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MIKHAIL GORBACHEV WAS IN JACKSON LAST NIGHT TO BE THE FEATURED SPEAKER FOR UNION UNIVERSITY'S FOURTH ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP BANQUET.
LAURA FORTUNE IS HERE WITH MORE ON THAT STORY.
MEMBERS OF THE PRESS, SCHOOL OFFICIALS, AND AREA RESIDENTS WAITED FOR THE MUCH ANTICIPATED ARRIVAL OF FORMER WORLD LEADER, MIKHAIL GORBACHEV. GORBACHEV RULED COMMUNIST RUSSIA FROM 1985 TO DECEMBER OF 1991 AND WON THE 1990 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FOR HIS EXTRAORDINARY ACHIEVEMENTS IN WORLD AND RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.
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UNION UNIVERSITY HAS BROUGHT SEVERAL NOTABLE SPEAKERS TO THEIR ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP BANQUET INCLUDING MARGARET THATCHER AND COLIN POWELL.
GORBACHEV'S PRESENCE IN JACKSON HAS HAD A GREAT IMPACT
ON MANY IN OUR AREA WITH TIES TO THE FORMER COMMUNIST COUNTRY. TATIANA NUGMAVOWA IS A SOPHOMORE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MAJOR WHO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE FAMOUS WORLD LEADER.
PRESIDENT GORBACHEV HAS WRITTEN SEVERAL BOOKS SINCE THE FALL OF COMMUNISM IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION AND HAS BEEN REGARDED BY "TIME" MAGAZINE AS ONE OF THE MOST PIVOTAL FIGURES OF THE 20TH CENTURY.
I'M LAURA FORTUNE REPORTING FOR GOOD MORNING WEST TENNESSEE.
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THE SCHOLARSHIP BANQUET IS AN ANNUAL EVENT SPONSORED BY UNION'S BOARD OF PRESIDENTIAL ASSOCIATES.
ITS PURPOSE IS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS.
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