2024 Graduation Program

COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY Class of 2024

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CEREMONY

The Sandy and John Black Pavilion at Ole Miss Saturday, May 11, 2024 2:30 p.m.

MUSICAL PRELUDE

STATEMENT OF WELCOME

Dean Dr. Andrea Hickerson

NATIONAL ANTHEM Celeste Lay

CHARGE TO THE GRADUATES

AND CONFERRING OF DEGREES

MASTER OF ARTS IN JOURNALISM

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN INTEGRATED

MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS

BACHELOR OF ARTS IN JOURNALISM

Dean Dr. Andrea Hickerson

Dean Dr. Andrea Hickerson

Associate Dean Dr. Marquita Smith

Associate Dean Dr. Debora Wenger

Associate Dean Dr. Marquita Smith

Associate Dean Dr. Debora Wenger

Prof. Michael Tonos

Prof. Larz Roberts

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INTEGRATED Dr. Jason Cain

MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS

Dr. Graham Bodie

Prof. Larz Roberts

Dr. Debora Wenger

ALMA MATER Celeste Lay

Please allow graduates and platform party to exit first.

Banner Bearer - Keely Lauren May

Class Marshall - Phoebe Gates Goodwin

Graduation Committee: Dr. Kareem Russell and Samantha Dismuke

Master of Arts: Journalism

December 2023

Michael Cameron Smith

May 2024

Eva-Marie Hightower Luter

Delila Marg Nakaidinae

Jaylin R. Smith

Allie Elizabeth Watson

Master of Science: Integrated Marketing Communications

December 2023

Kelly Nola Corley

Charlie Googe

May 2024

Chloe Brooke Baker

Conlan Styles Birdsall

Georgia Elizabeth Bright

Cameron Ansley Brown

Malia Shatyana Carothers

Brady Ashton Craig

Keenen Ivory Davis

Max C. Delanty

Michael Antonio Dodd

Lauren Kate Drewry

Meghan Fern Dulaney

Frank Alexander Estrada

Nicole Bounds Ethridge

Yazmin Emily Goulet

Lon’Tayshia Tra’miya Griffin

Carleigh Faith Harbin

Kacey Mae Henriques

Paige Evelynn Hill

Ashton Davis Hopp

Madalyn Grace Huey

Josie Hutton

Caylen Nicole Johnson

Anna Lauren Kornegay

Jiwon Lee

Elyse Lenaburg

Savannah Olivia Lesslie

Kate Georganne Meacham

Emma Bradshaw Milligan

Katelyn Elizabeth Morgan

Alexander Cole Norris

Melina Anastasia Panichas

Ashton Mackenzie Pate

Leah Dominique Paternostro

Grace Sullivan Patton

Paris Tierra Nicole Payne

Bachelor of Arts: Journalism

December 2023

Sara Brooks Adams

Jessica Lynique Carter *

DaLakin K. Crawford *

Caleb Harris

Hannah Elizabeth Johnson

John Michael Jones

Brittany Nicole Kohne **

Jakarious Landrum

Luke Naumann

Annabelle Miller Rowland

Ryan Andrew VandenBrook

May 2024

Aaron Thomas Braddy **

Sarah Caroline Crall **

Emma Davidson *

Luke Alexander Davis

Graeme Hartman Farrell

Cody Garrett Farris

Laura Leigh Petteway

Trakeedrea Kenyale Phillips

Emily Anna Powell

Mohammad Marouf Salim Rababah

Mary Parker Redditt

Sarah Emily Slade

Emily Taylor Sullivan

Oluwasheyi Priscilla Taiwo

Marisa Diana Wetzel

August 2024

Suzanne Crell Adams

Joy Allison Arwood

Winston Clyde Graham

Lilly Arabella Hamm

Lindsay Elizabeth McMurtray

Sloane Carlisle Reid

Jacqueline Brooklere Robinson

Skyler Elise Gerard

Isabelle Benn Goldstein

Phoebe Gates Goodwin **

Edward Lee Grimes *

Cameron Paige Hass

Ryan Richard Hunt

Julieanna Nickole Shane Jackson *

Ava Jacqueline Jahner *

Sophia Suzanne Jaramillo **

