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The University of Mississippi, affectionately known as Ole Miss, is the state's flagship university. Included in the elite group of R1: Doctoral Universities - Highest Research Activity by the Carnegie Classification, it has a long history of producing leaders in public service, academics and business. With more than 23,000 students, Ole Miss is the state's largest university and is ranked among the nation's fastest-growing institutions. Its 16 academic divisions include a major medical school, nationally recognized schools of accountancy, law and pharmacy, and an Honors College acclaimed for a blend of academic rigor, experiential learning and opportunities for community action.

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The University of Mississippi, affectionately known as Ole Miss, is the state's flagship university. Included in the elite group of R1: Doctoral Universities - Highest Research Activity by the Carnegie Classification, it has a long history of producing leaders in public service, academics and business. With more than 23,000 students, Ole Miss is the state's largest university and is ranked among the nation's fastest-growing institutions. Its 16 academic divisions include a major medical school, nationally recognized schools of accountancy, law and pharmacy, and an Honors College acclaimed for a blend of academic rigor, experiential learning and opportunities for community action.

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Alandria Gandy Selected as Ole Miss Women's Council Scholar

Alandria Gandy, of Greenwood, has been awarded the Madison Charitable Foundation Ole Miss Women's Council Leadership Endowment - one of the largest and most innovative awards on the University of Mississippi campus. The $40,000 Ole Miss Women's Council for Philanthropy scholarships have a far greater impact on students' lives than just providing them with financial assistance, said Suzan Thames, chair of the OMWC.
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Scholarship - 2023 Aug 23

Mack Fountain Selected as Ole Miss Women's Council Scholar

Mack Fountain, of Oxford, has been awarded the Donna Ruth Else Roberts Council Scholarship and Oxford Business Women's Council Scholarship - among the largest and most innovative awards on the University of Mississippi campus. The $40,000 Ole Miss Women's Council for Philanthropy scholarships have a far greater impact on students' lives than just providing them with financial assistance, said Suzan Thames, chair of the OMWC.
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Meritxell Ambrocio Selected as Ole Miss Women's Council Scholar

Meritxell Ambrocio, of Ellisville, has been awarded the Asbury Foundation Council Scholarship and Vicki L. and Harry A. Sneed Council Scholarship - among the largest and most innovative awards on the University of Mississippi campus. The $40,000 Ole Miss Women's Council for Philanthropy scholarships have a far greater impact on students' lives than just providing them with financial assistance, said Suzan Thames, chair of the OMWC.
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Bayleigh Francis Selected as Ole Miss Women's Council Scholar

Bayleigh Francis, of Byhalia, has been awarded the Sarah Meisenheimer Council Scholarship and Marjorie Wallace Peddle Council Scholarship - among the largest and most innovative awards on the University of Mississippi campus. The $40,000 Ole Miss Women's Council for Philanthropy scholarships have a far greater impact on students' lives than just providing them with financial assistance, said Suzan Thames, chair of the OMWC.
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Cameron Davis Selected as Ole Miss Women's Council Scholar

Cameron Davis, of Meridian, has been awarded the Rachel McPherson Council Scholarship and Lindsay Kirkley Clemmons Council Scholarship - among the largest and most innovative awards on the University of Mississippi campus. The $40,000 Ole Miss Women's Council for Philanthropy scholarships have a far greater impact on students' lives than just providing them with financial assistance, said Suzan Thames, chair of the OMWC.
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Scholarship - 2023 Aug 23

UM Accountancy Graduate Patrick Poe Receives Top CPA Exam Award

Patrick Poe, graduate of the Patterson School of Accountancy at the University of Mississippi, has been named a winner of the Elijah Watt Sells Award for earning exceptional scores on the CPA exam. The Sells Award is the world's most prestigious award given for CPA exam performance.
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Achievement (Other) - 2023 Aug 16

UM Incoming Honors Freshman Evangeline Ryan Receives Prestigious Scholarship

Evangeline Ryan, of Ocala, Florida, received the Doris Raymond Scholarship, which will provide $8,000 annually toward her education at the University of Mississippi. Ryan is one of 18 incoming freshmen accepted into UM's Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College who are the recipients of some of the most bountiful scholarships at the university.
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Scholarship - 2023 Aug 15
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UM Incoming Honors Freshman Sam Nemee Receives Prestigious Scholarship

