From the Honors Senate Director Tommy Steis: On Thursday, November 16th at 6 PM, HoCo Senate is hosting Dollar Dinner to benefit The Pantry of Oxford and Lafayette County. Here’s more information: What’s for dinner? Taylor Grocery will be catering a Thanksgiving style meal. Turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, etc. will be served. Where is […]
Watch our new SMBHC video by Deer Run Media. Many thanks to Deer Run Media and the three SMBHC students featured in this film: Jessica Tran, Hallie Gillam, and Jarvis Benson. All three are from the SMBHC Class of 2019.
Tickets are on sale now for the 3rd Annual HOCO Formal! Tickets are $5 for the first 200 tickets and $10 for all remaining tickets. Not everyone has to be an honors student, but everyone needs a ticket to attend! There will be a cash bar for the age appropriate and soft drinks and water available for […]
From Tommy Steis, Honors Senate Director: On October 26th from 8 PM to 1 AM, the Honors Senate is teaming up with RebelTHON for a Benefit Night at Round Table on the Square. Those ages 18+ are welcome. Come for the Live Music, food, and drinks, and stay for the good times and to support […]
The Honors College Early-Action deadline is November 1st. If you would like to learn the admission decision by December 22, submit your Special Programs and Scholarship application by 11:59 pm (CDT). As long as the student’s portion of the application is submitted by that time, the application will be considered on time. Letters of recommendation […]
The Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College is pleased to offer Unfolding Truth: Photographs by TheDocumentaryProjectFund Awardees. This fascinating collection of photographs will be on display through November 29, 2017, and an opening reception will be on Thursday, October 12, from 4:00-5:30 p.m., which will include a panel featuring awardees Kim Raff and Dustin Chambers. Please come […]
Honors course offerings for Spring 2018 are listed here, and descriptions of some of the courses may be found here. Course registration dates for the Spring 2018 semester may be viewed here.
Many thanks to Davis Odle (SMBHC 19) for filming moments of this year’s Honors Welcome Week!
The Chancellor’s Honors College Artist-in-Residence and holder of the Lester Glenn Fant Chair BRUCE LEVINGSTON has been inducted into the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame. Please read about Mr. Levingston and the other inductees here. Congratulations to Mr. Levingston! Photo by Tony Notarberardino
Celebrating twenty years of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, DSG welcomed Jim Barksdale, who introduced the evening’s special guest, Fred Smith, founder and CEO of FedEx. A select number of honors students enjoyed dining with Jim and Donna Barksdale, Fred Smith and his daughter Samantha Smith, UM’s First Lady Sharon Vitter, Vice Chancellor for […]