COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY
Class of 2022
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In memory of our classmate
CAROLINE MCCOLLUM SIMRALL HOOD August 25, 1999 - January 11, 2022 By faculty vote, Caroline, an Integrated Marketing Communications senior, receives her degree posthumously today. Her teachers and friends will never forget her beauty, her intellect, and her love for others.
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Ceremony The Sandy and John Black Pavilion Friday, May 6, 2022 7 p.m.
MUSICAL PRELUDE STATEMENT OF WELCOME
Interim Dean Dr. Debora Wenger
NATIONAL ANTHEM
Brittany Kohne
KEYNOTE
Ashley Miles
CONFERRING OF DEGREES
Interim Dean Dr. Debora Wenger
MASTER OF ARTS IN JOURNALISM
Assistant Dean Dr. Marquita Smith Assistant Dean Patricia Thompson
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN INTEGRATED MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS
Assistant Dean Dr. Marquita Smith Assistant Dean Patricia Thompson
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN JOURNALISM
Associate Professor Charles Mitchell
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INTEGRATED MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS
Associate Professor Scott Fiene
Please allow graduates and platform party to exit first. Banner Bearer/Student Marshals: Jackson Bartley Sepko, Lauren Kate Drewry Graduation Committee Chair: Assistant Dean Jennifer Simmons Faculty/Staff Graduation Marshal: Shannon L. Dixon
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Our Guest Speaker Ashley Miles (B.A.J, ‘05) is the Founder & CEO of Franklyn West, a business growth collective. Her organization is committed to transformation and sustainable growth for businesses and leaders. Previously, she served as the Global Chief Business Officer at Thrive Global, reporting directly to Founder/CEO Arianna Huffington. She led worldwide sales, marketing and business operations focused on monetization and accelerating growth through Thrive’s enterprise, SaaS and brand partnerships. Prior to Thrive, she spent over six years building and scaling Refinery29, the leading digital media and entertainment company for women. As Chief Client Officer, Head of Advertising, NA, she lead Refinery29’s advertising and revenue strategy, growth and development, and oversaw Sales, Marketing Solutions, Client Services, Media Planning and Ops.
Ashley Miles
Founder & CEO, Franklyn West
As a mother of two young girls, Ashley is proud to help women claim their power in business as Immediate Past President of New York Women in Communications. In her role as President, she formally launched the #WomenHeard initiative to help address the dramatic departure of women from the workforce post Covid-19. Ashley is a recipient of the 2018 New York Women in Communications WICI Award and has served on the Board of Governors of CEW for the past six years.
Master of Arts: Journalism May 2022
Cameron Breland Margaret Kate Bushway Hannah Grace Cooper Elise Joelle Laurence Denoulet
John Macon Gillespie Tia Jackson Amanda Nikhazy MacKenzie Slate Ross Taylor Elise Tucker
August 2022
Emily Lyndsey Cochran Dayna Lauren Drake Caroline Grace Gleason
Master of Science: Integrated Marketing Communications December 2021
Yodit Fikre Aberra Firiehiwot Mekonnen Ayalew Samson Arega Bekele Tilahun Tadesse Berhe Yonas Asfaw Beyene Bisrat Yared Fenta Tigist Eshetu Gebreyes Lemma Yadecha Gudeta Taye Kenenissa Kotu Jasmine Victoria Meredith Nebiat Hailemichael Nana Zebiba Miftah Nassir Tadesse Tilahun Tessema Girma Kebede Wayuma Thomas Gabreyohannes Woldesenbet Nigusu Worku Wordofa Abel Alemu Yimer
