Congratulations to the following Honors College alumni who are graduating from UMMC’s School of Medicine: Karen (Garrett) Abernathy, residency in Internal Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina; Allison (Derrick) Bennett, residency in Obstetrics-Gynecology at the UM Medical Center; Courtney Cartwright, residency in Obstetrics-Gynecology at Southern Illinois University; Emily Faulks, residency in General Surgery […]
Tori and Lexi Thoman, junior honors students, have each been awarded a Boren Award to study abroad for the 2011-2012 academic year. Tori will study Chinese in Harbin, China, while Lexi will study Portuguese in Brazil. The Boren Award is a nationally-competitive study abroad scholarship, which recognizes students whose future plans and interests involve US […]
Attendees (Alumni and current students): Juliette Marting (’88) and her husband, Katie Watson (’11), Mia Tatum (’07), Cooper Reves (’10), Chelsea Caveny (’11), Stephen Worley (’11), Anthony Yuen (’08), Shane Richardson Prada (’04) and her husband, Livia Macias (’08), Amanda Boozer (’09), Matt Hopper (’09), Colin Reid (’10) and guest, Bob Lynch (’08) and guest, […]
(Schedule subject to change without notice.) Day one: Wednesday, August 17th • 10:00-12:00pm – Freshmen pick up dorm keys at Stockard & Martin and Residential College • 12:00-3:00pm – Late arrivals pick up dorm keys at Crosby Hall • 4:00-6:00pm – Parents’ Reception and tours of the Honors College (Parents Only) Day two: Thursday, August […]
The SMBHC welcomes its largest freshman class ever at our Freshman Retreat August 17-19. The class currently stands at 313 students, with 62% from Mississippi and the others hailing from 21 states and one foreign country. The average ACT of this group is 30.8 (over half a point higher than last year’s), and the average […]
The SMBHC held its Ninth Freshman Ventures Retreat on Saturday, March 26 at the Oxford Conference Center. Fifteen groups presented what they learned in their travels about “What are the unspoken rules, and why are they unspoken?” Congratulations to the winning teams: Westminster and Miami Herald! Click here to see pictures of the winning group […]
The deadline to apply to the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College was January 15th. By the deadline we received a record 817 applications. Late applications can be submitted until May 1 and will be considered on a space-available basis.
Junior Nikki Reinemann was recently awarded Honorable Mention in the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship competition. The Goldwater is an award given to the most outstanding young research scientists, engineers and mathematicians in the country. Nikki has been performing original research in Dr. Nathan Hammer’s spectroscopy lab and she has recently presented at a conference and […]
In Fall 11, the SMBHC will welcome two Barksdale Fellows, Vince Evans (Marshall 05) and Abby Loebenberg (Rhodes 06, South Africa). In addition to teaching a section of HON 101 in the fall, Evans will also teach honors PPL 300 Public Policy and Ethics, and Loebenberg is offering ANTH 311 Anthropology of Space, Place and […]
The Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award recognizes journalists whose work has focused on human rights, social justice, and the power of individuals to make a difference. A student reporting team won the College Print category with a piece called “The Roads of Broken Dreams: Can a New Delta Arise from the Rot of the Old […]