News Archive

The SMBHC held its Ninth Freshman Ventures Retreat on Saturday, March 26 at the Oxford Conference Center. Fifteen groups presented what they learned in their travels about “What are the unspoken rules, and why are they unspoken?” Congratulations to the winning teams: Westminster and Miami Herald! Click here to see pictures of the winning group […]

The deadline to apply to the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College was January 15th. By the deadline we received a record 817 applications. Late applications can be submitted until May 1 and will be considered on a space-available basis.

Junior Nikki Reinemann was recently awarded Honorable Mention in the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship competition. The Goldwater is an award given to the most outstanding young research scientists, engineers and mathematicians in the country. Nikki has been performing original research in Dr. Nathan Hammer’s spectroscopy lab and she has recently presented at a conference and […]

In Fall 11, the SMBHC will welcome two Barksdale Fellows, Vince Evans (Marshall 05) and Abby Loebenberg (Rhodes 06, South Africa). In addition to teaching a section of HON 101 in the fall, Evans will also teach honors PPL 300 Public Policy and Ethics, and Loebenberg is offering ANTH 311 Anthropology of Space, Place and […]

The Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award recognizes journalists whose work has focused on human rights, social justice, and the power of individuals to make a difference. A student reporting team won the College Print category with a piece called “The Roads of Broken Dreams: Can a New Delta Arise from the Rot of the Old […]

The Honors College will hold its Commissioning Ceremony Friday, May 13, at 4:00 pm in the Ford Center. We will be honoring our largest graduating class to date! And we anticipate hearing from three seniors nominated by their classmates and chosen by the Honors College deans. Christin Gates will provide the welcome, Matthew Henry will […]

It is my sad duty to notify you that Professor George Everett, Jr., the former director of the Honors Program of The University of Mississippi, passed away Saturday, May 14, 2011. Professor Everett took the former University Scholars Program in 1974 and transformed it into the University Honors Program, directing it until 1995. We will […]

In May, SMBHC alum Rosemary Call (B.S. Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2009) was one of two Doctor of Pharmacy students inducted into the School of Pharmacy’s Hall of Fame. Congratulations, Dr. Call! Click here for the full story.

Congratulations to Joanna David on winning a full-tuition scholarship from Twin Creeks Technologies, a solar technology firm that has just completed the initial phase of a new solar panel production facility in Senatobia. Joanna’s honors research, directed by Dr. Cristiane Surbek, focuses on improving methods for using sunlight to disinfect water. Winning the scholarship required […]

As part of the University’s Orientation program, the Honors College will hold a special advising lunch for its freshmen (parents will dine at the JC). After your academic school meeting at 11:00 (including a special College of Liberal Arts meeting for honors students), come to the Honors College building for lunch and learn how to […]