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Board of Education Meeting
Who: Assistant superintendent Max Hoemmeldorfer
What: Enrollment is dropping the third consecutive year
Where: School Board of Education meeting
When: Thursday night
For the third consecutive year, the enrollment at Hattiesburg School is dropping by the hundreds, and the assistant superintendent reported the bleak announcement at the Board of Education meeting Thursday night.
“This is the third year we’ve lost enrollment,” Assistant Superintendent Max Hoemmeldorfer said. ‘The future looks bleak.”
Faculty in Plane Crash
Who: Associate professor of rural sociology, John Dumont, and Associate professor of English, George Johnson.
What: Five people were killed
Where: Kennedy International Airport
When: Thursday night
Why: Jet had a failed takeoff
How: TWA jet crashed
Five passengers killed in failed jet takeoff Thursday night at the Kennedy International Airport, and the plane included two members of the faculty from Blackwater University.
The Associate professor of rural sociology, John Dumont, and the Associate professor of English, George Johnson, were both on the plane when it crashed.
Meeman Speaks
Who: Norman Meeman, author and winner of Pulitzer Prize
What: Spoke to 67, mostly English students
Where: William Oxley Thomson Memorial Library in Room 111
When: Sunday at 4:30 p.m.
Why: To teach students about the writing process of a Pulitzer Prize winning book
How: Won the Pulitzer prize for his book My Life as Far as It Goes
A Pulitzer Prize winning author made controversial statements to 67 English students at the William Oxley Thomson Memorial Library Sunday as he gave them advice on writing.
Norman Meeman, author of My Life as Far as It Goes, held a session on his approach to the writing processes that resulted in his Pulitzer Prize winning piece.
Professor Wins Award
Who: George Washington Honor Medal winners
What: Clement Crabtree professor of horticulture announced as winner
Where: Ceremony in Pennsylvania
When: last week
Why: the professor from Crabtree wrote an essay called “Plan for Peace”
How: The Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge held an award ceremony
Horticulture professor from Clement Crabtree announced as George Washington Honor Medal winner as the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge held an award ceremony in Pennsylvania last week.
Professor John Doe won a medal due to his essay trying to jump start the distribution of flower seeds to foreign nations.
