FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 14, 2006
Contact: Anika Mitchell Perkins
(662) 329-7124

Dr. Pamela Peeke keynote speaker for women’s health awareness program at MUW
  
COLUMBUS, Miss. – A women’s health awareness program at Mississippi University for Women will feature Dr. Pamela Peeke, a nationally known speaker, author and women’s health expert on Wednesday, March 22.
   
Peeke will begin the day with a presentation titled “Practice What You Preach: How to Stay Healthy Enough to be a Health Professional.”
   
The program, which is a part of the Miller Lecture, will be from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. in Parkinson Hall Nissan Auditorium.
   
A luncheon will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Pope Banquet Room of the Hogarth Dining Center. During this program, Peeke will discuss “Stressed for Success: The Key to a Lifetime of Wellness is Vitamin B: Balance!”
   
Peeke will be signing and selling copies of her book “Body for Life for Women,” a New York Times bestseller, after the morning presentation as well as at the conclusion of her lunch presentation.
   
The cost of lunch is $10 and tickets must be purchased by close of business on Monday, March 20. Tickets may be purchased from the MUW Health and Kinesiology Department or the MUW Southern Women’s Institute.
   
Both events are open to students, faculty, staff and community members.
   
The lecture and luncheon are sponsored by the MUW Health and Kinesiology Department, the Southern Women’s Institute, the MUW Foundation, Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle and the Columbus Convention and Visitors Bureau.
   
Dr. Joyce Yates, professor of health and kinesiology, said, “We are excited to have such a celebrated medical expert in the field of women’s health to be a visitor to Mississippi. We look forward to her sharing information vital to quality of life and disease prevention.”
   
For more information or to purchase tickets, contact the Health and Kinesiology Department at (662) 329-7225.