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Date 5-11-06
Who:
News editors, directors
What:
University of Southern Mississippi Spring 2006 graduation
When:
May 12 and 13
Where:
May 12 in Hattiesburg at Reed Green Coliseum, 2:30 and 6:30 p.m.;
May 13 at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Coliseum at 10 .am.
Details:
Sally-Ann Roberts Craft, a University of Southern Mississippi graduate
and Pass Christian native who serves as co-anchor for WWL-TV’s Eyewitness
Morning News show, will give the graduation address for both
the Hattiesburg and Gulf Coast campuses. Hattiesburg graduation
ceremonies are May 12 at 2:30 and 6:30 p.m., and the Gulf Coast
campus graduation ceremony will be May 13 at 10 a.m. at the Mississippi
Gulf Coast Coliseum in Biloxi. Your coverage is invited.
Craft earned
both a bachelor’s and master’s degree from the University of Southern
Mississippi. While a student, she served as a reporter, announcer
and anchor for WUSM-FM, the university’s radio station. She was
inducted into the university’s Alumni Hall of Fame last year.
After she graduated
from Southern Miss, Craft worked as community relations director,
announcer and news reporter for another Mississippi radio station
before moving on to WDAM-TV where she worked as a weekend anchor,
feature reporter and weathercaster. She has been with WWL-TV since
1977.
Craft developed
the Each One Save One program in 1994. The program is a nonprofit
organization that provides New Orleans mentoring programs with mentors
from the business community. In addition, Each One Save One works
with local governments and school districts to establish new mentoring
programs. More than 350 mentors have dedicated at least an hour
a week with at least one student since the program started.
For more information,
contact David Tisdale at 601.266.4499.
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