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Millsaps Hosts Middle and High School Art Competition

Showcasing Student Talent Across Mississippi and Louisiana Millsaps College welcomed middle and high school students from across Mississippi and Louisiana for its annual Middle and High School Art Competition, a juried exhibition celebrating young...

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Making His Own Mark at Millsaps

Paul Thomas was already familiar with Millsaps College. Thomas’ parents and sisters attended the college, with his parents both pursuing careers in the medical field. So, naturally, the Hattiesburg, Miss....

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Transferring Home to Millsaps

The experience of transferring to a new college can be an exciting but stressful journey. For Millsaps senior and Rayne, Louisiana native Austin Arceneaux, it was flawless. Arceneaux began his college career...

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Built-in Best Friends at Millsaps

Vicksburg, Miss. natives and sisters Madalyn and Natalie Burke have more in common than family. Both are students at Millsaps College, and both wanted similar college experiences. Madalyn, a senior majoring...

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Millsaps College to Honor Alumni Award Winners

Millsaps College will present its annual alumni awards on Saturday, April 22, 2023 as part of Spring Alumni Weekend. The Alumni Awards recognize graduates who have made significant contributions to society...

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It All Adds Up at Millsaps

Chris Dean didn’t have to look far to find the right college. Dean, a sophomore at Millsaps and a Madison, Miss. native, considered colleges across the southeast, but he found his next step in life less than...

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“I’m going to Jackson.”

Worth Wilsey, a senior at Millsaps majoring in government and politics and pursuing a minor in peace and justice studies, had just had the first of many transformational experiences in Jackson, Mississippi....

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Connections Make the Difference

Millsaps College senior Lidia Melaku first learned about Millsaps at a college fair in her hometown of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. After speaking with a visiting representative from the office of admission, Melaku...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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From Northern Lights to Southern Nights

During her senior year of high school in Anchorage, Alaska, Millsaps College was not even an option for Clare Howard. Howard, a senior pursuing a degree in biology with a minor in education, focused on...

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