2023 Graduation Program

COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY

Class of 2023

CEREMONY

The Sandy and John Black Pavilion at Ole Miss

Saturday, May 13, 2023

10:30 a.m.

MUSICAL PRELUDE

STATEMENT OF WELCOME

Dean Dr. Andrea Hickerson

NATIONAL ANTHEM Brittany Kohne

KEYNOTE Cannon Hersey

CONFERRING OF DEGREES

MASTER OF ARTS IN JOURNALISM

Dean Dr. Andrea Hickerson

Assistant Dean Dr. Marquita Smith

Associate Professor Charles Mitchell

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN INTEGRATED

MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS

BACHELOR OF ARTS IN JOURNALISM

Assistant Dean Dr. Marquita Smith

Associate Professor Charles Mitchell

Associate Professor Charles Mitchell

Journalism Coordinator, Michael Tonos

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INTEGRATED

MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS

Associate Professor Charles Mitchell

IMC Coordinator Dr. Jason Cain

Please allow graduates and platform party to exit first.

Banner Bearer/Student Marshals: Regan Muirhead, Rabria Moore

Graduation Committee Chairs: Assistant Dean Dr. Kareem Russell and Samantha Ard Dismuke

Faculty/Staff Graduation Marshal: Shannon L. Dixon

Cannon Hersey Commencement Speaker

Cannon Hersey is a media entrepreneur, visual artist, filmmaker and organizer of large-scale cultural platforms in New York City, Sao Paulo, Miami, Tokyo, Houston, Hiroshima and Johannesburg. Through television, on-line innovation and art, Hersey connects to mass public audiences in unique and unexpected ways to explore the major issues of our time in the modern global world.

Over the past six years, Hersey has been a producer, writer, and researcher for over 40 documentary programs for NHK and NHK World with Taku Nishimae and 1Future. Hersey has been the host of 8 television programs made by NHK about the legacy of the writer John Hersey and Cannon Hersey’s work addressing the social issues of our time in Hiroshima and Detroit. The content made by Hersey and Nishimae since 2015 surpassed 1 Billion impressions around the world in 2020.

For twenty-five years, Hersey creates artworks utilizing silk-screen, photo-etching, mixed-media, light-box, and installation. Hersey has exhibited at numerous institutions and galleries including two exhibitions at Lincoln Center’s Frieda and Roy Furman Gallery, the opening event of the 2008 Sao Paulo Bienale at the private collection of Kim Esteve and the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporic Arts (MoCADA). Cannon was an artist in residence and exhibited extensively at the Andrew Freedman Home from 2016 - 2019.

Hersey believes he has a role beyond the studio, working as an educator and organizer to address social issues. Hersey founded CrossPathCulture (CPC) in 1999 and 1Future in 2015, non-profit organizations dedicated to global community building through the arts, global diversity in museums and media, and art as a language of social transformation. As the executive director of CPC and 1Future, he organized and produced more than 100 exhibitions, festivals and educational programs in conjunction with other partners, including the Museum of Modern Art, PS1, African Film Festival/New York, the Johannesburg Metropolitan City Council, the Los Angeles County Office of Education, the Brazilian Ministry of Culture, Colgate-Palmolive, Sony, HSBC and the Market Theater, South Africa.

Cannon Hersey has been mentioned in many publications including the Wall Street Journal, Vogue RG, Chugoku Shimbun, Asahi Shimbun

The Daily News, Time Out, Brazil’s O Estado de Sao Paulo, South Africa’s Sunday Times, Chronogram, Bomb, and Trace Magazine.

