We have good news! After a nationwide search and from a competitive applicant pool, we are happy to announce VIVIAN IBRAHIM as the Director of Office of National Scholarship Advisement (ONSA). As she served as Interim Director over the past year, Dr. Ibrahim will continue overseeing nationally competitive scholarship and fellowship opportunities by encouraging students […]
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 […]
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!
SMBHC junior Rohan Agrawal, who is majoring in computer science and minoring in international studies and mathematics, will be attending the Committee on World Food Security at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations headquarters in Rome this coming October. He is one of only three students from a competitive pool to […]
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 […]
Congratulations to JESSICA TRAN, who has been named Miss Ole Miss! Among her many leadership roles, Jessica is the Student Director of the Honors Senate, and she is the President of UM Active Minds, which inspired her campaign platform of promoting better education on mental health issues and providing more accessibility for those needing mental […]