Sam Nemee, of Stockton, California, received the Doris Raymond Scholarship, which will provide $8,000 annually toward his education at the University of Mississippi. Nemee is one of 18 incoming freshmen accepted into UM's Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College who are the recipients of some of the most bountiful scholarships at the university.
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UM Incoming Honors Freshman Delaney McNear Receives Prestigious Scholarship

Delaney McNear, of Wheaton, Illinois, received the Doris Raymond Scholarship, which will provide $8,000 annually toward her education at the University of Mississippi. McNear is one of 18 incoming freshmen accepted into UM's Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College who are the recipients of some of the most bountiful scholarships at the university.
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UM Incoming Honors Freshman Millie Kate McBride Receives Prestigious Scholarship

Millie Kate McBride, of Vestavia Hills, Alabama, received the Doris Raymond Scholarship, which will provide $8,000 annually toward her education at the University of Mississippi. McBride is one of 18 incoming freshmen accepted into UM's Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College who are the recipients of some of the most bountiful scholarships at the university.
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UM Incoming Honors Freshman Norah Bruce Receives Prestigious Scholarship

Norah Bruce, of Oxford, received the Bill and Melanie Roper Scholarship, which will provide $10,000 annually toward her education at the University of Mississippi. She is one of 18 incoming freshmen accepted into UM's Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College who are the recipients of some of the most bountiful scholarships at the university.
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Scholarship - 2023 Aug 14

UM Incoming Honors Freshman Sean Kloecker Receives Prestigious Scholarship

Sean Kloecker, of St. Charles, Missouri, received the Doris Raymond Scholarship, which will provide $8,000 annually toward his education at the University of Mississippi. Kloecker is one of 18 incoming freshmen accepted into UM's Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College who are the recipients of some of the most bountiful scholarships at the university.
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UM Incoming Honors Freshman Jillian LaRosa Receives Prestigious Scholarship

Jillian LaRosa, of Long Beach, received the McDonnell-Barksdale Scholarship, which will provide $8,000 annually toward her education at the University of Mississippi. LaRosa is one of 18 incoming freshmen accepted into UM's Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College who are the recipients of some of the most bountiful scholarships at the university.
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UM Incoming Honors Freshman Lily Kruse Receives Prestigious Scholarship

Lily Kruse, of Caseyville, Illinois, received the Bill and Melanie Roper Scholarship, which will provide $10,000 annually toward her education at the University of Mississippi. She is one of 18 incoming freshmen accepted into UM's Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College who are the recipients of some of the most bountiful scholarships at the university.
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UM Incoming Honors Freshman Chloe Clement Receives Prestigious Scholarship

Chloe Clement, of Water Valley, received the McDonnell-Barksdale Scholarship, which will provide $8,000 annually toward her education at the University of Mississippi. Clement is one of 18 incoming freshmen accepted into UM's Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College who are the recipients of some of the most bountiful scholarships at the university.
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UM Incoming Honors Freshman Harsika Dillibabu Receives Prestigious Scholarship

Harsika Dillibabu, of Madison, received the McDonnell-Barksdale Scholarship, which will provide $8,000 annually toward her education at the University of Mississippi. Dillibabu is one of 18 incoming freshmen accepted into UM's Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College who are the recipients of some of the most bountiful scholarships at the university.
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Scholarship - 2023 Aug 14

UM Incoming Honors Freshman Ellie Dowdy Receives Prestigious Scholarship

Ellie Dowdy, of Dexter, Missouri, received the Harold Parker Memorial Scholarship, which will provide $8,000 annually toward her education at the University of Mississippi. Dowdy is one of 18 incoming freshmen accepted into UM's Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College who are the recipients of some of the most bountiful scholarships at the university.
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UM Incoming Honors Freshman Shayne Carson Receives Prestigious Scholarship

Shayne Carson, of Biloxi, received the Annexstad Family Foundation Scholarship, which will provide $6,250 annually toward his education at the University of Mississippi. Carson is one of 18 incoming freshmen accepted into UM's Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College who are the recipients of some of the most bountiful scholarships at the university.
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UM Incoming Honors Freshman Edward Wilson Jr. Receives Prestigious Scholarship

Edward Wilson Jr., of Jackson, received the Annexstad Family Foundation Scholarship, which will provide $6,250 annually toward his education at the University of Mississippi. Wilson is one of 18 incoming freshmen accepted into UM's Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College who are the recipients of some of the most bountiful scholarships at the university.
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UM Incoming Honors Freshman Abby Toups Receives Prestigious Scholarship

