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The Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College has extended our offers of admission, and notified by letter those we have waitlisted or declined. For those we have accepted, please notify us of your decision by May 1; refer to the acceptance e-mail you received for instructions on how to accept or decline the offer of admission. […]

The end of February will be an exciting time, as those high school seniors who applied by the January 15 deadline will be notified of our admissions decision by March 1st. Please know that as we process the decisions later this week, it will be difficult for us to return phone calls or e-mails. Early […]

Adam Blackwell, junior Public Policy Leadership major, has been named a Finalist for the Truman Scholarship.  Adam will be interviewing in Nashville on March 27th.  Congratulations, Adam, and good luck!

The competition to join Team Barksdale-World Cup 2014 is now open!  This will be a team of four SMBHC students who will travel to Brazil in June/July 2014 to be witness and participant when the world arrives for the FIFA World Cup.  The SMBHC will select those students who show they are ready – for […]

The Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College received a record 1,133 applications by its January 15 deadline. Teachers and counselors have until the end of January to submit their letters of recommendation. Students who did not apply by the deadline may still do so through May 1, although qualified late applicants will be placed on a […]

Congratulations to Thomas Neal McMillin (Southern Studies and Economics) and Hunter Nicholson (Accountancy and Public Policy Leadership and Spanish) for receiving the 2013 Barksdale Awards.  The Barksdale Awards provide $5,000 each for these two students to pursue independent projects outside the normal structure of a study abroad program or course credit.  To learn more about […]

On Tuesday, February 5, the SMBHC welcomed George Will as its Spring Convocation speaker.  Mr. Will, a columnist for The Washington Post and a frequent analyst on ABC’s This Week, spoke on “The Political Argument Today.”  Prior to his talk Mr. Will dined with students from Steven Skultety’s History of Western Political Philosophy course.  Also, […]

The SMBHC welcomes George Will as its Spring Convocation speaker Tuesday, February 5 at 7:00 p.m. in the Ford Center.  Mr. Will, a columnist for The Washington Post and a frequent analyst on ABC’s This Week, will speak on “The Political Argument Today.”  A book-signing will follow the talk.  The talk is free and open […]

The University of Mississippi Medical Center, the Department of Philosophy and Religion, and the SMBHC are collaborating to offer a five-week immersion experience at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson for three students.  The three selected students will receive six hours of course credit tuition free and receive financial aid to cover living […]