PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
                                                   October 6, 2003

Contact:
Terry Hapney, Director of Communications
Office: (740) 351-3112; FAX: (740) 351-3179; Cell: (740) 352-5566
E-mail: thapney@shawnee.edu    

           Linda Scott DeRosier, Ph.D., professor of psychology at Rocky Mountain College, in Billings, Mont., and author of the autobiography “Creeker: A Woman’s Journey,” will speak at Shawnee State University (SSU) at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 14, in the Clark Memorial Library’s Flohr Lecture Hall.

           A native of Johnson County, Ky., DeRosier will present a free lecture to the community entitled, “Recreating a Personal Appalachian Past: Writing in Response to Place,” as part of the Jane M.G. Foster Distinguished Lecture Series. Her new book “Songs of Life and Grace” is ranked number one on the “Fall 2003 University Press Book Sense 76 Top Ten” list.

           For more information, call (740) 351-3461.    

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