Violet Kwekwe Jira *

Elyse Littleton **

Avery Lorennne Lupton

Madison G. Malo

Brenda Ruth Mayo *

Kala McKinsi Nance **

Jacob Ray Quaglino *

Chamus Ryan Ray

Colleen Sewell

Jena Lee Stallings

Grace Strieker **

Sarah Lauren Taber *

Taylor Brittain Wagner

Carson Everett Waire

Hallie Grace Withrow *

Olivia Rose Wright

August 2024

Eboni Joi Anderson *

Olivia Mae Beldyk

Carolyn Camille Cochran

Christina Marie Hutyra

Naike Jaszczyk

Jayson Michael Kern

Meredith Nadyana Lejcar

Avneet Pal

Ian Christian Sparks

Mallorie Kennon Uselton

Taylor Brittain Wagner

Lily Jordan Webb

David Ezekiel Yarbrough *

Bachelor of Science: Integrated Marketing Communications

December 2023

Holly Elizabeth Addington

Carson Laneal Avery

Maxwell Alan Binkley

Edmond Lamar Booker *

Luke Holden Boykin

Morgan Barbara Butz

Logan Patrick Cain

Hannah Elizabeth Campbell

Savannah Eve Caraway *

Mary Blair Carmody *

Colin Robert Coe

Emily Kristine Colee

Savannah Katelyn Dear

Alexandra Rose Filipiak **

Kade Sullivan Fox

Scarlett Isabella Fulmer

Aria Nicay Gales

Katherine Elizabeth Glenn

Madison Josephine Hartman *

Sancken O’Farrell Hatch

Hailey Mae Hensley

Bayley Elizabeth Herring

Haley Hewitt

Georgia Wesley Hippe

Wesley David Hudson

Mary Wilder Ingersoll

William Caperton Kirkland

Colby Deane Knight

Christopher John Levine

Abbey Grace Meisler

Olivia Morgan *

Audrey Lucretia Mulholland

Brendan Joseph Murphy

Trakeedrick Montrell Phillips

Kaylee Elizabeth Plowman

Maecy Alaine Rayborn

Abigail Rachel Lynette Schultz *

Lauren Michelle Stephens

Ryan Jordan Strickland *

Lissy Trammell Sturges ***

Noah Luren White

Virginia Sherrod White *

Anslee Grace Wilson *

Miya Magdalen Yuratich

May 2024

Victoria Abercrombie

Riley Ashton Akers *

Lilley Perez Alidor

Emily Elizabeth Allman *

Catherine Ann Anderson

Claire Elise Anderson

Avery Grace Andrews ***

Mallie Kate Andrews

Eli James Ashley **

Cody Stephen Bain

Jasmine Brianna Bakert

Kennadi Diane Barker *

Iris Cristina Barrios

Olivia Ty Bauer

Ansley Grace Baugh *

Chloe Alexis Elizabeth Benham

Caroline Anne Bennett

Caroline Grace Bennett

Ann Ross Berry **

Jack Vincent Bevilacqua

Sydney Skyler Blake

Eleanor Ann Boos

Shelby C. Booth

Andie Erwin Bounds

Eloise Kennedy Bowen

Kinley Megan Brady

Beatrice Claire Branscome

Gabrielle Bratcher

Matthew Brines

Hayden Brouillette

Anna Ware Brown ***

Anne Brown *

Caroline Allman Brown *

Emilie Louise Brown *

Ryan Edward Brown ***

Eliza Faith Brunt

Abigail Donn Burk

Jane Elisabeth Cagle

Chloe Isabelle Calo

Richard Alexander Canterbury

Cameron Frances Carpenter

Madeline Mae Cavett

Christopher Armand Certion

Tatum Grace Chenen **

Bay Brooks Christine

Margaret Ruth Cleeland ***

Abigail Elizabeth Clement

Elizabeth Grace Cochran

Sydney Quillen Cold

Katheryn Carole Collier

Elizabeth Rawlings Cook

Travis Joy Coopwood *

Charlotte Crider

Katelyn Kay Crowley

Cayden Ruthann Currin

Riley Frances Dann *

Olivia Grace Davenport

Charlotte Anne Shar de Arantes Oliveira

Luz Belen Deloera *

Megan DiMeo

Camille Alexandra Downing

Kaylee E. Duke *

Isabella Catherine Duncan

Olivia Constance Eaker *

Nicole Caroline Easley

Mary Allyn Eastland

Mallorie Tate Ellis

Megan Eppel

Deja Alysse Errington

Abigail Morgan Evans *

