History
Committed academic leaders, visionary alums, and a dedicated corps of faculty created and sustained The Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College (SMBHC) since its beginning in 1997. As with many a visionary notion, this leap forward owed a great deal to the people and programs that preceded and, in many ways, grounded it while enabling significant growth in focus and impact. Our present Honors College grew out of a national movement that took root at Ole Miss in 1952.