News release Public Information Office  SLU 10880   Hammond, LA 70402   phone: 985-549-2341   fax: 985-549-2061 publicinfo@selu.edu Spring 2004 news releases Public Information home News archive Contact: Christina Chapple Date: 11/22/04   FINAL SOUTHEASTERN HONORS PROGRAM LECTURE HIGHLIGHTS LIBERAL ARTS      HAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana University’s Honors Program will host the third of a series of lectures on “Reading the Great Epics for a Higher Education” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 30, in the Music Recital Hall.      Retired Mississippi State University English professor Jack White, who directed the university’s honors program for 20 years, will talk on "Sir Gawain: Illustrator of the Liberal Arts."        The lecture is free and open to the campus and community.      “Dr. White has been a major proponent of the advancement of the humanities and the arts in the state of Mississippi, having served as a founding member of the Mississippi Cultural Alliance, a board member of the Mississippi Alliance for Arts Education, and Chair of the MSU Performing Arts Committee,” said James Walter, director of Southeastern’s Honors Program.       White has been recognized for his historic preservation efforts in Columbus, Miss., and awarded the 2003 Humanities Scholar Award by the Mississippi Humanities Council.  He is also an active scholar who has delivered papers and written articles on medieval/Renaissance topics, the teaching of writing, and Southern literature.      White's Southeastern lecture is supported by an outreach grant from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and a Student Government Association grant to the Honors Club.  For more information or directions, call 985-549-2135.