Master of Arts: Journalism

May 2023

Abdullah Ayidh J Alqahtani

Ashton Brooks Logan

Jared Edward Redding

Michael Cameron Smith

Hayden Elizabeth Wiggs

August 2023

Anna Caroline Barker

Md Sazzad Hossain

Master of Science: Integrated Marketing Communications

December 2022

Thomas Jeremy Bass

Sean Karim Bouabid

Craig Johnson

Amanda Elizabeth Pannell

Nicole Sadej

May 2023

Hope Elizabeth Berry

Dameon Oneal Black

Madison Paige Brandon

Eli Carter Bryant

Kendall Glenda Causey

Reese Lira Colaluca

Whitney Dawn Converse

Kaylee Layne Crafton

Logan Alpe Curtis

Emily Sharon DeWitt

Chloe Norrell Edwards

John Hayes Finklea

Hayden James Finlay

Mary Isabella Garofalo

Zane Dwene Goedderz

Kayli Marie Hankins

Alyssa Ashley Estes

Theodore Helmhout

Chamil Gayashan Jayaratna

Raegan Kelly Johnson

Katelyn Elizabeth Kennedy

Thomas Patrick Lee

Richard Haughton Mann

Clare Mansoor

Austin Cordell Mitchell

Jordan Nettles Rueff

Takehiro Ohira

Kelley Dowdy Pinion

Bachelor of Arts: Journalism

December 2022

Dillon Ross Cader

Megan Denay Fayard

Sara Tacito

Lindsey Trinh

May 2023

Pixie Marie Anderson

Tevin Demitri Boyd

Jonathan Phillip Briggs *

John Dalton Burrows

Anne Cameron Cooley

Kennedi Cooper

Samantha Jo Dakauskas *

Jenelle Davis

Anne Marie Defrank

Michael Carter Diggs

Aidan Kai Gallardo

Katherine Anne Kerrigan **

Katelyn Nicole Kimberlin *

Annabelle Bray Kinney

Jordan Leigh Alexandra Kleber *

Tyler Steven Komis

Mackenzie Lauren Malo

Caroline Delaney Mays *

Rabria Marie Moore ***

Regan Ellington Muirhead ***

Sarah Gail Myers *

Jane Rob Pannell **

Eliza Grace Peters

Jason Lee Price

Caroline Hope Robinson

Joseph Anthony Rogers

Kaylynn Steen *

Anna Laura Tate

Trevor Terminie **

Sophia Elke Von Seebach

Ladesha Janae White

Loral Kathyrn Winn ***

Ashley Nicole Popour

Joseph Albert Procopio

Erin Mitzenberg Ridout

Margaret Richardson Savoie

Joshua Thomas Seastone

Jaznia Janae Tate

Katlyn Marie Tidwell

Julian Viall

Sharon A White

Katherine Elizabeth Wigod

Nicole Sierra Wishard

August 2023

Robert Livingston Chapman III

Charlie Elizabeth Googe

Hannah R McGonigal

Kevin John Seddon

August 2023

Jessica Lynique Carter

Graeme Hartman Farrell

Isabelle Benn Goldstein

Jakarious Landrum

Sarah Catherine Moore

Luke Naumann

Katherine Lee Simmons

Stacey Spiehler

William James Weathersby

Bachelor of Science: Integrated Marketing Communications

December 2022

Ciara Faith Akines

Benjamin Matthew Archer

Meri Romedy Barbian

Miles Christopher Battle

Lily Shelton Baur

Bonnie Elizabeth Burge

Cassidy Douglas Card *

McKenzie Christine Cooke

Eugene Hardy Crunk

Brooks Ann Custer *

Macy Janette Ellis

Madison Grace Engelman

Lili Ann Fraigun

Ryan Granger

Katelyn Rose Harmon

William McRae Hendrix

Dominic Danta Jackson

Hannah Claire Johnson **

Mackenzie Brooke Klimson

Alexandra Taylor Kratky *

Rob Michael Lanke

Olivia Jean Lautier

Lauren Hall Lucas

Kara Analiese Mahlmann

Sophia Bella Maioriello ***

Leigh Anne McKamey

David Andrew McLemore

Michael Riley Mitchell

Isabelle Wynne Monnin

Emily Jo Poff

Anna Gwynith Potts

Sela Raines Arden Ricketts *

Benjamin Joseph Rosamond

Olivia Faith Settlemires

Hannah Nicole Skinner

Harrison Joseph Sparr *

John Charles Spencer

Bailey J. Thompson

Ava Leigh Wampler

Shelby Gabrielle Young

May 2023

Claire Allyson Albertson *

Grace Ann Alexander **

