"Quest for the Lost Maya" Airs Nationally March 28

The PBS documentary "Quest for the Lost Maya," featuring Dr. George Bey and Millsaps students, will air nationally on March 28 at 9 p.m. Central/10 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (check your local listings). Produced by National Geographic, the documentary was filmed in the summer of 2011 at Millsaps' Kaxil Kiuic Biocultural Reserve in Yucatán, Mexico.

National Geographic became interested in work at the reserve after an article in USA Today in August 2010 reported on Bey's research about why the ancient Maya suddenly left their homes in Kiuic.

In March 2011, The Chronicle of Higher Education ran an article feauring the work of Bey and other Millsaps programs in Mexico. Bey is a professor of sociology and anthropology, Chisholm Foundation Chair in Arts and Sciences and associate dean of international education at Millsaps.

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Students are having a much more pleasant walk across the bowl this January than in the past. Winter 2011-2012 is shaping up to be one of the warmest in recent memory with highs on the date these photos were taken, February 2, around 75 degrees.

Else School of Management Recognized as a Rising Star

The Else School of Management's master's of business administration program has been recognized as a Top 10 Rising Star for 2011 by FindyourMBA.com.

The Else School of Management at Millsaps College was listed No. 9 out of 30 business schools. FindyourMBA.com critiques business schools from a student's perspective and considers factors such as improvements and developments which enhance the student experience.

"We are adding new programs, like our Executive MBA, to our already strong academic lineup, and it's wonderful to receive outside recognition that reaffirms the value of what we do here at the Else School," said Howard McMillan, dean of the Else School of Management.

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Study Abroad: It's More Than Business as Usual in Yucatán

Latin American music thumps overhead as six Millsaps College students weave their way through sewing equipment, fabric and laborers in a 250 yard-long facility at Ganso Azul ("Blue Goose") in Merida, Mexico. The students are part of a Global Business course taught by Associate Professor of Business Law Harvey Fiser.

The January 2012 intersession in Mexico offered students the opportunity to see a maquilladora, one of numerous assembly-line factories functioning under the terms of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Maquilladoras typically are owned by American, European or Asian investors. Ganso Azul produces 500 styles of law enforcement uniforms, including ones shipped to Mississippi and Texas.

The 15-day intersession has exceeded students' expectations. "It's the best study abroad experience I've ever had," said senior Drew Moroux of Lafayette, La. The students also participate in excursions to a gold factory and a cucumber farm, as well as to the Mayan ruins located at Kaxil Kiuic, Millsaps College's 4,500-acre biocultural reserve in Yucatán.

Millsaps Mentor Programs Provide Invaluable Experience

When Casey Holloway, a senior religious studies/sociology major from Hammond, Louisiana, leaves her contemporary sociological theory class every Tuesday morning, she dons scrubs and heads to the operating room at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, just a few blocks from campus. She is one of many pre-health students at Millsaps who participates in the College's unique medical mentoring program. The program pairs current undergraduates with medical professionals, many of whom are Millsaps alumni, for a semester-long experience.

Casey shadows Millsaps alum Dr. J. Russell Rooks ('82), a general surgeon, both in the operating room and clinic. She has previously shadowed physicians in the fields of family medicine and pediatrics, but she chose to work with a surgeon this semester to gain experience in the technical aspect of medicine.

"The inside of the human body is the most amazing, most incredible, most awe-inspiring thing I have ever seen," says Holloway. "The hours I spend observing in the operating room feel like minutes. As a result of this mentorship, I am seriously considering surgery as a career option."