Students at Millsaps College know David Yates as the kind of professor whose passion for the ancient world is impossible to miss, whether he’s unpacking Greek historians in the classroom or drawing students into conversations that connect the past...
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Millsaps College Class of 2025 Is Coming in Strong
By all accounts, the past year has been a tough one and people are looking for good news. At Millsaps College, good news is coming to campus in the form of one of the largest incoming classes of first-year...
Millsaps College Announces President’s Scholars and Dean’s Scholars for Spring 2021
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. “These students have...
Harvey Fiser Named Interim Dean of Else School of Management
Millsaps College has announced that Harvey Fiser has been appointed interim dean of the Else School of Management. Fiser completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from Mississippi State...
Megan James Tapped as New Dean of Students at Millsaps College
Millsaps College is pleased to announce that Megan James, currently serving as alumni engagement associate at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) and international fraternity president of...
Hardin Foundation Grant Supports Development of Pathways Program
Millsaps College has always been a place where preparing students for the workforce and commitment to the hallmarks of a liberal arts education are not mutually exclusive, but rather mutually reinforcing,...
Millsaps Women’s Tennis Claims First SAA Tournament Title
Majors Made History by Downing Centre, 5-1 in the championship on Sunday. The Millsaps women's tennis team made history on Sunday by claiming its first Southern Athletic Association (SAA) Tournament title....
Legislative Fellowship Program Marks Fifth Year
Since 2016, Millsaps students have been helping shape policy in the halls of the Mississippi Capitol. Each spring, four students are awarded Legislative Fellowships through the Women’s Foundation of...
2021 Honors Conference Offers Broad Range of Research
Interpreting translated language in choral music. Introspective writing on issues of personal health. Issues of ongoing poverty in urban environments. Finding structure in the world around us. These were some...
Jim and Mary Sharp Rayner: Committed to Millsaps, Committed to Mississippi
Jim and Mary Sharp Rayner are no strangers to hard work. Jim (’62) sold everything from books to cookware to put himself through medical school. Mary Sharp earned her degree in education from the University...
Millsaps College/Chism Strategies State of the State Survey: Voters Shift on COVID-19 Vaccine
Many Mississippians have reconsidered their plans regarding whether they intend to receive the COVID-19 vaccination, as 63% of voters say they will definitely or probably get vaccinated while another 13%...
Family Ties
Cameron Ketchum’s connection to Millsaps College runs in the family. Ketchum’s uncle, Monty Hamilton, graduated with honors from Millsaps in 1984. He remains connected to the college today through his work as...
Millsaps College Professor Peter Friedrich Wins New Fulbright Award
The U.S. Department of State, the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board and the Board of Directors of the Fulbright Finland Foundation in Helsinki have selected Millsaps Associate Professor Peter...
Becoming More Marketable in the Healthcare industry
“I kept talking myself out of graduate school,” says Joel Shows (MBA, 2017) when asked how he chose the Millsaps College Else School of Management for his MBA degree. “I loved what I did. My nursing degree...
Millsaps College and William Carey University Announce New Partnership
Millsaps College and William Carey University (WCU) have announced a third educational partnership. Beginning in late February, “William Carey at Millsaps” will offer select WCU graduate programs at the...
Campus Water Update: February 24, 2021
The City of Jackson is still impacted by low and no water pressure, but the situation is improving. As pressure slowly returns throughout campus, please do not attempt to flush toilets or utilize other water...
Campus Water Update: Tuesday, February 23, 2021
The City of Jackson is still impacted by low and no water pressure. Although the water pressure is increasing on campus, it is not yet high enough for standard operation. The college’s emergency management...
Campus Water Update: Monday, February 22, 2021
The City of Jackson is still impacted by low and no water pressure. Although the water pressure is increasing on campus, it is not yet high enough for standard operation. Anyone traveling on and off campus is...
Campus Water Update: Sunday, February 21, 2021
The City of Jackson is still impacted by low and no water pressure. Although the city continues to work to fix the issue, the water pressure on campus remains very low. As announced yesterday, the college has...
Winter Storm Update: Saturday, February 20, 2021
The region’s winter weather advisory has expired, and fortunately the ice and snow are melting and driving conditions are improving. Unfortunately, however, the City of Jackson is still impacted by low and no...
Winter Storm Update: Friday, February 19, 2021
The region’s winter weather advisory has transitioned to a hard freeze warning today (Friday, February 19) from 6:00 p.m. this evening through 9:00 a.m. tomorrow (Saturday) morning. However, campus remains...
