Millsaps News

Lily Dorian graduated from Millsaps College on May 9, 2020, and less than two weeks later she was awarded a 2020 Dianne Komminsk Scholarship through the Mid-South Sculpture Alliance (MSA). Dorian was one of...

The number of Millsaps College students who have received Fulbright awards continues to grow. Recent graduate Mary Austin Willis has been selected for a Fulbright award, with plans to serve as an English...

Millsaps College has selected Beth Clarke, current senior executive director of admissions strategy and counseling at Sweet Briar College, as vice president of enrollment. Clarke will lead the admission and...

For Dr. Alan Jones, 2020 has been a year of incredible challenges and professional accolades. Jones, a 1994 graduate of Millsaps College with a degree in biology, serves as chair and professor of the...

College prepared to support all forms of classroom instruction beginning August 24, 2020 May 13, 2020 Although Millsaps College students spent the last month of the 2020 spring academic term utilizing remote...

While the student presentations submitted as part of this year's Honors Research Conference demonstrated the usual academic excellence of Millsaps students, they weren't the distinguishing component of this...

"Art impacts everything." That statement is front and center on the website for Paint Love, an Atlanta-based nonprofit that works with youth experiencing poverty and trauma. With the impact of a global...

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...

"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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...