Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College<\/a>. The program is expected to attract other students who have expressed concern about the flight of their contemporaries.<\/p>\n“This is a terribly relevant topic to consider at this time,” said Overby fellow Curtis Wilkie, who directed Smith’s Honors College thesis and taught McGraw earlier. “Jake and Savannah have devoted a great deal of study to our brain drain and have become experts on this issue that affects their generation in Mississippi.”<\/p>\n
McGraw, who studied public policy and economics, graduated from Ole Miss with honors in 2010. As a Truman Scholar, he studied economics and social history at the University of Oxford in England before returning home. An Oxford native, he lives in Jackson and also edits Rethink Mississippi, a website featuring commentary about issues facing young Mississippians.<\/p>\n
A native of Corinth, Smith is graduating with a double major in public policy and journalism. Her honors thesis was devoted to the staggering number of new college graduates who leave the state. She plans to pursue a graduate degree from New York University, where her studies will primarily involve magazines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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