Pablo Ignacio Alvarez-Tabio

Sally Rose Anderson

Mia Kate Anseman

Darby Haze Arnold

Anna Kaitlyn Ashley

Emma Louise Averett

Ross Lawler Baker

Nikkola Joanna Bales

Alexandra Barfield ***

Caroline Elizabeth Beach *

Ethan James Benefield

Jackson Berning

Brianna Cristal Marie Biagi

Mary Scott Bishop *

Abby Blaine

Emily Alyn Bone

Mary Kathryn Breard

Deangelo Jawon Brown

Elisabeth Ann Buell

Savannah Grace Burnett **

Kaitlyn Anne Buzan

Alexa Rose Carter

Paige Reed Carvell

Kayla Dione Cash **

Abigail Brooke Cherin

Emma Faye Clark **

Austin Duane Clayton

Kathryn Haley Clift **

Catherine Sara Cline ***

Jamisen Lauryn Cobb

Grant Dawson Coffey

Jacqueline R Cole **

Claire Rebecca Coleman

Millicent Elizabeth Conn

Jarod Conner

Olivia Taylor Correa

Jackson Wendell Couch

Max David Crompton

Mary Madeline Crowe

Julia Kathryn Crumrine ***

Gabrielle Nash Curry

Taylor Daniel

Ayrton Davis

Taylor Alexus Dedeaux

Madison Jane Devoss

Mia Lorell Dilworth

Abigail Leigh Doss **

Elizabeth Edwards Ducharme *

Hannah Grace Edwards

Olivia Hailey Estes

Aliena Claire Evans *

Reilly Victoria Fannin

Caroline Grace Fertitta **

Addison Grace Flasck **

Olivia Rose Flax **

Silas Demarco Frazier

Alexandra Shea Friedman

Allison Ann Fuquay *

Hartwell Furr

Mary Alice Gabe

Pierce Joseph Genereux

Mallory Jade Gilbert

Hannah Nicole Glassman

Molly Kate Goar *

Margaret Ellis Epting Goff

Courtney Dawn Googe *

Hannah Cheryl Gordon

Hermine Herring Granberry ***

Ava Roberta Grimes

Garrett Gross

Elizabeth Murphy Gudmundson

Kieran Nicole Guyman

Katelyn Marie Haberstroh **

Mary Kate Hale *

Ashley Tyler Hall

Kelsey Rhea Haltom

Jack Dylan Harmon

Megan Elizabeth Harold

Alexandra Kea Harper *

Eleanor Margaret Haydon *

Andrew Jace Henderson

Anna Lowrey Herrod *

David Grier Hobson

Katherine Fitzpatrick Hopkins *

Herman Randy Howard

Mackenzi Elaine Howton *

Bailey Lane Hughes

Madeline Claire Hughes *

Kaitlyn Nicole Hunt

Ava Johnson *

McClain Gabrielle Jung **

Thomas Guy Jung

Hillary Jane Kaniecki *

Jenna Nicole Karl *

Alexia Grace Killebrew *

Addison Reid Kimbrell

Benjamin Davis King

Victoria Elizabeth King

Richard Braylon Kirby

Heather Sujin Kirwin *

Grace Marie Kish

Katelyn Rose Lane

Morgan Rae Langseth

Olivia Jean Lautier

Kennedy Mikaela Lawing ***

Ethan Ryan Leach *

Kathryn Anastasia Leatherman

Madeline L. Lee *

Kelly Li ***

Amber Ellen Loraas

Blake Michael Lowry

Ian Lowry

Sara Ghassan Mahmoud

Sheridan Elizabeth Mark **

McKenzie Grace Marrow

Maren Elizabeth Martfeld *

Bachelor of Science: Integrated Marketing Communications

Alice Mattox *

Kathryn Elizabeth Mavrinac *

Trinity Belle McCann *

Kaylyn Camille McCarthy ***

Erin McClallen

Emma McClearen *

Sara Peyton McGilberry *

Paige Madison McKinney

Teagan Johanna McKitrick

Ava Claire Medley

Emma Katherine Merrin

Anne Rose Miller *

Maggie Ann Miller

Grace Mitchell

Abby Grace Moore

Allie Kathleen Moore ***

Hannah Scott Moore

Molly Jean Moore

Riley Nicole Morgan *

Caroline Kelly Moseley

Regan Ellington Muirhead ***

Sophia Musso **

Molly Ayden Myers ***

Caroline Virginia Newsom *

Abby Grace O’Keefe

Caroline Lily Otto ***

Hannah Elizabeth Owens

Jenna Kathryn Pardieck

Anna Kathryn Parel *

Colby Joseph Passman

Baylee Ahlyse Patrick

Amber Elizabeth Patton

Liam Patrick Peace

Sydney Brooke Pender *

Madeline Elisabeth Pipech *

Remi Grace Piraino

