[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 23, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E196]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING MAMIE OSBORNE

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                        HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 23, 2016

  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Mamie 
Osborne, who is an assistant professor of English and has devoted 
herself to teaching and research since she began working at MVSU in 
1999. She completed post-graduate studies at the University of Toledo, 
University of Louisville, and University of Mississippi in American 
literature, rhetoric and composition, children's and young adult 
literature, and received an undergraduate degree in English from MVSU.
  As a professor, Osborne assisted the Department of English and 
Foreign Languages' English Education program successfully by drafting 
two NCATE self-study reports and earning the program the status of 
``Nationally Recognized'' twice; she is a member of Valley's Quality 
Enhancement Plan faculty team; and she holds membership in the National 
Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and the Black Caucus of NCTE.
  Osborne is a scholar and creative writer. Her scholarly and creative 
works have been published in national and international scholarly and 
literary journals including: The Southern Quarterly, Valley Voices, 
Black Magnolias, The Kentucky River, and Renditions (Hong Kong). Her 
interview with Sterling Plumpp will be published in Conversations with 
Sterling Plumpp by the University Press of Mississippi in spring, 2016. 
She has also made numerous presentations at professional conferences 
and serves as an editor for Valley Voices, a national journal for 
criticism and writing published at MVSU.
  The assistant professor devotes herself to community service. Osborne 
has volunteered to help the City of Itta Bena address its community's 
literacy problem by volunteering during the summer and after school at 
the Itta Bena Public Library and for the past two years conducted 
workshops for the MVSU Reading Institute in children and young adult 
literature and writing.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing Mamie 
Osborne, a professor, writer, researcher and educator, for her 
dedication to serving others and giving back to the African American 
community.

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