When Mia Aurbakken Adjali first arrived at Millsaps College, she had already lived a life shaped by the wider world. Born in Algeria to United Methodist missionary parents from Norway, she grew up moving between cultures, attending school in France...
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Millsaps Celebrates Class of 2022 Graduates
On Saturday, May 6, 2022, Millsaps College celebrated its 128th commencement. The celebration marked the first time since 2017 that the college has hosted commencement in its traditional location of the Bowl...
Commencement 2022!
Plans are underway for Millsaps College commencement for the Class of 2022! The Millsaps College baccalaureate service will take place on Friday, May 6 at Galloway United Methodist Church, located at 305...
Dr. George Bey Selected for 2022 “Explorers Club 50: Fifty People Changing the World that the World Needs to Know About”
Dr. George Bey, professor of sociology and anthropology at Millsaps College, has been recognized by The Explorers Club in their second annual recognition of the “Explorers Club 50: Fifty People Changing the...
Millsaps College Students Take Top Spot in 2022 Mid-South CFA Research Challenge
A team of Millsaps College students placed first in the 2022 Mid-South CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) Research Challenge held Saturday, February 19 in Memphis, Tenn. The four students were one of seven...
Frueauff Foundation Awards $25,000 to Millsaps College
The Charles A. Frueauff Foundation has awarded $25,000 to Millsaps College in continued support for the college’s Center for Academic Success and Excellence (CASE). CASE provides a “one-stop” experience for...
President’s Scholars and Dean’s Scholars Lists for Fall 2021
At the end of each fall and spring semester, Millsaps College recognizes outstanding student academic achievement on the President’s Scholars and Dean’s Scholars list. The President’s Scholars List consists...
Millsaps College Welcomes New Staff Members
As we move into the new year, Millsaps College is pleased to welcome several new staff members who will be serving in key roles across campus. Their expertise will serve our students, faculty and staff well...
Good for Millsaps and for Mississippi
The lives of Mississippi’s future foodies and Latin students were sealed on President’s Day in the early 1980’s. That’s the day Millsaps student Jeff Good knocked on the first floor Bacot window of Debbie...
The Else School of Management prepared me to be successful at anything I choose to undertake.
Would you like to earn a graduate business degree that will serve you long past graduation? Look at Millsaps College for your MBA degree, says Ben Bjornerud (MBA, 2002). “I have held a myriad of different...
Setting the Standard
The challenges of a global pandemic were confronted and turned into opportunities by the professionals leading the Center for Career Education at Millsaps College. With this work came an award for “Best...
The Eyes Have It
The health and safety of athletes may be strengthened in the future if coaches and trainers can diagnose concussions on the field. Dr. Nicolas Brunet, assistant professor of neuroscience at Millsaps College,...
New Partnership Adds to Study Abroad Opportunities
A new collaboration between Millsaps College and Tunghai University’s International College in Taiwan will open up new opportunities for Millsaps students to pursue studies in Asia beginning in the summer of...
Increased Work Responsibilities Led to Pursuit of MBA
Mandy Mitchell Davis (MBA 2008) started her MBA program at Millsaps College one week before Hurricane Katrina devastated the Mississippi Gulf Coast in August 2005. “I did not have a background in business...
Discovering His Passion
The impact of Millsaps College on Carson Marshall is evident. Following his transfer to Millsaps from Occidental College in Los Angeles in 2019, Marshall describes his most impactful moment as the discovery...
Windgate Foundation Awards $2.1 Million to Millsaps College
The opportunity for students to receive a life-changing education at Millsaps College will be possible for years to come, thanks to a more than $2.1 million gift for scholarships and art equipment from the...
Millsaps College Ranked Among Best Colleges for 2022 by U.S. News
Millsaps College is on the list of the best liberal arts colleges in the country, according to the newly released rankings from U.S. News. Millsaps ranks #114 out of 223 schools that made the list, and also...
Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Campus Center Receives Grant for New Public Programming
The Mississippi Humanities Council has awarded a $15,000 grant to the Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) Campus Center at Millsaps College to support a new series of digital and public...
Millsaps College Featured in The Princeton Review’s “Best 387 Colleges” for 2022
Millsaps College is one of the best institutions of higher learning for undergraduates according to the 2022 edition of "The Best 387 Colleges" guide published by The Princeton Review. It is the only private...
Doing the Job No One Had Ever Done Before
The shift from bartender in New York to a cultural icon wasn’t all that glamorous. “One night, I’m mixing a daiquiri at a cabaret show and a guy sitting there starts wagging his finger at me,” Alan Hunter...
Millsaps College Breaks Ground on Phase 1 of Baseball Facility Enhancements
Work is officially underway on the first phase of a three-stage upgrade to baseball facilities at Millsaps College. Donors and trustees of the college gathered on August 23 with college officials and head...
