Special Events
This information is from Major Facts, the student handbook. The information printed is as accurate and up-to-date as possible. However, this does not preclude the possibility of changes taking place during the academic year. Any changes will be updated on this website.

Tap Day - Sponsored by Omicron Delta Kappa, held once each semester to recognize students for extracurricular and scholastic achievements. Scholarship trophies are awarded to the fraternity or sorority with the highest averages for the preceding semester. Organizations must be current Millsaps College organizations to participate.

Activities Fair - Held each year in the fall semester, the Activities Fair provides students an opportunity to explore options for involvement on campus. Questions or ideas about the activities fair should be directed to the Office of Student Life.

Academic Awards Day - Held in late spring to recognize students with outstanding scholastic achievements, and leadership.

Millsaps Forum Series - These programs are offered periodically during the fall and spring, mainly on Fridays at 12:30 p.m., but at other times as well. Sponsored by the Public Events Committee, the series consists of lectures, films, panels, performances of dance and music and other special events. Participants include nationally-known figures as well as Millsaps faculty, students, staff, and people from the Jackson community and the state of Mississippi. All these programs reflect the aim of a liberal education: the freeing of the mind to grasp the world of nature, human experience, and action in all its richness and complexity, and encouraging learners to respond with awareness, sensitivity, concern and mature judgment.

Millsaps Arts and Lecture Series - The Millsaps Arts and Lecture Series is dedicated to expanding cultural enrichment opportunities at the college, in Jackson and in Mississippi by providing dynamic encounters with the most celebrated and acclaimed talents of our day. Primary funding for the series is from season ticket sales in the community. Performances are generally held at 7:30 p.m. in the Academic Complex Recital Hall unless otherwise specified. Millsaps students are invited to attend for free with student I. D.

Last Hurrah - Held the evening before Commencement, this party is sponsored by the Office of Alumni Relations as a gift to the students and their parents.

Major Madness – Major Madness is a celebration of spring! This weekend of events includes a crawfish boil, games, a concert, and much more. Major Madness is coordinated by SAPS and the Office of Student Life.

Horizons/Scholars Day/Crossroads/Sports Day/Fine Arts Audition Day – This is a group of campus visitation programs sponsored by the Admissions Office in which prospective students spend a day on campus visiting classes, meeting faculty and enjoying student life. These are opportunities for current students to participate as hosts or hostesses for future students.

Commencement Weekend - on the Friday evening following final exams, a Baccalaureate Service is held at Galloway memorial United Methodist Church. On Saturday of that weekend Commencement Exercises are held in the morning in the Bowl on campus.

Black History Month - During the spring semester each year a month-long program of special events is sponsored celebrating the contribution of African Americans to American History. The program includes speaker, forums, performances and social activities.

MultiCultural Festival - During the fall semester each year a week long program of special events is sponsored by the Office of MultiCultural Affairs and the MCA Diversity Group to exhibit the diversity that exists within Millsaps’ community. The program includes all types of music, workshops, exhibits, films, and other creative diversity programming. The overall objective is to improve understanding and to hear the voices of others in order to discover how our community can function at it’s best.

Dr. Martin Luther King’s Birthday - Events encouraging the importance of the American minority culture to all students is also the objective for celebrating Dr. martin Luther King’s birthday. Coordinated programming is designed to reflect and promote unity and equality, the essence of Dr. King’s convictions.

Founders Day - a day to recognize and honor the founders of Millsaps College. The event is scheduled on or as close as possible to the official founding date of the college, February 21 (1890). It has become tradition to honor our scholarship fund donors and our student scholarship recipients during a reception on the campus sponsored by the Office of Institutional Advancement.

College Awards and Recognition Dinner - Held in conjunction with founders Day and hosted by the Office of Institutional Advancement, it is at this dinner that the College presents the alumnus/a of the year Award and the Jim Livesay Service Awards.

Homecoming - This annual fall event attracts large numbers of alumni back to the College for reunions, parties and activities related to the weekend. The Office of Alumni Relations hosts the Young Alumni party for those who have graduated in the past 10 years. Students sponsor a concert, participate in the pep rally and activities in the Bowl, and elect a Homecoming queen and court.

Family Weekend – This event is held each fall and involves all parents of current students. It is an opportunity for parents to see their children, make appointments with professors and meet other parents. The Parents Council meets during this weekend and sponsors several activities connected with Family Weekend.

The Bell Concert Series at Millsaps College – this series is underwritten by private patronage. The concert series focuses on music for the piano.

Student Life Awards – Held in the late spring to honor students’ achievements outside of the classroom.

Diwali – The Hindu Festival of Light is celebrated in November of each year.

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