Abby Toups, of New Orleans, received the Harold Parker Memorial Scholarship, which will provide $8,000 annually toward her education at the University of Mississippi. Toups is one of 18 incoming freshmen accepted into UM's Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College who are the recipients of some of the most bountiful scholarships at the university.
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UM Incoming Honors Freshman Sydney Stepp Receives Prestigious Scholarship

Sydney Stepp, of Loretto, Tennessee, received the Harold Parker Memorial Scholarship, which will provide $8,000 annually toward her education at the University of Mississippi. Stepp is one of 18 incoming freshmen accepted into UM's Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College who are the recipients of some of the most bountiful scholarships at the university.
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UM Law Student Sabrina Milos Selected for John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowship

Sabrina Milos, of Oxford, a student in the University of Mississippi School of Law, was selected as a 2023 Justice John Paul Stevens Foundation fellow. The foundation's national fellowship program partners with 38 law schools across the country to provide grants and enable law students to work in unpaid public interest summer law positions.
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Achievement (Other) - 2023 Aug 14

UM Incoming Honors Freshman Kyla Rudd Receives Prestigious Scholarship

Kyla Rudd, of Batesville, received the McDonnell-Barksdale Scholarship, which will provide $8,000 annually toward her education at the University of Mississippi. Rudd is one of 18 incoming freshmen accepted into UM's Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College who are the recipients of some of the most bountiful scholarships at the university.
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UM Law Student Tre'on Dozier Selected for John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowship

Tre'on Dozier, of LaGrange, Georgia, a student in the University of Mississippi School of Law, was selected as a 2023 Justice John Paul Stevens Foundation fellow. The foundation's national fellowship program partners with 38 law schools across the country to provide grants and enable law students to work in unpaid public interest summer law positions.
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Ole Miss Graduate Margaret Walker Awarded $8,500 Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship

University of Mississippi alumna Margaret Walker of Suwanee, Georgia, received a fellowship worth $8,500 from the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. Walker is one of 62 recipients nationwide to receive the fellowship. Walker received a dual bachelor's degree in public policy leadership and integrated marketing communications from UM in May. As a Phi Kappa Phi fellow, Walker will pursue a Juris Doctor at the University of Virginia School of Law.
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Achievement (Other) - 2023 Aug 9
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UM Student Destinee Manning Selected for Robert L. Smith, M.D. Scholars Program

University of Mississippi student Destinee Manning has been selected for the Robert L. Smith, M.D. Scholars Program as part of the Jackson Heart Study Graduate Training and Education Center at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, or UMMC-GTEC, in Jackson. Manning, as well as UM students Joanne Canedo and Christine Hamadani, will participate in the two-year program, which provides intensive research training and mentoring experience through various learning and networking opportunities.
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Achievement (Other) - 2023 Aug 7
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UM Student Christine Hamadani Selected for Robert L. Smith, M.D. Scholars Program

University of Mississippi student Christine Hamadani has been selected for the Robert L. Smith, M.D. Scholars Program as part of the Jackson Heart Study Graduate Training and Education Center at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, or UMMC-GTEC, in Jackson. Hamadani, as well as UM students Joanne Canedo and Destinee Manning, will participate in the two-year program, which provides intensive research training and mentoring experience through various learning and networking opportunities.
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Achievement (Other) - 2023 Aug 7

UM Student Joanne Canedo Selected for Robert L. Smith, M.D. Scholars Program

University of Mississippi student Joanne Canedo has been selected for the Robert L. Smith, M.D. Scholars Program as part of the Jackson Heart Study Graduate Training and Education Center at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, or UMMC-GTEC, in Jackson. Canedo, as well as UM students Christine Hamadani and Destinee Manning, will participate in the two-year program, which provides intensive research training and mentoring experience through various learning and networking opportunities.
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Achievement (Other) - 2023 Aug 7

Ole Miss Graduate Eliza Peters Honored by Alpha Omicron Pi

Eliza Peters, a member of the Nu Beta Chapter of Alpha Omicron Pi at the University of Mississippi, who graduated from the university with bachelor's degrees in rhetoric and journalism in May, was honored with a prestigious award at the 52nd International Convention of the fraternity held June 21-25 at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas. The Mary Louise Roller Award honors one collegiate member who has provided outstanding service and leadership to her local Panhellenic, campus and community.
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Achievement (Other) - 2023 Aug 4
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Ole Miss Graduate Orianna Shaw Crosses the Finish Line

Two degrees over six years prepares Orianna Shaw for her next race.
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Graduation - 2023 Jul 31
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