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 high school senior attending the McMullan...
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Message from President Pearigen: Millsaps College Staying Strong During COVID-19 Pandemic
Like every college and university in the country and beyond, Millsaps College is facing the challenges of adapting to the restrictions brought about by the global COVID-19 pandemic. Our students went on...
Feeding the Front Lines
"Working together works." That's how Jeff Good describes the partnership between himself and fellow Millsaps alumnus Richard Schwartz. The two are teaming up along with other Jackson-area restaurants to...
Innovating to Maintain Community
April 21, 2020 "There's no reason to avoid trying something new. If people are working, parenting, and learning in more creative ways, the church is not absolved of this responsibility." These words from Rev....
Coronavirus Pandemic Causing Deep Health, Economic, and Electoral Concerns in Mississippi
Trump Holds 11-point Lead; Voters Embrace Mail-in-Balloting for November April 20, 2020 Mississippians are deeply concerned about the coronavirus pandemic and the impact it is having on their health and...
Dealing with the Side Effects We Don’t See
April 16, 2020 Just a few years ago, Taz Watson was a top running back for Millsaps, finishing the 2016 season with 644 yards and 14 touchdowns. He graduated in 2017 with degrees in neuroscience and cognitive...
From the Phone Line to the Front Line
April 13, 2020 As a physician assistant with an internal medicine group at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Gwen Baer ('99) usually spends her days working directly with patients who come through her...
A Balancing Act
April 7, 2020 For Anne Rollings Waldrop, dealing with the coronavirus presents a delicate balance in her practice of medicine. Waldrop graduated from Millsaps in 2012 with a degree in biochemistry before...
Keeping the Connection
April 2, 2020 Coming on the heels of Mardi Gras, the coronavirus pandemic is hitting Louisiana hard, with the state becoming one of the most heavily impacted in the nation. In the midst of this, the Rev. John...
The Doctor You Call for More Information
March 27, 2020 For Emily Landrum, the importance of working on the front lines as a primary care physician is a family (and Millsaps) tradition. Her grandfather, Leonard Brandon, graduated from Millsaps in...
Flatten the Curve
Sarah Elizabeth Scales only graduated from Millsaps in 2018, but she's putting her biochemistry major to good use as a student in the Masters of Public Health program at the Mailman School of Public Health at...
Millsaps Welcomes Isaac Carter as New Head Football Coach
Millsaps College has hired Isaac Carter as its new head football coach. Carter comes to Millsaps from Mt. San Antonio College, a community college in Walnut, CA, where he has worked as defensive coordinator...
Walking Away with the Win
This past fall, Millsaps College seniors Vajresh Balaji and Bineyam Tsegaye traveled to Baltimore to compete in the MedHacks "hackathon" at Johns Hopkins Medical Center and walked away with a win. MedHacks is...
University of Mississippi Partners with Millsaps on New Dual-Degree Program
Millsaps College continues to strengthen its partnerships with state institutions and offer students new opportunities for dual degree programs. A new partnership signed with the University of Mississippi...
Millsaps Welcomes Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting
The Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting (MCIR) has found a new home on the campus of Millsaps College. The MCIR was founded by Jerry Mitchell in 2018 as a nonprofit news organization that seeks to...
Important Message from President Rob Pearigen
Dear Members of the Millsaps Community, I am writing to you at the beginning of a new calendar year and a new semester to bring you up to date on important developments at Millsaps and to share a few...
Bringing Music to Life
Listening, analyzing, and discussing music from the Renaissance to the present—it sounds like a basic music theory class, but not at Millsaps College. During the spring 2020 semester, students will be...
Health Care Concerns Loom Large for Mississippi Voters as New Legislative Session Opens`
Hyde-Smith Earns Lackluster Approval Ratings While Facing Likely US Senate Rematch; Voters Back Scrapping State's Electoral College Provision Making health care more accessible and affordable in Mississippi...
Dr. David Davis Honored by Mississippi Humanities Council
Dr. David Davis, associate professor of history at Millsaps College, has been recognized by the Mississippi Humanities Council with its annual Humanities Teacher Award. Davis joined the Millsaps faculty in...
The Science of Art
Abed Haddad spends his days working with treasured works of art in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City. Haddad, a 2014 graduate of Millsaps, is The David Booth Fellow in...
Lofton Gray to Serve as Policy Fellow at the Mississippi Center for Public Policy
Millsaps College continues to deliver on its promise of connecting students directly with employers. Lofton Gray, a junior government and politics major, was recently offered the position of policy fellow at...