May 2022
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Emma Anderson Anne Tai Boehringer Sabyius Jabez Boggan Madeline Burdine Antoinette D. Collins Nicole Lily Eleanor Daoust Thomas Wade Griffin Kelsey Hanley Samantha Henderson Avery Christina Hilliard Craig Johnson Finley Michelle Kelaher Lauren Taylor Lucas Shannon Carol McClure Kathryn Ellen McGregor Abigail Ann Nichols Erin Tionne Pennington Jade Arielle Tampoc Richardson Jordyn Rodriguez Adam Christian Stewart Meagan Lindsey Tape Andrea Patricia Zabala Nieto
Sean Kareem Bouabid
August 2022
Seth Alan Austin Clemon Diamond Beamon Holly Beth Bormann Joseph Bryan Clark Adrienne Veniece Edney MacKenzie Drew Hannon Hannah Grace Hastings Zoé F Hightower Logan Taylor Kirkland Madeline Grace Marshall Taylor Ethan McKnight Kylee Shea McLaughlin Nicole Sadej Shelby Hauck Bohn Waldron Kyle Kendric Webber Quentin Scott Winstine Gene Adams Wright *Cum Laude | **Magna Cum Laude | ***Summa Cum Laude
Bachelor of Arts: Journalism December 2021
Chloe Brooke Baker* Madisyn Marie-Sophia Bornfleth Meagan Elizabeth Harkins*** Morgan Christopher Moore Madeleine Lowe Nolan Alexander Cole Norris*** Cameron Neal Riser Kelby Grace Zendejas
May 2022
Mallori Jean Baker Anna-Kate Boyd* Justin Patrick Claas* Caroline Olivia Crisler Terrigin Jada Dixon Lauren Kate Drewry*** Ann Marie Edlin Victoria Leigh Ellis Cameron Cole Evans
Frances Grace Farquhar Cameron Ann Fronk Lillian Gayhardt Garner Rhylan Grace Hillis Eleanor Kingwell Sharples Hoover*** Janae Lashaun Hudson Catherine Alexandra Jeffers*** Donnetta Sarah Johnson Tucker Frederick Lewis Jordan Nicole Majersky Grace Elizabeth Marion Nikki DeSanta Marzette Jillian Irene McGann** Grant Debruyne McLaughlin Cearra Renee Moore Cassandra Lynne Morrison Sarah Neely Mullen*** A.J. Norwood Landon Prine Prestwood Madeline Taylor Quon**
Katherine Christiana Reckling Isabella Madeline Shelton Mackenzie Marie Taylor Owen Peyton Taylor Allie Elizabeth Watson Hayden Elizabeth Wiggs*
August 2022
Dillon Ross Cader Laura Ailene Cosby Michael Carter Diggs Evone’ Michelle Garcia Martha Caroline Helms Alyssa Noelle Moncrief* McKinleigh Adair Rutledge Makayla Gabrielle Steede*** Sara Tacito Virginia Grace Temple*
Bachelor of Science: Integrated Marketing Communications December 2021
Katherine Louise Abraham* Catherine Elizabeth Adkins** Benjamin Arebalo Emily Bauer Grant Thomas Beauchamp John Patrick Bove-Smith Andrew Thomas Brady Audrey Marie Bridges Britain Faye Highfill Castagna Camryn Alise Christenson Kelly Nola Corley Julia Elizabeth Corso* John William Cunningham Kiefer Michael Donlon Audrey Alexandra Durso Jonathan Michael Essex Lon’tayshia Tra’miya Griffin Anne Clark Harvey*** Paige Montgomery Higginbotham Harris Ashley Howard Finn Benjamin Kempkes Amber Rose Peterson*** Nicole Michelle Rasmussen Sophie Anne Riley Joshua Thomas Seastone Jaqueline Paige Simpson Lyndin Marie Simpson* Harper Louise Sims Madison Mary-Tyre Smith
Logan Surber Savannah Hays Swalley Nicolas Alexander Tanzi Olivia Jane Triplett Jacie Makenna Unland* Christopher Alan Vanslyke Lauren Elizabeth Watkins
May 2022
Langston Ophelia Ables Anastasia Alexandra Aktipis Alexandra Connolly Allen Molly Jean Ayers** Chloe Lauren Bardon Zoe Elizabeth Barnes** Calli Kay Barr Grace Catherine Bauder Margaret Hasbrouck Bell* Paige Julian Bell McKinley Taylor Bice Payton Cole Bishop Olivia Rose Booth Christopher David Bowker Archie Joseph Breland* Brogan Lee Brewer Caroline Channing Bridges* Georgia Elizabeth Bright*** Anna Norene Brock Raina Mikel Brock Sydney Christian Brock