Holly James Evans *

Hannah Faircloth

Gabrielle Nicole Fairey

Ava Belle Ferree *

Colleen Teresa Fletcher

Mary Katherine Flournoy

Nicholas Oliver Foerstel **

Avery Monroe Gant

Verlecia Char’dys Gavin *

Sterlin Nichols George *

Alyson Elizabeth Gillum ***

Grace Gabrielle Glazier

Evelyn Joyce Gosseck-McNeal

Clara Jane Granberry **

Abigail Faith Graves *

Marianna Reneé Graziadio

Carsen Elizabeth Greensage

Skye Tiye Gross

Alexandra Stacy Hagan **

Victoria Paige Hagerty

Emma Haggie *

Pepper Isabella Hahnfeld

Camdyn Davis Hale

Carson Hancock

Mary Claire Lee Hankins

Monlicshea Mahnshea Harper

Megan Harr

Emma Anabeth Harrington ***

Kaylee Hartnig

Anna Gabrielle Healy

Emma Hebron *

Elizabeth Walker Heigle

Meredith Elle Heuring **

Lilia Theresa Heuser

Chase Stephen Higgins

Zyla Elise Hill

Ashlyn Paige Hinton ***

McKenna Cloutier Hoban

Karson Wiseman Hocutt

Morgan Elizabeth Hodge

Hailey Hogue

Madeline Nicole Holifield

Allison Joy Holoubek

Raymond Robert Hood

Bachelor of Science: Integrated Marketing Communications

Hadley Elizabeth Hoskins **

Hannah Gray Huether

Olivia Grayson Irby

Evalyn Jackson *

Raegan Alyssa Jay *

Olivia Ann Johnson

Aaron Kristofur Jolly *

Makayla Lynn Jones

Ruby Ann Jones

Lauren Elizabeth Kalom

Katherine Gail Kellett

Emma Grace Kelly

Aaron Michael Kersey

Emma Katherine Kieser

Anna Grace Kilpatrick

Jacob Ford King

Sofia Arline King

Kennedy McPherson Kirkland

Charlotte Anna Knott

Bella Rose Kraft *

Julianna Elizabeth Ladner *

Reagan Victoria Laine *

Emily Grace Larkin *

Lily Ann Laufenberg

Caroline Grace Layman

Emily Leahy

Hanna Renee Leoppard

Ragan Kathleen Lessley ***

Caroline Hope Liebes

Theresa Marie Lieblang *

Lillian Keil Lindsey

Mary Margaret Lindsey

Taylor Motley Little *

Chloe Grace Livingston

Isabell Alice Long

Emilee Duyen Ly *

Delaney Ann Lynch *

Kara Elizabeth Madden

Lindsey Fay Magee ***

Drew Marshall Maier

Drew Nicholas Maly

Alexander Leland Marsh

Channing Lauryn Martin

Hailey Virginia Martinez

Abigail Sydney Maschhoff ***

Grace Elizabeth Massengill ***

Keely Lauren May ***

Grace Laughlin McClure

Annie Jayne McDonald

Elizabeth August McElwrath

Hayden Grace McGee *

Morgan Bay McHaney **

Laurie McCall McKinnon

Eli Nicholas McMain

Mackenzie Grace McNease

Carson Elizabeth McNutt

Grace Michael Miles *

Carson Garnett Miller

Jacob Timothy Miller

Haley Elizabeth Monile

Austin Keith Mooneyham

Gregory Lemoine Moore

Samantha Shea Morgan

Monica James Morrison

Olivia Jane Morrow

Julia Camille Mulhern

Taylor Mullins *

Kieran Dubaz Murphy

Devin Eileen Murray

Mary Grace Neal

Junia Newsome

Asiah Nicole Noble

Jennifer Marie Nuelle

Riley Grace Olive

Ainsley Grace Parmer

Kaytlin Isabella Patridge

Virginia Grace Patterson

Nathaniel James Petrizzo

Hayley Christina Phillip *

Cordon Jane Phillips **

Maclain Rhea Pierce

Molly Elizabeth Pledger

Madison Loretta Poor *

Ellin Ashby Price **

Erin Kendall Prince *

Anna Katharine Pruitt *

Molly Cameron Pugh

Abigail Marie Puzniak

Carrie Josephine Rakestraw

Sullivan Briley Rakow ***

Olivia Rose Doucet Reeves ***

Kate Elizabeth Reichart

Katherine Elizabeth Reppeto

Susan Caroline Rice

Emerson Todd Richie

Whitney Rigdon ***

Peyton Elizabeth Riley

Callie McNeil Rizzo

Parker Douglas Robbins

