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Syner’s Essay Wins Second Place at 2024 Southern Literary Festival
I appreciate the ways that literary criticism and research can bring an entirely new viewpoint and make me question what the work is truly about.
The Legacy of Millsaps Players
From its humble beginnings to its current state, the Players have left an unforgettable mark on Millsaps College and the Jackson arts scene.
Millsaps Athletics Celebrates Fourth Club 40 Class
Majors Total 19 Student-Athletes with a Perfect 4.0 GPA following 2023 Fall Semester
Millsaps College Honors Alumni Award Winners
Through their exemplary achievements and unwavering service, Ward, Alex and Robika epitomize the transformative impact of a Millsaps education.
Q&A with Victoria Gorham
Millsaps was a transformative institution for me. I always knew I wanted to teach at a liberal arts college like it when I finished graduate school.
Brittany Wilson Receives Fulbright Award
My education at Millsaps has prepared me well for everything I may face.
Millsaps Hosts Data Summit April 9-11
Students and community members are invited to the summit featuring leading experts in their fields in three separate sessions
Millsaps Approves New Majors and Master’s Programs
Keeping with our vision to produce informed, creative-thinking and versatile people who are career-ready, Millsaps College recently expanded its curriculum by approving six new majors for undergraduates and two new master’s degree programs.
Dave Woodward aka Chef Dave Millsaps Executive Chef
Seeing people enjoying and bonding over food that comes out of my kitchen, that’s what keeps me going.
‘Random’ Passions Become a Profession at Millsaps
Claire Azordegan, a junior at Millsaps College, may seem to have interests scattered in many different directions, but for her, it all fits together seamlessly. For starters, she is majoring in both Spanish and anthropology while also pursuing a minor in biology. She is a member of the Rotaract Club …
Brittany Wilson Named Semi-Finalist for Fulbright Award
Brittany Wilson, a senior, majoring in math and creative writing, has been recognized as a semi-finalist for a Fulbright U.S. Student Program English Teaching Assistantship to Taiwan for the 2024-2025 academic year. The Fulbright Program, operating in more than 160...
Millsaps CFA Research Challenge Team Wins Mid-South Competition
This achievement underscores the dedication and expertise of our students, as well as support from the previous faculty members, Millsaps alums and other members in the Millsaps community.
Trusting the Process in Arts Research at Millsaps
Millsaps students often explore partnerships between seemingly separate fields, even within their own majors. For studio arts major Mary Noble Howard, the partnership between traditional and digital arts opened the door for hands-on research through Millsaps’ honors...
Nine Questions with Ricky James
Ricky James ’04 is the Dean of the Chapel at Millsaps College. He sat down with us to share his story and what made him return to Millsaps. Where are you from originally? I am from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and attended Hattiesburg High School. Where did you attend...
History at Home and Abroad with Millsaps
Millsaps College was in Connor Sutton’s plans from the get-go. Sutton, who is from Biloxi, Mississippi and attended St. Patrick’s Catholic High School, was interested in Millsaps because his mother graduated from the college. Shortly after coming to campus, he...
President’s Scholars and Dean’s Scholars Lists for Fall 2023
At the end of each fall and spring semester, Millsaps College recognizes outstanding achievement by students by naming them to the President’s Scholars and Dean’s Scholars list. The President’s Scholars List consists of those students who for the semester: Earned at...
A Classic Love Story: Millsaps Edition
Some people say you shouldn’t work with your spouse. Millsaps College professors Dr. Jenni Lewton-Yates and Dr. David Yates do a good job of proving that theory wrong. Lewton-Yates grew up in northeast Ohio and took Latin as a foreign language in high school. She...
Millsaps College Names Frank Neville as its 12th President
The Millsaps College Board of Trustees has named Frank Neville as its 12th president following an extensive national search. Neville was unanimously selected by the 17-member search committee, which consisted of trustees, faculty, staff, alumni, and students. On...
Waits Scholars Program Provides Legacy for Students
Of the names engraved on the Founders Bell Tower at Millsaps College, Jim and Fentress Boone Waits are two of the most recent additions. Following Fentress’ death in 2019, Jim Waits made a planned gift in December 2020 to establish the Waits Scholars program, an...
Nine Questions with Dr. Michael Pickard
Dr. Michael Pickard ’04 is an associate professor of English and chair of the English Department at Millsaps College, and also serves as Eudora Welty Chair of Southern Literature. What do you teach at Millsaps? I have taught everything from our department’s gateway...