Cameron Ansley Brown* Zachary Kasem Brown Emma Kathryn Bueltel** Avery Elizabeth Burks Grace Elizabeth Bynum*** Michael Patrick Callahan Jenna Catherine Campbell Leitzel Anna-Claire Christine Campbell* Campbell Thomas Carlock Ali Day Cartee Haley Dianne Casas Sarai Leeann Castellanos Vanessa Abbot Clark Kendall Leigh Clarkson* Kylie Nicole Cockrell* Wilson Alexander Coke Madeline Kate Colombo* Claire Delaney Connors McKenzie Christine Cooke Charles Ellis Counce Richard Hanley Crawford Marion Micah Crick* Alexandra Elizabeth Davis Lauren Claire Davis* MayCee Lynn Decker Amanda Baylee Deen* Max C. Delanty Mallory Joy Dickinson Mia Lorell Dilworth
*Cum Laude | **Magna Cum Laude | ***Summa Cum Laude
2022 Graduates | 5
Bachelor of Science: Integrated Marketing Communications Mia Margaret DiMeo Agnes Kathryn Doddridge*** Addison Paree Doerr Emma Gael Doherty Rachel Ann Dorman Hannah Victoria Drew Meghan Fern Dulaney* Graycen Bella Dunn Grace Thompson Dyer*** Lauren Annette Edwards Elizabeth Chappell Emmons Ella Rose Endorf*** Paige Marie Engebretson Benjamin Thomas Evans** Taylor Noelle Fields Madeline Jane Friedman Anna Rice Gables Brendan Alexander Galbraith Briaunna Jamie-Leigh Galey** Andrew Stephens Gardner*** Sarah Sutton Gatlin* Emily Jane Gerber* Yazmin Emily Goulet*** Austin Riley Green Morgan Elizabeth Green Samantha Wynn Green Tyler Sue Hajek** Hamilton Ivory Hall Jodi Katherine Hallum* Abagail Marie Hamelton Lilly Arabella Hamm** Lillian Margaret Hardee Allison Rae Harr** Carson Elizabeth Harris Georgiana Louisa Nelson Harrison* Emileigh Katherine Hayes Brooke Alexandria Henigan Kelly Marie Hennessy Kacey Mae Henriques*** Joe Poindexter Hewes Carleigh Faith Holt Elizabeth Claire Holwadel Lauren Alyne Hoselton* Sarah Brooks Huddleston* Katherine Joy Hudson Madalyn Grace Huey Ireland Marie Irving Olivia Rae Isaacs Katherine Paige Jackson** Catherine Alexandra Jeffers*** Mary Chapman Johnson* Julia Katherine Kelley*
Olivia Elaine Kelly* Abigail Kathleen Kessler* Leighton McClendon Kesting Tyler Joseph Kijak Evan Micah King Lilia Sweet Tyline King* Janis Blair Kruger** Ty James Kuykendall Nicholas Addison Lambert Claudia Ann Lappe* Lily Elizabeth Le Bleu* Rachel Whidden Leary Emma Rae Leathers Sedrick Rashad Lee Savannah Olivia Lesslie Jack Daniel Levy Caroline Anne Lieurance Kristen Gail Lindsey Ann Marshal Logan Caitlyn Elise Loiacono** Rachel Elizabeth Long Amber Ellen Loraas Christopher Burk Lucore Fiona Lee Luther* Grace Alexander Macpherson Lexi Renee Magram JaDarius D’quan Matthews Kaitlyn Riley McCall Virginia Rowan McCarroll Evans Blackwell McCook Coleman Merrick McCool Molly Elizabeth McCown* Taylor Lea McCrary Georgiann Elaine McCullough Katelyn Anne McKinney* Isabelle Anna McLeod* Daniel Sage McNamara** Sophia Elizabeth Meruvia* Emily Holland Meyers Jacob Christian Meyers James Reagan Mietsch Rachel Elizabeth Miller Emma Bradshaw Milligan Tyler Randall Mirick Katelyn Elizabeth Morgan William Kenneth Morgan Stephanie Claire Mortimer* Jacie Mae Newman*** Anna Grace Newsom** Abby Elizabeth Noie Kyndall Layne O’Banion Margaret Claire Odom