Kyle Rodig

Darby Ann Rowland

Margaret Inez Rutledge **

Naomi Michele Ryder *

Haley Faith Sartin *

Samantha Schmidt

Emily Nicole Schwartz

Martha McAllister Scott *

Bella Scutti **

Camille Seghers *

Jonathan Phi Hoang Sengsiry

Caroline Frances Sevila

Savannah Grace Shook

Wyatt Talmage Shuford

Valentina Marie Siebenaler

Averie Carissa Siegel

Sarah Patricia Sign *

Keaton Silver *

Mary Catherine Slandzicki

Samantha Hope Slark

Lucy Lanier Smith

Olivia Frances Smith **

Sara Elizabeth Smith

Sarah Bennett Shelton Smith *

Edward Hall Snelling

Ryan James Sockwell *

Lindsay Arline Speck

Courtland Coyle St Paul **

Abigail Elizabeth Stewart **

Frances McClaren Stewart *

Grace Strieker **

Kaleigh Abigail Stuart

Johanna Kathryn Suval

Zaria Deja’ Taylor

Adam Thieret

Nasia Joy Thompson

Meghan Leigh Thrash ***

Caroline Ashley Isabella Tibbs ***

Reagan McKinley Tidwell

Chandler Madison Tucker **

Susan Tyner *

Taylor Tynes

Elizabeth Lovejoy Van Keuren

Caroline Margaret Van

Margaret Elizabeth Wakham

Chloe Morgan Walker *

Mary Ware

Samuel Baron Washington

Ana Brooke Watts *

Jonathan Langston Webb

Mackenzie Taylor Weissman

Jhalen Marquis-Lewis Wells

Jay Mitchell Wenger

Quiana White

Lauren Taylor Whittington

Paige Cassidy Wilkinson *

Anslee Grace Wilson *

Anna Wink

Carly Michelle Wiseman *

Emmaline Grace Wolfe

Brady Jonah Wood *

Lara Beth Wright *

Sarah Jane Rivers Yerger ***

Olivia Rose Young ***

Sydney Emma Young **

Elinor Lind Zarr *

August 2024

Noah Brooks Ansley

Camille Elise Bardon

Cameron Reed Bell

Mary Caroline Bouknight

Katherine Schley Buracker

Aden William Butcher

Dylan McCormack Campbell

Mary Grace Carter

Riley Elizabeth Coen

Mitchelle La’diamond Crouther

Katelyn Kay Crowley

Larkin Christine Deline

Walter Florian Dennis

Kathryn Dilbeck

Isabella Valerie Doro

Mallory Grace Edgin

Marianna McCoy Ellis

Carson Leigh Engle

Elizabeth Christine Flanagan

Katherine Maclean Getz

Scaasi Louren Guidera

Nathaniel Cleon Hammond

Anne Mclain Hebert

Madison Paige Lowther *

Danielle Catherine Lurie

Maxwell Joseph Maune

Sidney Elizabeth McGoldrick

Margaret Elizabeth Moss

Alyssa Anne Paranteau

Ainsley Grace Parmer

Amber Nicole Porter

Lauren Elizabeth Richter

Matthew Gil Sahlin

Jeffrey Michael Salvatore

Kennedy Blake Sandlin

Elizabeth Houston Sellers

James Peyton Shirley

Keely Skellion

Sarah Addison Snoddy

Jackson Tyler Stephenson

Kayla D. Stewart

John David Thackston

Alenys Urbina

Margaret Casey Wilson

Faculty & Staff

PROFESSORS

Dr. Graham Bodie

Dr. Andrea Hickerson

Dr. Debora Wenger

Dr. Kathleen Woodruff Wickham

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS

Dr. Zenebe Beyene

Dr. Jason Cain

Dr. Mark K. Dolan

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. Amanda Bradshaw

Vanessa Charlot

Dr. Chang-Won Choi

Michael Fagans

Dr. Iveta Imre

INSTRUCTIONAL ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

John A. Baker

Brad Conaway

Debbie Woodrick Hall

Administration

Dr. Andrea Hickerson, Dean, Professor

Evangeline Ivy

Dr. R.J. Morgan

Emily Bowen-Moore

Patricia Overstreet-Miller

Chris Sparks

Michael Tonos

INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT PROFESSORS

Dr. Ike Brunner

Dr. Summer Hill-Vinson

Bobby D. Steele, Jr.

