The Blending of a Calling and a Passion

Millsaps College was always the plan for Faith Gilmore. Gilmore, who graduated with her undergraduate degree in 2022 and is pursuing her Master of Accountancy at the Else School of Management, felt a sense of being called to Millsaps. “I felt as though Millsaps...

Finding Growth through Community

Landry Lemoine is often one of the first people prospective families meet when they visit Millsaps College. Lemoine, a senior from Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, works in the Office of Admission as a Presidential Ambassador and guides families on campus tours while...

Making the Case Outside the Classroom

The classroom is often the place where a student’s knowledge and mastery of material is tested and challenged. Recently, a group of Millsaps College students had the opportunity to showcase their research and skills outside the classroom. The annual meeting of the...

Millsaps Became the Destination

Millsaps College was just supposed to be a stop on the way to Otis Kenner’s next destination. In high school, Kenner planned to attend the University of Southern California, thousands of miles from his hometown of Destrehan, Louisiana. However, he had to shift his...

Finding the Forgotten Crawfish Frog

What once was lost has now been found, thanks to the work of students and faculty in the Millsaps biology department in partnership with the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science. The Jackson Prairie, a prairie grassland habitat, historically occurred in central...

A Mission for Mohr

Michael Mohr has felt the call to serve others since his time as a Catholic high school student in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. During Mohr’s junior year of high school, he started making plans to attend Loyola University in New Orleans. After Hurricane Katrina came ashore...