Drew Riley Overby Andrew Thomas Owens Hunter Russell Paffrath Melina Anastasia Panichas Yianni Socrates Papanicolopoulos Mary-Shelton Anne Pappas Joshua David Passafiume Brooke Marie Patterson Grace Sullivan Patton* Frances Rieves Payne Patricia Ivonne Perez Laura Leigh Petteway Makenna Elise Phillips* Trakeedrea Kenyale Phillips Trakeedrick Montrell Phillips Alli Madison Pierce Chloe Kemper Pons Arik O’Brien Price Rebecca Margaret Pugh Caroline Culbertson Pursley* Frankie Christine Rasp Abigail Peyton Raworth Anslee Kate Reaves Mary Katherine Reed** Devyn Elizabeth Reynolds Alyssa Hope Rezek*** Jon Lennart Ringquist II Nadia D Robinson Joseph Dalton Robison Carigan Payton Rose* Miranda Kay Rossee* Jayne Elizabeth Rush* Caroline Allison Russell Savannah-Kate Sasser Madeline Rose Scher Chandler Peyton Schultz Jackson Bartley Sepko*** Marin Elizabeth Shutty Sarah Emily Slade Melvin Richard Springer IV*** Taylor Nicole Stephens Bradford Lillian Stewart** Reagan Renae Stone*** Bennett Grace Strickland* Mason Ann Strope* Michael Quinn Taplin Anna Catherine Thomas** Sarah Saliba Tonos** Brooke Mae Tucker Josie Yates Tummillo Jackson Hawk Tuthill Avery Lauren Van Noy Drew Venable *Cum Laude | **Magna Cum Laude | ***Summa Cum Laude
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Bachelor of Science: Integrated Marketing Communications Madison Alexandra Vice** Sydney Frances Waitley* Lydia Louise Walker Erin Rose Walsh Grace Evelyn Walsh Emily Ann Waters* Annabelle Grace Watts* Jack Thomas Whitaker Davis Carroll Whitwell Ida Scott Williams Benjamin Wyatt Wilson Ivey Elizabeth Wimberly Megan Elizabeth Yenzer Bo O’bryan Young Alexa Victoria Zaleski* Katherine Victoria Zaloom*
August 2022
Elizabeth Hill Anderson Carson Laneal Avery Anna Gentry Barnes Lily Shelton Baur Troy Richard Bloomquist Mary Reiley Boling Katera Lashae Bridges Lana Grace Broussard Reid Charles Brown Jimmie Cain Cordelia Cameron Chatfield Emma Allison Cooney Arnie Coritana William Thomas Crowley
Slade Patrick Cummins Jalen Marques Cunningham Clark Laney Davis Lily Grace Duce Susannah Butler Eidt Devin Kain Elarton Madison Grace Engelman Harrison Lee Gardner Baylie Catherine Gary James Harrison Goff Courtney David Gregory Garrett Gross Grace Elizabeth Hampton Jordan Nicole Hardin Katelyn Rose Harmon Haley Renee Heller Hailey Christine Hennessey Paige Evelynn Hill Michael Haynes Hutson Conner Paul Jackson Elizabeth McCall James Francesca Nicole Kirdy Mackenzie Brooke Klimson Christopher Clay Lambert Emily Rose Lanier Rob Michael Lanke Olivia Jean Lautier Lacy Lei Anhthu Le Nicholas Porter Legates Carrie Ann Louise Loper Laura Elizabeth Lowe Eva-Marie Hightower Luter
Aleksandra Markic Marlene Alice Middleton Caroline Grace Mills Taylor Leean New Kiana Marie Nichol Kaitlyn Audra Parker Emily Jo Poff Samantha Paris Pollina Anna Gwynith Potts Sydney Helena Price Sela Raines Arden Ricketts Gregory Eugene Rodgers Debrecia Celeste Rogers Ellis Elizabeth Ross Olivia Faith Settlemires Carolyn Sue Slater Hannah Grace Sloan Taylor Nicole Textor Cameryn Lyons Thomas Trevor Dean Thorp Kendall Marie Van Daele Evan Riley Van Fossen Griffin Matthew Weissman Carson Whitney Emma Haralson Williams Dawson Skylar Wilson April Pearl Wong Katie Lee Woods William Worley Shelby Gabrielle Young
*Cum Laude | **Magna Cum Laude | ***Summa Cum Laude
2022 Graduates | 7
Faculty & Staff PROFESSORS Joseph B. Atkins Dr. Graham Bodie Dr. Debora Rae Wenger Dr. Kathleen Woodruff Wickham ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS Dr. Mark K. Dolan Scott Fiene Vanessa Gregory Cynthia Joyce Dr. Robert Magee Charles D. Mitchell, J.D. Darren Sanefski Dr. Marquita Smith Alysia Steele Dr. Kristen A. Swain ASSISTANT PROFESSORS Dr. Zenebe Beyene Dr. Amanda Bradshaw Dr. Jason Cain Michael Fagans Dr. Iveta Imre Patricia Thompson INSTRUCTIONAL ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Dr. R.J. Morgan
INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT PROFESSORS John A. Baker Emily Bowen-Moore Dr. Ike Brunner Brad Conaway Debbie Woodrick Hall Evangeline Ivy Patricia Overstreet-Miller Chris Sparks Bobby D. Steele, Jr. Mike Tonos SUPPORT FACULTY Angela Atkins Paris Buchanan Thomas R. Burchfield Kaitlin Cannava Lynn Craig Allison Estes Stefanie Goodwiller Bryan Gregory Claire Hick Dr. Summer Hill-Vinson Amy Ingram Honeycutt Dennis Irwin Timothy Allen Ivy Lynette Johnson Ellen Kellum David Kellum
ADMINISTRATION Dr. Debora Rae Wenger, Interim Dean and Professor Jennifer Simmons, Assistant Dean for Student Services Dr. Marquita Smith, Assistant Dean for Graduate Programs Patricia Thompson, Assistant Dean for Student Media Dr. Jason Cain, Integrated Marketing Communications Coordinator Charles D. Mitchell, J.D., Journalism Program Coordinator Shannon L. Dixon, Operations Supervisor Catherine Robinson, Accountant Paula Hurdle, Academic Counselor Whitney Jackson, Academic Counselor Jack Lawton, Network Manager Michelle Martin, Administrative Assistant
University of Mississippi: Dr. Glenn Boyce, Chancellor Dr. Noel Wilkin, Provost
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Mary Stanton Knight Joshua McCoy Samuel McGlone Ellen Meacham Kate Newman Randal Pinkston William Roberson La’Reeca Rucker Sarah Sapp Kevin Seddon Jared Senseman Christina Steube Robin Street Rachel West Anna Grace Usery Xavier Vazquez
Student Awards Dean’s Awards GRADUATE STUDENTS Samson Arega Bekele MacKenzie Slate Ross Andrea Patricia Zabala Nieto
IMC Grace Ann Alexander Molly Jean Ayers Alexandra Barfield Agnes Kathryn Doddridge Yazmin Emily Goulet Jodi Katherine Hallum Anne Clark Harvey Kacey Mae Henriques Carleigh Faith Holt
Lilia Sweet Tyline King Kelly Li JaDarius D’quan Matthews Reagan Muirhead
GRAD EXCELLENCE IN IMC ONLINE Zebiba Miftah Nassir
GRAD EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM Elise Joelle Laurence Denoulet
EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM Rabria Moore Madeline Taylor Quon
GRAD EXCELLENCE IN IMC RESIDENTIAL Thomas Wade Griffin
EXCELLENCE IN IMC Brendan Alexander Galbraith Jackson Bartley Sepko
JOURNALISM Anna Kate Boyd Victoria Leigh Ellis Sarah Neely Mullen A.J. Norwood
Lambda Sigma Justin Claas
Excellence Awards
Taylor Medal Catherine Alexandra Jeffers Amber Rose Peterson Reagan Renae Stone
Who’s Who Anna Kate Boyd Kylie Nicole Cockrell Agnes Kathryn Doddridge Lauren Kate Drewry Ella Rose Endorf Cameron Cole Evans Lauren Alyne Hoselton
Lilia Sweet Tyline King Janis Blair Kruger Grace Elizabeth Marion Coleman Merrick McCool Georgiann Elaine McCullough Sarah Neely Mullen A.J. Norwood
Patricia Ivonne Perez Trakeedrea Kenyale Phillips Madeline Taylor Quon Melvin Richard Springer IV Makayla Gabrielle Steede Reagan Renae Stone
Caroline Grace Gleason Kala McKinsi Nance Jane Rob Pannell Miley Carolyn Ray
Chris Richardson Asst. Dean Marquita Smith
Hall of Fame Ella Rose Endorf Coleman Merrick McCool
Kappa Tau Alpha Kathryn Haley Clift Elise Joelle Laurence Denoulet Agnes Kathryn Doddridge Olivia Rose Flax
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Our History 1947
The University of Mississippi Department of Journalism began in 1947 when Charles Gerald Forbes was hired. He was a member of the history faculty at Oklahoma State University who had an extensive newspaper background. He initiated the Mississippi Scholastic Press Association (MSPA), an organization to advise and provide support to high school publications, and the Press Institute, an annual seminar designed to foster the sharing of print media knowledge between college and high school students. By September 1948, the department hired Samuel Talbert, an advertising professor. Also during this time, the school’s newspaper, The Mississippian (founded in 