William Thomas Porter

Emily Grace Prater *

Addison Paige Pratt

Olivia Price Randle

Adam Rapier

Ann Florian Reder

Emily Elizabeth Reib

April Hope Richardson **

Samuel David Richardson

James Mitchell Robinson

Tyler Virginia Robinson

Anna Kathryn Rohr

Catherine Ann Romaine ***

Joree Amara Rose

Isabella Marie Royal

Jaime Rae Russell

Lindsey Jane Sabutis

Ansley Kaye Sampson

Laurie Jenae Sanford *

Abigail Claire Sassano

Katherine Ryan Satchfield *

Sophie Ferré Schaffler

Caleigh Grace Scroggins

Sailor A’leese Selby

Katherine Elizabeth Simmons *

Margaret Bland Sligh

Joseph Robert Stephans *

Emily Grace Sutermeister

Nidhi Thakar *

Caroline Grace Thaxton

Mary Katherine Grace Thomas

Cassidy Lynn Tummillo

Alexander Russell Vail

Alexandra Nicole Wagner

Kara Susanne Wagoner

Margaret Elizabeth Wakham

Margaret Lynn Walker ***

Margaret Elizabeth Wakham

Katherine Helen Watts

Ava Alexis Wells *

Rosemary Claire White

Jack Wikoff

Daly Allen Williams *

Marcus Marques Williams

Sophia Grae Williams *

Wesley Dickson Williams

Alexis Nicole Willingham

Mary Jo Lynn Wilson *

Mary Katherine Womack

Logan Leslie Wood ***

Jonathan Heath Woodward

Olivia Grace Woodward

Christy Michelle Wright

Hailey Zehren

August 2023

Macy Claire Agostinelli ***

Mason Ambuhl

Hisham Farid Atarji

John Francis Balland

Chloe Alexis Elizabeth Benham

Abigail Elise Bowen

Christopher David Bowker

Anne Patterson Buresh

Mary Kate Burgamy

Bradley Tyler Cameron

Sydney Elizabeth Dailey

Mahala Desiree Echols

Hannah Grace Edwards

Keirsten Ke’ana Ellis

Scarlett Isabella Fulmer

Alyssa Michele Garza

Emma Claire Germano

Alora Leigh Gumm

Carson Hancock

Courtney Marie Hansen

Madison Josephine Hartman

Georgia Wesley Hippe

Rebecca Ann Johnson

Robert Benjamin Johnson

Isabella Audree Keiser

Elizabeth Jewel King

Ellen Kinlaw

Abigail Faith Lazarine

Christopher John Levine

Edie Long

Lucy Thomas Lowe

Channing Lauryn Martin

Jennifer Leigh Masztak

Grace McClure

Annie Jayne McDonald

Abbey Grace Meisler

Brendan Joseph Murphy

Kieran Dubaz Murphy

Amber Lee Murray

Brooke Elizabeth Neal

Marjorie Ann Neilson *

Asiah Nicole Noble

Payton Wayne Orman

Emily Blaine Pemberton

Mattie Page Pintard

Susan Caroline Rice

Morgan Elizabeth Robbins

Molly Lee Roberts

Abby Russell

Caroline Frances Sevila

Mary Brooke Shryock

Samantha Hope Slark

Lauren Michelle Stephens

Jackson Tyler Stephenson

Jayci West Stewart

Noah C. Stinson

Zaria Deja’ Taylor

John David Thackston

Caitlin Anne Thigpen

Brynley Tatum Thomas

Taylor Tynes

Elizabeth Louise Waldrop

Mary Ware

Jonathan Langston Webb

Alexis Lee Weissenberg

Bennett Elizabeth Wilson

Margaret Casey Wilson

Miya Magdalen Yuratich

Faculty & Staff

PROFESSORS

Joseph B. Atkins

Dr. Graham Bodie

Dr. Andrea Hickerson

Dr. Debora Rae Wenger

Dr. Kathleen Woodruff Wickham

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS

Dr. Zenebe Beyene

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

Dr. Jason Cain

Vanessa Charlot

Dr. Chang-Won Choi

Michael Fagans

Dr. Iveta Imre

INSTRUCTIONAL ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Dr. R.J. Morgan

Emily Bowen-Moore

ADMINISTRATION

Brad Conaway

Michael Tonos

INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT PROFESSORS

John A. Baker

Dr. Ike Brunner

Debbie Woodrick Hall

Evangeline Ivy

Patricia Overstreet-Miller

Chris Sparks

Bobby D. Steele, Jr.

