Madeleine Dotson, a junior Arabic, economics, and political science major and member of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College has been named a finalist for the Harry S. Truman Scholarship. She will interview for the prestigious award on March 20th in Nashville, Tennessee. Read the full story. Congratulations, Madeleine! Those who are interested in applying […]
The Office of National Scholarship Advisement and the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College are delighted to announce that CHARLOTTE ARMISTEAD has been named a 2021 Rangel Fellow. Charlotte, who comes from Mooreville, MS, is a senior at the University of Mississippi. She is a joint major in International Studies and Arabic completing a minor in […]
Senior Barksdale Fellow and PhD student Ashleen Williams has won the 2020 Tennin-Alexander Prize for the best graduate paper in history. From the University of Mississippi’s Dalrymple III Department of History: “Oh Men of Justice! 20th Century Political Petitions in Bahrain and a Negotiated Nation,” Williams’s winning paper, was written under the direction of Professor […]
Caleb Ray has been awarded a prestigious David L. Boren Scholarship, which is part of the National Security Exchange Program. The Boren supports two semesters of study abroad. Caleb, an International Studies and Arabic Major from Mississippi, will use his Boren to complete his fifth year capstone in Morocco. Congratulations, Caleb!
Congratulations to Jarvis Benson, Jaz Brisack, John Chappell, Chinelo Ibekwe, and Marisa Kutchma! Benson, Brisack, and Chappell have been named Rhodes Scholarship finalists, Brisack and Kutchma have been named Marshall Scholarship finalists, and Ibekwe has been named a finalist for the 2018 Rhodes West Africa Scholarship! Grenada, MS native Jarvis Benson is studying international studies and […]