1911) became a recognized professional training ground for future journalists. Talbert later served as the department’s chair until 1972. The Mississippian became daily in 1961, and its name was changed to The Daily Mississippian in 1968. Ronald T. Farrar became chair in 1973, and two years later the department earned its first ACEJ accreditation. Dr. Will Norton, Jr., became interim chair in 1977 and chair in 1979. One milestone of the Norton years was the addition of the Radio-Television degree program in 1979-1980. In 1982, the program began a student-run cable newscast, NewsWatch 12, under the direction of Fulbright scholar Dr. Jim Pratt. In 1984, the Meredith Corporation provided funding to establish a model service journalism (magazine) program and Dr. Samir Husni was hired. Norton left the department in 1990, and Husni served as interim chairman until Dr. Don Sneed was hired in 1991 to head the department. With Sneed’s departure, Husni once again became acting chair (1994-1996) and chair (1996-1997). Husni expanded faculty diversity by adding a second AfricanAmerican woman to the tenure-track faculty. He also helped hire the first and second holders of the Kelly Gene Cook Chair in Journalism, Sid Salter and John Johnson, two distinguished state journalists. Dr. Stuart Bullion joined the faculty in 1997. Bullion’s tenure as chair was marked by curriculum revision, the department’s first major fund-raising effort in several years and a significant increase in enrollment. Initial plans for renovation and expansion of Farley Hall were developed under Bullion’s tenure after receipt of a $5 million gift from The Freedom Forum. The donation, when coupled with matching funds from the state, were used to renovate Farley Hall, the long-time home of the Journalism Department, and to create the Overby Center for the Study of Southern Journalism and Politics. Bullion died in 2004, and Husni became interim chair. He was appointed chair in 2005 and served until 2009. Steps were taken to coordinate department goals and activities with the independent Student Media Center, situated across campus in Bishop Hall and to re-vitalize contacts with newspaper editors throughout the state of Mississippi. A job placement/internship coordinator was hired. Husni also was instrumental in hiring former Boston Globe reporter Curtis Wilkie to fill the Cook Chair vacancy resulting from the 2002 death of John Johnson. Will Norton, Jr. was selected as dean in 2009 after a nationwide search, and he guided the new school through upgrading and updating its curriculum to include a wide range of multiple-platform course offerings and development of a B.S. degree in Integrated Marketing Communications. The school has continued its accredited status. Enrollment has grown from 550 to 1,550 since 2009. During this same period of change Husni created the Magazine Innovation Center, an independent research/program unit. The center is designed to generate focused innovation in magazines and other print media. Journalism also moved from its home in the College of Liberal Arts to independent status; 2011 marked the first year the School awarded its own degree, the Bachelor of Arts in Journalism (BAJ). In 2020, a new undergraduate Journalism curriculum was introduced – which, along with eight specializations now available in both the undergraduate IMC and Journalism programs – prepares the school’s graduates for dynamic careers in marketing and media. Graduate enrollment has doubled, which includes a partnership with employees of Ethiopian Airlines. Dr. Debora Wenger was named Interim Dean.
