The Honors College will hold its Commissioning Ceremony Friday, May 13, at 4:00 pm in the Ford Center. We will be honoring our largest graduating class to date! And we anticipate hearing from three seniors nominated by their classmates and chosen by the Honors College deans. Christin Gates will provide the welcome, Matthew Henry will […]
It is my sad duty to notify you that Professor George Everett, Jr., the former director of the Honors Program of The University of Mississippi, passed away Saturday, May 14, 2011. Professor Everett took the former University Scholars Program in 1974 and transformed it into the University Honors Program, directing it until 1995. We will […]
In May, SMBHC alum Rosemary Call (B.S. Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2009) was one of two Doctor of Pharmacy students inducted into the School of Pharmacy’s Hall of Fame. Congratulations, Dr. Call! Click here for the full story.
Congratulations to Joanna David on winning a full-tuition scholarship from Twin Creeks Technologies, a solar technology firm that has just completed the initial phase of a new solar panel production facility in Senatobia. Joanna’s honors research, directed by Dr. Cristiane Surbek, focuses on improving methods for using sunlight to disinfect water. Winning the scholarship required […]
As part of the University’s Orientation program, the Honors College will hold a special advising lunch for its freshmen (parents will dine at the JC). After your academic school meeting at 11:00 (including a special College of Liberal Arts meeting for honors students), come to the Honors College building for lunch and learn how to […]
Congratulations to this year’s winners of the $5,000 Barksdale Award! Martina Cotelo will travel to Uruguay to work with documents and conduct interviews that will let her write the story of her grandmother, one of the German Jews who emigrated to Uruguay to escape Nazi persecution in Germany. Billy Forrest will design a survey to […]
Jermaine Jackson, one of our freshman/sophomore honors counselors, is leaving the SMBHC to assume a position at the University of Maryland. Jermaine’s last day will be Friday, April 8. If you get a chance, please stop by his office (202) to say good-bye and wish him good luck in his new job. Thanks for your […]
Prospective freshmen who were accepted for admission to the SMBHC this coming fall have until May 1 to accept or decline the offer of admission. After May 1, any remaining spots will be awarded to students on our waitlist. To accept the offer of admission, log into your account on my.olemiss.edu. If you have any […]
Recently, honors counselor Shelley McGraw was informed that she has been chosen to be inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame at Birmingham-Southern College. She is one of six elite athletes chosen for this prestigious award for the year 2011. She will attend an induction ceremony and celebratory dinner at her alma mater during their […]
On Thursday, February 24th, Louise Leakey, the head of the Koobi Fora Research Project on the shores of Lake Turkana in Kenya, spoke at the Honors College’s Spring Convocation. Dr. Leakey traced the history of discoveries into human origins made by her grandparents, Louis and Mary Leakey, parents, Richard and Maeve Leakey, and the work […]