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IHL PRESS RELEASE
BOARD TO HEAR PRESENTATION BY PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHERN REGIONAL EDUCATION BOARD DURING ITS REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING



Media Contact: Annie Mitchell
Phone Number: (601) 432-6493

10/13/2006 (Jackson )

The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) will hold its regular monthly meeting Wednesday, October 18, 2006, beginning at 1:30 p.m., in the Norman C. Nelson Student Union of the University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, MS, 39216. The full Board will convene at 1:30 p.m., and will then conduct business as a committee of the whole. The Board meeting will continue Thursday, October 19, with the full Board convening at 8:30 a.m. Because the meeting will not be held in the IHL Board Room, it will not be webcast.

Various Board committees, including Educational Policies and Programs; Budget, Finance and Audit; Real Estate and Facilities; Legal; Governance; Administration/Policy; and Personnel will meet as part of the Board meeting. In addition, the Board will hear presentations by Dr. David S. Spence, President of the Southern Regional Education Board; Dr. Daniel Jones, Vice Chancellor of the University of Mississippi Medical Center; and Marsha Kelly, Executive Director of the Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service. An executive session may be held in accordance with the Open Meetings Act.