OXFORD,
Miss. – Outstanding students from all disciplines and the top teacher
on campus are to be recognized Thursday (April 2) at the University of
Mississippi’s 66th annual Honors Day Convocation.
The
convocation begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Ford Center for the Performing
Arts. Selected students are to be presented with Marcus Elvis Taylor
Memorial Medals, the university’s highest academic award, and one
faculty member is to receive the Elsie M. Hood Outstanding Teacher of
the Year award.
Guest speaker for the convocation is Gregory
Alan Schirmer, professor of English and the 2008 Hood Award recipient.
Following the ceremony, a reception is planned in the Ford Center’s
orchestra level lobby.
At separate events, new members are to be
inducted into the university’s top two student honor societies. The Phi
Kappa Phi ceremony is scheduled Thursday at 2:30 p.m. in the Ford
Center. Phi Beta Kappa holds its ceremony Friday (April 3) at 2 p.m. in
the Paul B. Johnson Commons Ballroom.
The Taylor Medals,
established in 1904, are the university’s highest academic honor and
recognize no more than 1 percent of the student body each year. The
Hood Award was first given in 1966 and allows faculty, staff, students
and alumni to nominate a deserving professor for superior classroom
teaching.
Phi Kappa Phi recognizes outstanding scholarship in
all academic disciplines. Forty-three students will be inducted.
Fifty-four students are slated for induction into Phi Beta Kappa, the
nation’s oldest and most prestigious liberal arts honor society.
Chancellor Robert Khayat will speak at the Phi Beta Kappa ceremony.
For more information or assistance related to a disability, contact the Provost’s Office at 662-915-5974.