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Academic Heraldry A time-honored tradition of great dignity, the wearing of academic apparel is a survival of the ecclesiastical garb of the late Middle Ages, in turn a survival of still earlier civilian fashions. The academic gown, necessary for a scholar’s warmth, and the hood to protect his tonsured head were apparently first regularly adopted in the 13th century at the University of Cambridge (1294). The University of Oxford was soon to follow. The custom was transplanted to this country in colonial times by Kings College in New York, now Columbia University. In 1895, American universities and colleges standardized their academic styles and developed the intercollegiate code of academic custom. In general, the style follows the Cambridge tradition. The characteristic elements of academic regalia are three: gown, hood and cap. THE GOWN is usually serge or worsted for bachelors, the same or silk for masters, and silk for doctors. The doctors’ dress gowns of the chief British universities are scarlet. Bachelors’ gowns have pointed sleeves; masters’ have long, closed sleeves, lunate at the bottom, with slits at the elbow from which the arms protrude; the doctors’ have wide, round, open sleeves. Doctors’ gowns are faced with panels of velvet down the front and three bars of velvet across each sleeve. THE HOOD, worn around the neck to hang down the back, is the principal emblem of the nature and source of the degree held. It is edged with velvet of the colors of the degree, while its lining of silk bears the colors of the institution that granted the degree. Bachelors’ hoods are 3 feet long, masters’ 3 1/2, and doctors’ hoods have only wide panels at the sides. Hoods may be worn only after the degree has been granted. THE CAP, the square mortarboard in American universities but a round, soft, flat velvet hat in British, Canadian and some European universities, bears a tassel that may be black for all ranks and degrees or may be of gold thread for doctors and the color of the degree for bachelors and masters. The doctors’ caps only may be of velvet. The degree colors are appropriate to the category of the degree rather than to the scholar’s major subject. For example, the appropriate color for degrees in arts and letters (B.A., M.A., B.Lit.) is white; in commerce, sapphire; in dentistry, lilac; in education, light blue; in engineering, orange; in the fine arts, brown; in humanities, crimson; in law, purple; in library science, lemon; in medicine, green; in music, pink; in pharmacy, olive; in philosophy (Ph.D.), dark blue; in physical education, sage; in science, golden yellow; in theology, scarlet. These colors are used for the edgings of all hoods and may be used for the velvet facing and sleeve bars of doctors’ gowns and tassels on bachelors’ and masters’ caps. The institutional colors, with which hoods are lined, indicate the university or college that granted the degree. Among the hoods worn by UM faculty members are those for Academy of Art University, black and red; Arkansas, red and white; Auburn, orange with two navy chevrons; Boston, scarlet with white chevron; Cambridge (England), scarlet; Chicago, maroon; Columbia, light blue with white chevron; Duke, royal blue with white chevron; Emory, navy blue with gold chevron; Harvard, crimson; Illinois, navy blue with two orange chevrons; Indiana, crimson with white chevrons; Iowa, old gold; Johns Hopkins, black with gold chevron; Kansas, navy blue with cardinal chevron; Kentucky, azure blue with white chevron; Louisiana State, purple with old gold, parti-per-chevron; Michigan, maize with azure blue chevron; Mississippi State, maroon chevron on white; Missouri, old gold with two black chevrons; New York, violet; North Carolina, light blue with two white chevrons; Northwestern, purple with gold chevrons; Ohio State, scarlet with silver gray chevron; Oxford (England), light blue edged with white fur; Pennsylvania State, navy blue and white; Princeton, orange with black chevron; Purdue, black with two gold chevrons; Rice, silver above blue; Rochester, dandelion yellow; Rutgers, scarlet; Stanford, cardinal; Tennessee, white with orange chevrons; Texas, white above orange, partiper-chevron; Vanderbilt, black and gold; Virginia, navy blue with orange chevron; Wisconsin, bright red; Yale, royal Yale blue. The colors of The University of Mississippi are a blue chevron on a field of red. They were introduced by Professor Alexander Lee Bondurant in 1893. In addition to traditional gowns, many graduates are displaying HONORS CORDS signifying their individual accomplishments. A white cord reflects membership in the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College. A gold cord indicates induction into Kappa Tau Alpha Journalism Honor Society. A blue cord is worn by student leaders for the S. Gale Denley Student Media Center. Red and white braided cords are for academic honors: One cord for cum laude graduates; two cords for magna cum laude graduates; and three cords for summa cum laude graduates.
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Alma Mater Way down south in Mississippi, There’s a spot that ever calls Where among the hills enfolded. Stand Old Alma Mater’s Halls. Where the trees lift high their branches, To the whisp’ring southern breeze. There Ole Miss is calling, calling, To our hearts fond memories. With united hearts we praise thee, All our loyalty is thine, And we hail thee, Alma Mater, may thy light forever shine; May it brighter grow and brighter, And with deep affection true, Our thoughts shall ever cluster ‘round thee, Dear Old Red and Blue. May thy fame throughout the nation, Through thy sons and daughters grow, May thy name forever waken, In our hearts a tender glow, May thy counsel and thy spirit, Ever keep us one in this, That our own shall be thine honor, Now and ever dear Ole Miss. Words by Mrs. A. W. Kahle Music by W. F. Kahle
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