Celebrating twenty years of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, DSG welcomed Jim Barksdale, who introduced the evening’s special guest, Fred Smith, founder and CEO of FedEx. A select number of honors students enjoyed dining with Jim and Donna Barksdale, Fred Smith and his daughter Samantha Smith, UM’s First Lady Sharon Vitter, Vice Chancellor for […]
Thanks to Chancellor and Mrs. Vitter’s hospitality to some of UM’s brightest minds! #stampsscholars Photo by Bill Dabney
On June 17, DSG, Associate Dean John Samonds, and Oliver Dinius, Director of the Croft Institute for International Studies, brunched with honors alumni and students at The Hamilton in Washington, D.C. L-R: Phillip Waller (SMBHC 15), Parker Wishak, Alicia Dixon (SMBHC 17), Kelly Kennedy (SMBHC 15), Stephen Worley (SMBHC 11), Jessica Moeller (SMBHC 10), Anna […]
We are grateful for our SMBHC alumni! Thanks to Chancellor and First Lady Vitter for joining us for brunch at The National in NYC on Saturday, June 10. We also thank Anna Smith and the Ole Miss Alumni Association for orchestrating this fun time! Front Row: Elam Miller (18), Sue Keiser, Penny Leeton. Second Row: […]
Twenty-six groups of honors freshmen convened at the Jackson Center on February 4 to share their videos of the interviews they conducted and the adventures they experienced while traveling coast to coast to answer the 2017 Freshman Ventures question: What does the majority owe the minority? Two groups won Best Presentation and next year will […]