The Honors College looks forward to meeting with those freshmen admitted to the SMBHC for the fall semester. Click here for details about the Honors College portion of your orientation to the University of Mississippi.
The Honors College welcomes 304 freshmen who will join us in August 2010. This is the largest entering class ever. These students hail from 20 states and 4 foreign countries, with 35% from other than Mississippi, and they have an average ACT of 30.2. We look forward to meeting with you during Orientation in June […]
Congratulations to Penny Leeton, Honors Coordinator, for winning the Outstanding Staff Member award in her category! Ms. Leeton was selected through a campus-wide ballot. Honors students who have been through Freshman Ventures, Sophomore Service, or simply needed some quick directions or advice will understand why she won. Congratulations, Miss Penny!
Dennis Pickens (accountancy), Brent Caldwell (philosophy and public policy leadership), and Erin Callahan (international studies) were chosen by their fellow students to speak at the Honors College Commissioning Ceremony on May 7. Erin welcomed all in attendance, Dennis gave the keynote speech, and Brent presented his fellow graduates with a charge.
For information on Freshmen Ventures and how it works, click here to read about the 2009-2010 Question and the different locations & opportunities available to last year’s Freshman Ventures teams.
Click here for a list of all the events for this year’s Freshman Retreat.
We look forward to meeting you soon. You can begin to move in to your dorm at 10am on Wednesday, August 18th, and we look forward to meeting your parents at 4pm that afternoon at the Honors College. Our retreat begins at 10 am at the Honors College where we will offer you a breakfast […]
We welcome Mr. W. Ralph Eubanks, this Wednesday evening, August 25, at 7 pm, at Fulton Chapel where he will speak on his book, The House at the end of the Road. Mr. Eubanks is a graduate of the University of Mississippi (BA) and the University of Michigan (MA), and he is a recipient of […]
SMBHC junior Chelsea Caveny has been named a 2010 Truman Scholar! Chancellor Dan Jones made a surprise announcement to Chelsea during one of her honors classes on Tuesday, March 30. The PPL major from Hattiesburg, MS, is the University’s 14th winner of the Truman Scholarship, an honor designed for students who are “change agents,” preparing […]
Junior Anna Hailey (Chemical Engineering/ Chemistry/ Chinese) has been awarded a Barry Goldwater Scholarship. This award goes to sophomores and juniors who have demonstrated outstanding promise as researchers in the sciences, mathematics, or engineering, and who are clearly committed to a career in research science. Anna is the university’s 12th Goldwater Scholar, the 8th since […]