FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 1, 2008
Contact: Anika Mitchell Perkins
(662) 329-7124

MUW professor to talk to Tupelo High School about militant Islam

COLUMBUS, Miss. - Mississippi University for Women professor of political science Dr. Brian Anderson will talk to an assembly at Tupelo High School about “Understanding Osama bin Laden.”

The program will be held Friday and is a part of MUW’s history and political science speakers’ bureau. This outreach program seeks to bring MUW faculty in history and political science to high school classrooms and auditoriums around the state, with lectures ranging from Dr. Anderson’s talk to “Do I want to do this for four more years? Why go to a four-year college” to “The U.S. Constitution: a Medieval Document?”

“The speakers’ bureau is an excellent opportunity to offer our expertise in history and government to high schools in Mississippi. We’ve been giving talks to small classes and high school assemblies. And we’ve always met an enthusiastic reception,” said Dr. Michael Burger, chair of the Department of History, Political Science, Geography and Paralegal Studies.

The program has stimulated great interest, and through it MUW faculty have spoken to students from Greenville, Picayune, Ridgeland, Starkville and now Tupelo. Dr. Anderson’s talk will bring the total number of students this program has reached to about 540 in the 2007-08 academic year.

High schools interested in arranging a visit should contact Dr. Burger at (662) 329-7386 or email mburger@muw.edu.