Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College

Honors program at the University of Mississippi

The Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College (SMBHC) is the honors program at the University of Mississippi in the United States. It was founded in 1997 through an endowment from Jim and Sally Barksdale. The institute originally bore the name McDonnell-Barksdale Honors College but was renamed upon the death of Sally Barksdale in 2003.^[1]

The Dean of the SMBHC is Ethel Scurlock.

In 2005, Reader's Digest named the college Best Honors College in its Best of America issue.^[2]

References

^ "Paid Notice: Deaths BARKSDALE, SALLY". The New York Times. 2003-12-10. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
^ "Best Honors College: Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College" at rd.com

External links

Official SMBHC website

The University of Mississippi

Located in: Oxford, Mississippi

Academics

People	Glenn Boyce (chancellor) University of Mississippi Academics
Divisions	Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College University of Mississippi School of Law University of Mississippi School of Engineering University of Mississippi School of Business Administration Croft Institute for International Studies National Center for Remote Sensing, Air and Space Law Center for the Study of Southern Culture

Athletics

Teams	Ole Miss Rebels Football Basketball Men Women Baseball Softball Tennis The Pride of the South (marching band)
Football rivalries	Egg Bowl (Mississippi State) Magnolia Bowl (LSU) Arkansas Vanderbilt Alabama
Facilities	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium The Sandy and John Black Pavilion at Ole Miss Tad Smith Coliseum Swayze Field Ole Miss Soccer Stadium Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center William F. Galtney Indoor Tennis Center Ole Miss Track & Field Complex Ole Miss Softball Complex Gillom Athletics Performance Center University Golf Course

Campus

Main	University, Mississippi Barnard Observatory Confederate Monument The Grove Kennon Observatory Lyceum–The Circle Historic District Museum Rowan Oak Statue of James Meredith
Other	University of Mississippi Field Station University of Mississippi Medical Center University of Mississippi School of Medicine