VISITING FACULTY

Dr. Britt Moon

SUPPORT FACULTY

Angela Atkins

Brady Bramlett

Paris Buchanan

Thomas R. Burchfield

Kaitlin Cannava

Lynn Craig

William Day

James Dowd

Allison Estes

Roy Frostenson

Stefanie Goodwiller

Bryan Gregory

Claire Hick

Dr. Summer Hill-Vinson

Dr. Andrea Hickerson, Dean and Professor

Dr. Debora Wenger, Associate Dean and Professor

Dr. Kareem Russell, Assistant Dean for Student Services

Dr. Marquita Smith, Assistant Dean for Graduate Programs

Dr. Jason Cain, Integrated Marketing Communications Coordinator

Michael Tonos, Journalism Program Coordinator

Larz Roberts, Director of Student Media

Samantha Ard Dismuke, Assistant to the Dean-Administrative Support

Shannon L. Dixon, Operations Supervisor

Catherine Robinson, Accountant

MacKenzie Ross, Communications Specialist

Paula Hurdle, Academic Counselor

Whitney Jackson, Academic Counselor

Kristina Fields, Academic Counselor

Jack Lawton, Network Manager

Michelle Martin, Administrative Assistant

Shantra Joynes, Administrative Assistant

University of Mississippi

Dr. Glenn Boyce, Chancellor

Dr. Noel Wilkin, Provost

Amy Ingram Honeycutt

Dennis Irwin

Timothy Allen Ivy

Lynette Johnson

Michael Katz

Ellen Kellum

David Kellum

Webb Lewis

Lauren Loyless

Joshua McCoy

Samuel McGlone

Ellen Meacham

Steven Miller

Dennis Moore

Kate Newman

Scott Pederson

William Roberson

Jeffrey Rodgers

Janice Rubbert

LaReeca Rucker

Cole Russell

Sarah Sapp

Kevin Seddon

Jared Senseman

Christina Steube

Tyone Stude

Matt St. Jean

Robin Street

Anna Grace Usery

Rachel West

Yolanda White

Student Awards

Dean’s Awards

IMC

Grace Ann Alexander

Emily Bone

Haley Clift

Jackson W. Couch

Olivia Flax

Molly Kate Goar

Lambda Sigma

Rabria Moore

Excellence Awards

GRAD EXCELLENCE IN IMC ONLINE

Chloe Norrell Edwards

GRAD EXCELLENCE IN IMC RESIDENTIAL

Thomas Patrick Lee

Taylor Medal

Hermine Granberry

Rabria Moore

Who’s Who

Grace Ann Alexander

Mary Kathryn Breard

Haley Clift

Catherine Cline

Julia Crumrine

Olivia Flax

Hermine Granberry

Mary Kate Hale

Hall of Fame

Kelli Li

Kappa Tau Alpha

Margaret Cleeland

Kennedy Lawing

Abigail Maschhoff

Lindsey Magee

Hermine Granberry

Mary Kate Hale

Sophia Maioriello

Ava Medley

Sophia Musso

Jenna Pardieck

Adam Rapier

JOURNALISM

Samantha Dakauskas

Elle Muirhead

Trevor Terminie

GRAD EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM

Cameron Smith

EXCELLENCE IN IMC

Ethan Benefield

Kelly Li

Regan Muirhead

Olivia Reeves

EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM

Violet Jira

Sarah Gail Myers

Loral Winn

Madison Hartman

Kennedy Lawing

Ashlyn P. Hinton

Kelly Li

Kaylyn McCarthy

Annie Miller

Rabria Moore

Regan Muirhead

Sophia Musso

Eliza Peters

Olivia Reeves

Catherine Romaine

Kaylynn Steen

Kaylynn Steen

Virginia White

Loral Winn

Rabria Moore

Margaret Walker

Sophia Maioriello

Rabria Moore

Regan Muirhead

Meghan Thrash

Caroline Tibbs

Mollie Warrington

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 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. 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