Student pharmacist and Amory native crowned Mississippi’s Miss Hospitality Kasey Pearson has worn many different hats during her first professional year at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy. Not only did Pearson officially receive her white coat, the student pharmacist also won the title of Mississippi’s Miss Hospitality. The Amory native faced 43 other […]
Embracing Every Challenge
Senior from Senatobia builds community as Greek Man of Year, NPHC President When Jeffery Patton enrolled at the University of Mississippi, his older sister, K. Shantel, told him to take college seriously. That’s how their parents had raised them: to work hard, value every opportunity and trust in God. The Senatobia native took the challenge […]
Discovering Mentors in Music and Life
Justin Merriman’s talent and hard work become tools to overcome adversity Justin Merriman remembers exactly when he realized that he wanted a life playing and teaching music. He was a high school senior in the small town of Houston, and he’d just begun coaching a younger student on the clarinet. She’d started on the instrument […]
Standing at the Crossroads of Political Science and Philosophy
Double major Amy Cain merges theory and practice As a cheerful and engaging ambassador for the University of Mississippi College of Liberal Arts, Amy Cain is the opposite of disagreeable. But one thing she values about the university is that “it’s a safe enough space where you can talk with people and still disagree in […]
Finding Vision Everywhere
Zaire Love uses emotional impact of activist’s murder to complete M.F.A. thesis How can someone you’ve never met be an inspiration? Just ask Zaire Love, who recently defended her thesis for a Master in Fine Arts in Documentary Expression. For the University of Mississippi graduate student, the death of a musician in California influenced her work […]
Smart Maneuvers
Adaptability, perseverance set ROTC student Raymond Kurz on a path to excellence Many students enter their freshman year of college with an idea – sometimes a firm and well-formed one – of how they intend to focus their undergraduate efforts and what direction they would like to be heading when they graduate. Raymond Zachary Kurz […]
