Complex recital hall. Due to contractual limitations,
this will be the only broadcast of Goodall's presentation. Tickets to
these screenings are free, and group reservations are welcome.
"Dr. Goodall
is one of the most influential scientists of our time. She has changed
our perceptions of humanity and its relationship to the larger world,"
said Dr. Richard Smith, Vice President and Dean of the College. "We
are proud to bring a speaker of such international significance to Jackson,
and we are particularly glad that we can offer a program of this caliber
not only to our students, but also to those in our local community."
To add your name to
the ticket waiting list for the live presentation or to request tickets
to one of the closed-circuit screenings, call (601) 974-1020. If additional
tickets to the live presentation become available, they will be sold in
the order they were requested on the waiting list.
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