The 2019 Honors Report has arrived! TAKE A LOOK! Special thanks to the following: Stefanie Goodwiller, Jennifer Parsons, Benita Whitehorn, Yasmeen Adbo, Ainsley Ash, Devna Bose, Brittany Brown, Sariyah Coleman, Eveanne Eason, Jacob Ferguson, Nakiyah Jordan, Swetha Manivannan, Liam Nieman, Ellie Smith, Jessica Tran, Kristen Vise, John Michael Walker, Arielle Wallace, Kevin Bain, Thomas Graning, […]
Please read Dean Sullivan-González’s response to the recent news regarding the Emmett Till memorial. Photo of Emmett Till © Associated Press
The Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College Commissioning took place at the Ford Center on Friday, May 10, 2019. Before a packed house, Jessica Tran welcomed everyone, Jarvis Benson delivered the address, and Jacob Ferguson provided the charge. Ellie Smith served as Class Marshal. Yasmeen Abdo was awarded the Dean’s Prize for earning 70 honors hours–the highest amount in her class, and tied for the second-highest […]
Last night, these humans wowed us with their talents at the Honors Art Showcase. Thanks to John Michael Walker (SMBHC 21) for aligning the stars! #SupporttheArts #citizenscholars Pictured: Benjamin Rorabaugh, Michael Rowlett, Douglass Sullivan-González, Nancy Maria Balach, John Michael Walker, Emma Johnson, Jesse Gibens, Lawson Marchetti, Ava Street, Corey Davis, and Nakiyah Jordan. Not pictured: Bruce […]
THIS is what Community Action looks like! ⭐️ Last month, Nickalus Jones, Yasmine Malone (SMBHC 21), Vaniccia Dawson, and Tyler Yarbrough (SMBHC 21) led a college readiness workshop at their alma mater: Clarksdale High School. “Throughout this week, we instilled within the students that their stories have already shown the world that they are problem solvers […]
This past Friday, honors seniors Noah Kippenbrock and Mary Grace Bass presented their research at the South Central Branch of the American Society for Microbiology 2018 Meeting held at UMMC. Their posters featured portions of their honors thesis research. Noah and Mary Grace are students in Dr. Colin Jackson’s Research Group in the Department of […]
This past weekend, Suad Patton Bey, Ainsley Ash, Tyler Yarbrough, Jaz Brisack, Abhijaya Shrestha, and Bailey Morton traveled to Washington, D.C. to participate in March for Our Lives. SMBHC students Tyler Yarbrough and Ainsley Ash were interviewed by a local news station. We love seeing our honors students be active citizen scholars. Thanks to honors junior […]