The Office of National Scholarship Advisement (ONSA) welcomes Dr. Whitney Woods as Assistant Director. ONSA Director Vivian Ibrahim and Dr. Woods create opportunities for all UM students to learn more about–and compete for–major, national scholarships. The ONSA website recently underwent a makeover, too, and we invite you to take a look around! You can also […]
Ainsley Ash (SMBHC 21) has received a Diversity Innovator Award from the University of Mississippi’s Division of Diversity and Community Engagement. The inaugural award recognizes recipients’ efforts to create a more diverse and equitable campus. Read more about Ainsley and her fellow awardees. (Photo by Devna Bose)
University of Mississippi master’s in Spanish candidate Margaree Jackson (SMBHC 19) has published original poetry in the journal Vernacular: New Connections in Language, Literature, and Culture. Congratulations, Margaree!
Mr. John King (UM 64) stands between his son-in-law and professor of political science, Timothy Nordstrom (left), and Sean Brown (SMBHC 22). Mr. King masterfully crafted and has generously donated this table to the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College. Thank you, Mr. King! (Photo by Douglass Sullivan-González)
After a year of patiently waiting, the SMBHC hosted our Honors and SMBHC Scholars at the 2020 Honors Commissioning ceremony at The Pavilion at Ole Miss on May 6, 2021. Thanks to all those who were able to travel back to Oxford, and for those who were unable–we celebrate you, too! Trip Johnson delivered the […]
Congratulations to our 2021 Honors and SMBHC Scholars! Thanks to Kaylee Crafton, Swetha Manivannan, and Johnny Yang for recording their speeches beforehand due to limitations caused by Covid-19.
The SMBHC and ONSA are thrilled to announce SEVEN University of Mississippi Boren recipients! Boren Scholarships provide up to $25,000 to U.S. undergraduate students to study abroad in areas of the world that are critical to U.S. interests and underrepresented in study abroad. BOREN RECIPIENT 2021: Brantley Damon is an Arabic major with minors in Teaching […]
All ten students of the 2020-2021 UM Student Hall of Fame are members of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College. Congratulations to Shelby D’Amico, Victoria Green, Asia Harden, Swetha Manivannan, Joshua Mannery, Harrison McKinnis, Gianna Schuetz, Robert “Cade” Slaughter, Madison Thornton, and Robert Wasson. #CitizenScholars (Photos courtesy of students pictured)
The Office for National Scholarship advisement is thrilled to announce that Ivy Li and Austin Wallace have been awarded the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship. The Goldwater is one of the oldest and most prestigious national scholarships in STEM. It supports exceptional sophomores and juniors who show promise in becoming the next generation of research leaders in […]
Hello, Madam President! Congratulations to the 2021-2022 ASB President Morgan Atkins (SMBHC 22) along with the many other honors students elected to the Associated Student Body. Click here for a full list of election results. (Photo of Morgan Atkins by Ashley Mills)