News Archive

The end of February is an exciting time, as those high school seniors who applied by our regular deadline will be notified soon of our admissions decisions. Decision e-mails will go out by Friday, February 27, with letters to follow.  Please know that as we process the decisions this week, it will be difficult for […]

The Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College welcomes Bruce Levingston, our own Chancellor’s Honors College Artist in Residence, at our Spring Convocation Tuesday, February 10 at 7:00 pm at the Ford Center.  Mr. Levingston will be bringing some well-known figures from the world of cinema to discuss and perform scores for films from the past and present.  […]

Freshmen Ventures concludes with presentations by the ventures teams Saturday, February 7th at the Jackson Avenue Center beginning at 8:30 am. We are excited to see what the Ventures groups learned from their travels across the United States.  For a story on one of the Freshman Ventures teams, click here. Participation in this Saturday event […]

Due to technological difficulties, we are extending the deadline to apply to the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College to January 15th.  We are already reviewing those applications received by the 5th.  The application for the Honors College is part of the Special Programs and Scholarship Application.  Remember that you must first apply to the University […]

We want to remind prospective Fall 2015 freshmen that the deadline to apply to the SMBHC is January 5th at 11:59 pm CST.  The application for the Honors College is part of the Special Programs and Scholarship Application.  Remember that you must first apply to the University of Mississippi before accessing the Special Programs application.  […]

The construction of our addition is moving forward, including relocating some power lines.  To do that, the power to the SMBHC has to be off early in the week of Thanksgiving.  Power should be restored by Wednesday afternoon, the 26th, but until then the building will be closed.

The Honors College welcomes prospective students and their families to attend Scholars Day on Saturday, November 15th. The Honors College building will be open in the morning from 9:00 a.m–10:50 a.m.for tours and for prospective students to meet current students. We will also host a session featuring current honors students and the SMBHC staff at […]

The Special Programs and Scholarship Application for prospective Fall 2015 freshmen is available here.  Remember that you must first apply to the University of Mississippi before accessing the Special Programs application.  Those who applied by our Early-Action deadline of November 1 will be notified of our decision by December 20.  The regular deadline is 11:59 […]

We want to highlight a number of special course opportunities we have in the spring, from “The History and Literature of the Civil War” to “New York City in Film” to “Ethics in Archaeology” to “Cross-Cultural Communications.”  For descriptions of these special topics and others, visit here.  In addition to these courses, there are plenty […]

The Special Programs and Scholarship Application for prospective Fall 2015 freshmen is available here.  Remember that you must first apply to the University of Mississippi before accessing the Special Programs application.  Those who apply by our Early-Action deadline of November 1 will be notified of our decision by December 20.  The regular deadline is 11:59 […]