The Honors Commissioning Ceremony took place at The Sandy and John Black Pavilion at Ole Miss on May 4, 2022. Ajah Singleton welcomed everyone, Rachel Hammond served as class marshal, Taylor Thompson gave the charge, and Ian Pigg delivered the address to the SMBHC Class of 2022. Read their speeches by visiting our Reflections page. […]
After a year of patiently waiting, the SMBHC hosted our Honors and SMBHC Scholars at the 2020 Honors Commissioning ceremony at The Pavilion at Ole Miss on May 6, 2021. Thanks to all those who were able to travel back to Oxford, and for those who were unable–we celebrate you, too! Trip Johnson delivered the […]
Congratulations to our 2021 Honors and SMBHC Scholars! Thanks to Kaylee Crafton, Swetha Manivannan, and Johnny Yang for recording their speeches beforehand due to limitations caused by Covid-19.
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 […]
The Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College Commissioning took place at the Ford Center on Friday, May 11, 2018. Before a packed house, Christopher Cross welcomed everyone, Seth Dickinson delivered the address, and Savannah Smith provided the charge. Meliah Grant served as Class Marshal. Paul Lee was awarded the Dean’s Prize for earning 70 honors hours–the […]