The Office of National Scholarship Advisement (ONSA) welcomes Dr. Whitney Woods as Assistant Director. ONSA Director Vivian Ibrahim and Dr. Woods create opportunities for all UM students to learn more about–and compete for–major, national scholarships. The ONSA website recently underwent a makeover, too, and we invite you to take a look around! You can also […]
The SMBHC and ONSA are thrilled to announce SEVEN University of Mississippi Boren recipients! Boren Scholarships provide up to $25,000 to U.S. undergraduate students to study abroad in areas of the world that are critical to U.S. interests and underrepresented in study abroad. BOREN RECIPIENT 2021: Brantley Damon is an Arabic major with minors in Teaching […]
The Office for National Scholarship advisement is thrilled to announce that Ivy Li and Austin Wallace have been awarded the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship. The Goldwater is one of the oldest and most prestigious national scholarships in STEM. It supports exceptional sophomores and juniors who show promise in becoming the next generation of research leaders in […]
The Office of National Scholarship Advisement is delighted to announce that two University of Mississippi seniors have been awarded the Yenching Fellowship. Lennis Barlow and Matthew Travers are both seniors in International Studies and Chinese and members of the Honors College. Barlow is also completing a minor in Environmental Studies, and Travers a minor in […]
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 […]
The Office for National Scholarship Advisement is thrilled to announce that JAX DALLAS and WILLIAM MEADOR have been awarded the Goldwater Scholarship! Jax Dallas (left) and William Meador The Goldwater is one of the oldest and most prestigious national scholarships in the natural sciences, engineering and mathematics in the United States. It identifies and supports […]
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 […]
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
Andrew Hayes (#SMBHC 18) has won a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship and will teach English at a public high school in Madrid, Spain, during the 2018-19 academic year. The highly selective program chooses undergraduate seniors and graduate and terminal-degree students from the U.S. to study at select colleges around the globe. Andrew earned his bachelor’s degrees […]