On November 10, 2016, Chancellor Vitter shows off his Sugar Bowl ring while addressing a packed house during his Investiture as the Chancellor of the University of Mississippi. The SMBHC faculty, staff and students congratulate Dr. Vitter on becoming the 17th Chancellor. We look forward to many years working alongside him!
Bruce Levingston, the Chancellor’s Honors College Artist-in-Residence, is the inaugural recipient of the Lester Glenn Fant Chair. Read about Levingston’s new, additional title as well as the Fant family’s generosity here. Lester “Ruff” Fant III (left) with Bruce Levingston Photo by Robert Jordan/UM Communications
Check out the UM Alumni Association’s website to purchase a brand new SMBHC scarf! Photos by Robert Jordan
University of Mississippi student body president Austin Powell has been named a finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship. Powell is a senior from Corinth, Mississippi with a double major in public policy leadership and philosophy and a minor in business administration. He is a member of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College. Powell will travel to […]
Bruce Levingston, the Chancellor’s Honors College Artist-in-Residence and holder of the Lester Glenn Fant Chair, played music by Richard Strauss while conservationist and philanthropist David Rockefeller Jr. performed Tennyson’s poem Enoch Arden to a packed and mesmerized audience at Nutt Auditorium on September 28. David Rockefeller Jr. visits with Bruce Levingston’s students in Hon 420 […]
SMBHC alumnus Patrick Woodyard received the Outstanding Young Alumni Award on September 30th at the 2016 Distinguished Alumni Awards Ceremony. Patrick earned a bachelor’s degree in International Studies and Spanish in 2010 and co-founded Nisolo in 2011. Read more about Patrick’s remarkable achievements here. Congratulations, Patrick!
The Spring 2017 honors courses are available to view here. Course descriptions for many of the Spring 2017 honors courses can be found here.
The Fall 2016 Honors Report has been mailed to over 3,000 SMBHC alumni, current students’ parents/guardians, and other interested constituents. If you would like a copy of this year’s Honors Report, then please contact Jennifer Parsons at jparsons@olemiss.edu. Click on KOI POND by SMBHC student Arielle Wallace to read this year’s Honors Report:
On behalf of the Honors Senate, Student Director Will Nowell has announced the second annual Honors College Formal, scheduled for Friday, February 3, 2017. The Lyric will be transformed into an “Awards Night” themed evening. To purchase tickets, go here.
The Chancellor’s Honors College Artist-in-Residence has done it again! A remarkable 2-CD album honoring the music of Philip Glass will be released September 30, 2016. The album features Mr. Levingston’s longtime friend and acclaimed actor Ethan Hawke. The New York Times praised his last album for “Mr. Levingston’s mastery of color and nuance.” Preorder Dreaming Awake at www.brucelevingston.com/recordings, Amazon or iTunes. […]