Congratulations to our 2023 Barksdale Award Winner CLARK ETZEL! A public policy leadership major minoring in English, Spanish, and economics, Clark will use his $5,000 award to spend a portion of this summer in Italy studying the public policies of cultural heritage preservation at six cultural heritage sites. Clark anticipates using his time abroad as […]
Dr. Ethel Scurlock is our new Dean! From Provost Wilkin: “I am pleased to announce that Dr. Ethel Scurlock has been appointed to serve as the next dean of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College (SMBHC). In addition to being Associate Professor of English and African American Studies, Dr. Scurlock currently serves as […]
Bestselling author and UM Professor of English and Creative Writing KIESE LAYMON addressed, “What unites us?” in front of captivated students, staff, faculty, and community members at the Ford Center on February 4th. Laymon is the auther of Heavy: An American Memoir, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America, Long Divison, and the […]
Congratulations to Fulbright ETA winners Ty Gill and Bethany Fitts! Ty, an honors senior linguistics, Spanish and classics major from Saucier will teach in the Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship Program in Spain. Bethany, an honors senior English major from Tupelo, also received a teaching assistantship to the Czech Republic. The highly selective program enables college […]
Congratulations to Kathryn McKee, McMullan Associate Professor of Southern Studies and associate professor of English at the University of Mississippi! Professor McKee has been tapped for director of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture and will begin her new role on July 1. Professor McKee teaches honors English courses and has advised several […]
English major and 2018 Barksdale Award winner Bethany Fitts has received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to the Czech Republic. Congratulations, Bethany! For more information on the Fulbright ETA, visit here. Interested in applying? Contact the Office of National Scholarship Advisement. Bethany Fitts