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The SMBHC Senior Dinner was held at The Inn at Ole Miss on April 24th. View over 60 pictures from the evening by visiting our Facebook page. (Photo by Bill Dabney)

Ole Miss Giving Day officially begins April 9th, but gifts received now through April 10th will go towards our overall Giving Day fundraising efforts. Make an Impact for the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College Today! Your support on Giving Day will empower the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College to grow its student body and help […]

On February 20, 2024, Dean Scurlock and members of the SMBHC team dined with our honors scholarship holders at the Jackson Avenue Center. We are thankful for the donors that help these students thrive, and we are thankful for our students!

Photographs from “I’m Still Here: Documenting James Meredith” by Suzi Altman will be on display in the Honors College’s Great Room from October 23-November 17, 2023.  A reception for the exhibit will take place at 3:00pm on Wednesday, November 1, 2023 in the Great Room. The exhibit and reception are free and open to the […]

On Wednesday, October 25, 2023,  Bruce Levingston, Chancellor’s Honors College Artist in Residence, will host Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley and Eudora Welty Prize-winner and author Ethel Morgan Smith for a special discussion of their new works at Nutt Auditorium at 7:00 pm. The event will be open and free to all University of Mississippi […]

Read about life at the SMBHC as well as testimonies from honors alumni in our updated Honors Viewbook!

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 […]