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Nearly 100 Mississippi State faculty members are participating in a visiting speakers program available at no cost to state high schools and community colleges.
The university's Office of Enrollment Services is sponsoring the John K. Bettersworth Leadership Lectures, which may be scheduled throughout the school year with as little as three weeks prior notice.
"To schedule a faculty member, school officials need only give us a call," said enrollment services director John Dickerson. "We'll handle the details from there."
In addition to three weeks notice, the office also asks that educators provide three possible dates for the faculty member to visit and details about audience size, Dickerson added.
The lecture program is a memorial to MSU's longtime vice president for academic affairs and author of "The People's University: A Centennial History of Mississippi State." Bettersworth also wrote the Mississippi history textbook used for many years in state schools.
The lectures cover 13 topic areas, including agriculture, animals and environmental issues; architecture; arts and culture; business; careers; communication; education; engineering; history; mathematics and science; personal development; society and politics; and technology.
A complete list of the faculty members and their specific topics may be read at http://msuinfo.ur.msstate.edu/lists/betters/bettersworth.html.
To schedule a speaker or obtain additional information, contact Dickerson or assistant director Eric Bishop at (662) 325-3076 or LEAD@msstate.edu. The mailing address is Office of Enrollment Services, P.O. Box 6334, Mississippi State, MS 39762-6334.