VISITING FACULTY

Dr. Britt Moon

Itzhak Mashiah

SUPPORT FACULTY

Loidha Bautista

Brady Bramlett

Brittanee Brown

Kaitlin Cannava

William Day

Laura Donnley

James Dowd

Roy Frostenson

Micha Ginn

Stefanie Goodwiller

Bryan Gregory

Claire Hick

Dennis Irwin

Dr. Debora Wenger, Associate Dean, Professor

Dr. Marquita Smith, Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, Associate Professor

Dr. Kareem Russell, Assistant Dean for Student Services

Dr. Graham Bodie, Interim Dept. Chair, Media and Communication

Dr. Jason Cain, Interim Dept. Chair, Integrated Marketing Communications

Michael Tonos, Interim Dept. Chair, Journalism

Larz Roberts, Director of Student Media

Samantha Dismuke, Assistant to the Dean

Cindy DeFelice, Business Manager

Catherine Robinson, Accountant

MacKenzie Ross, Communications Specialist

James Dowd, Academic Counselor

Casandra Jenkins, Academic Counselor

Jack Lawton, Network Manager

Michelle Martin, Administrative Assistant

Pallavi Dhama, Administrative Assistant

University of Mississippi

Dr. Glenn Boyce, Chancellor

Dr. Noel Wilkin, Provost

Timothy Ivy

Lynnette Johnson

Micheal Katz

David Kellum

Ellen Kellum

Logan Kirkland

Mary Knight

Alexis Lee

Webb Lewis

Ashton Brooks Logan

Lauren Loyless

Shannon Magness

Joshua McCoy

Samuel McGlone

Ellen Meacham

Dennis Moore

Kate Newman

Kelley Pinion

Larz Roberts

MacKenzie Ross

Janice Rubbert

LaRecca Rucker

Cole Russell

Sarah Sapp

Jared Senseman

Mathew Smith

Christina Steube

Robin Street

Tyrone Stude

Anna Grace Usery

Rachel West

Dean’s Awards

IMC

Emma Harrington

Liza Jackson

Taylor Little

Grace Massengill

Keely May

Briley Rakow

Lambda Sigma

Olivia Young

Excellence Awards

GRAD EXCELLENCE IN IMC ONLINE

Nicole Marie Bounds

GRAD EXCELLENCE IN IMC RESIDENTIAL

Anna Lauren Kornegay

Taylor Medal

Emma Harrington

Keely May

Who’s Who

Ansley Baugh

Anna Ware Brown

Edward Brown

DaLakin Crawford

Travis Coopwood

Madalyn Dudley

Sterlin George

Kappa Tau Alpha

Amber Amis

Hailey Beard

Kaylea Cohn

McKenzie Cox

Emma Harrington

Hayley Hood

Student Awards

Olivia Reeves

Savannah Shook

Ryan Sockwell

Adam Thieret

Meghan Thrash

Caroline Tibbs

Jay Wenger

GRAD EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM

Loral Winn

EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM

Julieanna Jackson

Violet Jira

Briley Rakow

Kharley Redmon

Phoebe Goodwin

Jane Granberry

Emma Harrington

Meredith Heuring

Violet Jira

Julieanna Jackson

Taylor Little

Hagan Hord

Claire Kenney

Cameron Larkin

Kharley Redmon

Olivia Reeves

Makayla Russell

Excellence in Service

Emma Harrington

Brady Wood

Erin Prince

Travis Coopwood

Aaron Jolly

Eboni Anderson

Kennadi Barker

Verlecia Gavin

Evelyn Gosseck

Olivia Morrow

JOURNALISM

Sarah Caroline Crall

Ava Jahner

Kala Nance

EXCELLENCE IN IMC

Anna Ware Brown

Travis Coopwood

Aaron Jolly

Lindsay Magee

Sarah Jane Yerger

Olivia Reeves

Olivia Young

Keely May

Kala Nance

Briley Rakow

Olivia Reeves

Bella Scutti

Caroline Tibbs

Jhalen Wells

Brooke Scepaniak

Ella Scroggins

Jaylin Smith

Emma Taylor

Olivia Young

Caroline Tibbs

Elizabeth Van Keuren

Quiana White

Sarah Jane Yerger

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 King’s 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 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, parti-per-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 honor cords and stoles signifying their individual accomplishments. A white stole reflects membership in the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College. A gold cord indicates induction into Kappa Tau Alpha Journalism Honor Society. A solid red 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.

THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI School of Journalism & New Media

MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of the School of Journalism and New Media is to lead and excel in the education of a diverse body of students in journalism and integrated marketing communications. Grounded in truth, freedom of expression, responsibility and integrity, the faculty and staff will:

1.Prepare students to succeed in an ever-changing, integrated and global media landscape.

2.Encourage research and creative work to add to the body of knowledge and to serve the journalism and communication professions.

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. My 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