Last week in Los Angeles, 21 UM students, including 15 SMBHC students, attended the Society of Women in Engineering Conference, the largest conference in the world for women in engineering and technology. Students connected with industry leaders, attended interactive workshops on leadership and engineering subjects, and had some fun touring SpaceX, Impulse Space, and Varda […]
We are so thankful for the wonderful attendance at the November 1st reception for “I’m Still Here: Documenting James Meredith” by Suzi Altman. What an honor to hear from James Meredith, and what a privilege for us to shelter Suzi Altman’s photographs in the Great Room through November 17. View more pictures by visiting Instagram […]
The Spring 2024: Honors Courses page is now available. Courses will be added and updated leading up to the spring semester.
The 2023 Honors Report is online and coming to a mailbox near you! We are thankful for everyone who made this publication possible. Thank you, Tiffany Hershfelt, for your lovely cover art. Thanks to HG Biggs for allowing us to feature you and your photography. Huge thanks—nine years in a row—to art director Stefanie Goodwiller […]
Photographs from “I’m Still Here: Documenting James Meredith” by Suzi Altman will be on display in the Honors College’s Great Room from October 23-November 17, 2023. A reception for the exhibit will take place at 3:00pm on Wednesday, November 1, 2023 in the Great Room. The exhibit and reception are free and open to the […]
Honors business major and FNB intern Omobola Obasanjo talked with UM residents about money management. Students gathered in Pittman Hall and learned about financial literacy while painting shark and piggy banks and enjoying food from South Depot Taco Shop. Thank you to Graduate Community Director Bernadine Allala and Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Academics Rebecca Oliver […]
On Wednesday, October 25, 2023, Bruce Levingston, Chancellor’s Honors College Artist in Residence, will host Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley and Eudora Welty Prize-winner and author Ethel Morgan Smith for a special discussion of their new works at Nutt Auditorium at 7:00 pm. The event will be open and free to all University of Mississippi […]
“If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you’ll find an excuse.” –Heather McTeer Toney at the Honors Fall Convocation on September 27, 2023. THANK YOU, Heather McTeer Toney! We appreciate your timely message and environmentalist spirit! Thank you, honors students, staff, faculty, and community members for showing up. We’re […]
On September 20, UM Internship Experience hosted presentations from Olivia Reeves and Latoria Hicks. Over the summer, IMC major Olivia Reeves interned with International Radio & Television Society in NYC, and film production major Latoria interned with Entertainment Creative Group in Atlanta. Are you interested in the UM Internship Experience? Visit outreach.olemiss.edu/internships/. (Photo by Jennifer […]
Read about life at the SMBHC as well as testimonies from honors alumni in our updated Honors Viewbook!