Schedule of Activities and Events
Ole Miss vs. LSU
November 19-22, 2009
Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009
7 a.m. – 2 a.m.
Exhibit:
‘Walter Anderson and World Literature’. Special Collections/Archives, JD Williams Library.
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Exhibit:
‘Still Got the Blues: A Silver Anniversary Exhibition’. Faulkner Room, JD Williams Library.
5 – 8 p.m.
Dinner available in the McCormick Café in the The Inn at Ole Miss.
5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Quarterback Club Meeting. Speakers include Houston Nutt and Neal McCready of Rivals.com. Members only. Annual memberships available at the door: $40/family, $20/seniors, $15/student. The Library Sports Bar.
6 p.m.
Thacker Mountain Radio Show:
Robert St. John reads from and signs
Dispatches from My South; musical guests include T-Model Ford, Norman Mellin and Andrew Rogers.
Off Square Books.
7 – 8 p.m.
Rebtalk with Coach Houston Nutt. Admission is free; catering by Taylor Grocery, all-you-can-eat buffet for $10. The Lyric Oxford.
Friday, Nov. 20, 2009
7 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Exhibit:
‘Walter Anderson and World Literature’. Special Collections/Archives, JD Williams Library.
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Exhibit:
‘Still Got the Blues: A Silver Anniversary Exhibition’. Faulkner Room, JD Williams Library.
11 a.m.
Women’s Basketball vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
C.M. Tad Smith Coliseum.
3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
University of Mississippi School of Law Scholarship Reception. Gertrude C. Ford Ballroom at The Inn at Ole Miss.
4 – 7 p.m.
Football Friday Series: Jazz pianist Bill Perry, The Inn at Ole Miss, free and open to the public.
4 – 6 p.m.
Book Signing: Bill Morris signs
Ole Miss at Oxford: A Part of Our Heart and Soul, Square Books
5 p.m.
Gatherings Before the Grove Series: ‘Mississippi Revolutionary’. Overby Center.
5 – 8 p.m.
Dinner available in McCormick Café in The Inn at Ole Miss.
6 p.m.
The Grove opens to tailgaters.
7 p.m.
Volleyball: Ole Miss vs. Georgia.
Gillom Sports Center.
Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009
7 – 11 a.m.
Breakfast available in ballrooms C and D in The Inn at Ole Miss ($9.95 adults, $6.95 children ages 6-12, children 5 and under eat free).
10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Alumni Association ‘Members Only’ hospitality room open. Alumni Association members are invited to enjoy refreshments, football and fellowship. Guests are $10/person. Due to the remodeling of the Triplett Alumni Center, the hospitality room for the 2009 football season will be held in the E.F. Yerby Conference Center Auditorium next door to the Alumni Center. Free to active members and to children high school age and younger if accompanied by an adult. Face tattoos are available for children. Please bring your membership card for quicker access. Check your membership status
here.
10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Exhibit: ‘ Walter Anderson and World Literature’. Special Collections/Archives, JD Williams Library.
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Cell Phones For Soldiers. Bring your used cell phones to campus and help provide a 60 minute, pre-paid calling card for one of the 5,000 Mississippi soldiers who are currently deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan. Collection drive will be Saturday, November 21. Phones can be mailed in or dropped off ahead of this date. Click
here to learn more about this initiative and where drop-off points are located.
10:30 a.m – 1 p.m.
Have your little Rebel’s photo taken with Santa Claus! Join us at the Alumni Association Member’s
Only area in the Yerby Center. Photo packages are available for $10, $20 and $30. Service is provided by Janet and Gary Crowell of Oxford.
11:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Book Signing: Quentin Whitwell signs If By Whiskey. Ole Miss Bookstore.
12:30 p.m. (time tentative)
Walk of Champions, the Grove.
12:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Pharmacy Alumni & Friends Tailgate Sponsored by Cardinal Health. Alumni and friends of the School of Pharmacy are invited to enjoy food and beverages under the Pharmacy tent located on the lawn in front of Faser Hall.
12:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Ole Miss
journalism alumni are invited to enjoy "homecoming" prior to each game by visiting the Meek School of Journalism and New Media tent. Visit with friends, alumni, faculty, staff and students. Front lawn of Farley Hall.
2:30 p.m.
Football:
Ole Miss vs. LSU. Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
2:30 – 8 p.m.
Have your child’s photo made with Santa! Photo packages are available for $10, $20 and $30. Service is provided by Janet and Gary Crowell of Oxford. Ole Miss Bookstore.
5 – 8 p.m.
Dinner available in McCormick Café in The Inn at Ole Miss.
Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009
9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Brunch available in the Ballroom in The Inn at Ole Miss ($15.95 adults, $9.95 children ages 6-12, children 5 and under eat free).
1 p.m.
Volleyball: Ole Miss vs. Auburn.
Gillom Sports Center.
1 p.m. – 2 a.m.
Exhibit: ‘Walter Anderson and World Literature’. Special Collections/Archives, JD Williams Library.