Introducing our 2023-2024 Honors Ambassadors! Our 54 ambassadors represent 13 states and 32 UM departments. Fifty-four percent are Mississippians, and 100% are SMBHC-approved! We appreciate our Honors Ambassadors for their time, service, and sparkling personalities. They are often the first honors-affiliated persons to interact with prospective honors students, and their impact is critical to our […]
On behalf of the Office of National Scholarship Advisement, the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College is proud to announce that three SMBHC students, Reinhard (Matt) Knerr, Ethan Lambert, and Alexandria (Ally) Watrous, have been awarded the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship. The Goldwater is one of the oldest and most prestigious national scholarships in STEM. It supports […]
Congratulations to our 2022 Barksdale Award winners, Matt Knerr and Rabria Moore. MATT KNERR Majoring in biochemistry with minors in neuroscience, biological sciences, environmental sciences and psychology, this Stamps Scholar is a 2021 UM Green Fund Award recipient and has completed research and internships with UM’s Office of Sustainability, the Black Earth Institute in Wisconsin, […]
On Thursday, March 25th, at 7pm we will welcome Ray Mabus as our 2021 Honors Spring Convocation keynote speaker. On the morning of the event, a link to the Zoom webinar will be shared via email to our students and will be posted to our SMBHC alumni account on LinkedIn. All are welcome. Ray Mabus […]
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 […]
On November 14th, Dr. Thomas, Professor Williams, and Dr. Heaven joined SMBHC students Charlotte Armistead, Azurrea Curry, Nya Thompson, Alana Mitias, Harrison McKinnis, Nakiyah Jordan, Nathan Beasley, Taylor Love, Jaylin Jones, Izzy Furr, Fernando Arellano, Noah Watts, Chandler Douglas, and Bella St. Amant (SMBHC ’20) in Ecru, MS for a day of service in partnership […]
The Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College welcomes 462 students into its Class of 2024. This class is second in size only to the Fall 2016 class of 474. This fall’s cohort averages a 31.5 on the ACT and a 3.97 high school GPA. The students hail from 28 states, with 57% being from the state […]
We are thrilled to announce that SMBHC student Joshua Mannery is a Truman Scholarship finalist! There were over 800 applications and 60 awards are made annually. Joshua will now proceed to final round interviews in Nashville, TN, on March 18th. Joshua is a Political Science and English double major from Jackson, MS. Passionately believing in […]
The Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College welcomes 408 students into its Class of 2023. This stellar class averages a 31.3 on the ACT and a 3.98 high school GPA. The students hail from 27 states, with 56% being from the state of Mississippi. We look forward to meeting all of you at an Orientation session […]
Whither the State of Mississippi? Professors, we invite you to create a course (1- to 3-hours) preparing students to engage the questions surrounding Mississippi at Mid-Century: Our current brain drain, disappearing labor force, and declining population decimate our State of Mississippi. Design a course that engages the questions that create directions and suggestions for policies […]