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At Millsaps, building meaningful relationships with alumni and supporters is a constant priority. As part of that commitment, Chandler Parker MacDonald has been promoted to Major Gifts Officer in the Office of Institutional Advancement. Her new...
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McMullan Writers Workshop alumni, Fulbright Scholar & Museum Educator Before Brittany Wilson graduated from Millsaps College, won a Fulbright Scholarship, and taught English in Taiwan, she was a rising...
Millsaps College is pleased to announce that Professor Eric Charlton has been selected as a 2026-27 Nielsen Center Fellow, a prestigious national fellowship awarded by the Nielsen Center for the Liberal Arts...
The Millsaps College Office of Institutional Advancement recently promoted Sara Wallace to Alumni Engagement Manager and Julia Kennedy to Advancement Specialist. These changes will support Millsaps’ ongoing...
 What happens when classroom learning meets real-world experience? Meet Charlie, Segen and Allison, three Millsaps College students who reflect on their study abroad experience in Africa, where they explored...
With a law school acceptance rate nearly double the national average, it’s clear that Millsaps’ approach to preparing pre-law students is yielding strong results. Here, the pre-law pathway isn’t a single...
Each semester, Millsaps College honors our outstanding scholars who demonstrate exceptional academic achievements and community citizenship. Undergraduate students who earn a GPA of 3.85 or higher are named...
Millsaps College students can now earn both a bachelor’s degree and a law degree in just six years, one year faster than the traditional route, thanks to a new partnership with the University of Mississippi...
In this alumni spotlight, Liz Brister, President of Downtown Jackson Partners, looks back on her experience earning an MBA from the Millsaps Else School of Management. She shares how her time at Millsaps...
Millsaps College has been awarded a $525,000 Gulf Scholars grant from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine to establish a new minor that will prepare students to address sustainability...
Before he wore four stars as the Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, Louis H. Wilson, Jr. was a boy in Brandon, Mississippi, lighting the church furnace on chilly Sunday mornings and selling...
Millsaps College is expanding opportunities to elite education for the state’s brightest students with the launch of the Millsaps Advantage Scholarship. This scholarship will cover the cost of tuition and...
Millsaps College is thrilled to congratulate Elyse Warren, a senior double-majoring in mathematics and neuroscience with minors in chemistry and psychology, on being named a finalist for the prestigious...
Millsaps College proudly marks the 25th anniversary of its groundbreaking Millsaps Yucatan Program, a transformative initiative that has redefined study abroad through deep cultural immersion, collaborative...
Hailing from Laurel, Mississippi, Haley James transferred to Millsaps from a two-year college. Even before becoming a student, she knew this was the right place for her. “I wanted to declare as a pre-medical...
Transferring to Millsaps College was more than just a change of scenery; it was the beginning of a new chapter that has shaped me both as a student and an athlete. Before Millsaps, I was a student-athlete at...
It's National Transfer Student Week! At Millsaps, we see transfer students as a core part of our campus community. Whether they've transferred in from a junior college or four-year school, we are here to see...
Millsaps alumnus Bailey Watkins, ’23, partnered with Dr. Will Selman, associate professor of biology, on a research project that has shed new light on the distribution of green salamanders in Mississippi....
For decades, archaeologists like Dr. George Bey, professor of anthropology and director of the Millsaps YucatĂ¡n Program, relied on painstaking ground surveys to locate ancient Maya sites. “We would put a team...
Millsaps College is proud to welcome back one of its own, Class of 1988 alumna Kathleen Terry-Sharp, who will step into the role of Vice President of Institutional Advancement on Oct. 6. With more than two...
Millsaps College is proud to announce the recipients of its 2025 Alumni Awards, honoring three exceptional people whose lives and careers reflect the enduring values of leadership, service and excellence. The...
