National Awards
Fulbright
Established in 1946, the Fulbright U.S. Student Program is the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program, designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and those of other countries. The program’s primary source of funding is an annual appropriation made by Congress to the U.S. Department of State and its Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
The Fulbright U.S. student program provides an unparalleled opportunity to teach, study and conduct research in over 130 countries worldwide. Recipients of Fulbright grants are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential in their fields.
Neely Griggs 2022
Public Policy Leadership, German
Wills Hays 2020
Public Policy Leadership
Truman Scholars
Funded by the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, Truman Scholars receive a nationally prestigious graduate fellowship for those pursuing careers as public service leaders. UM students have received 15 Truman Scholar awards.
Chelsea Caveny 2010
Public Policy Leadership
James McGraw 2009
Public Policy Leadership, Economics
Hall of Fame Recipients
One of the highest honors afforded students at UM, these 10 graduating seniors are selected from the top Who’s Who Among Student recipients. Students are judged based on their campus involvement, leadership, academic achievements, and service activities. The Hall of Fame students have made outstanding contributions in all aspects of campus life.
Congratulations to the following Hall of Fame recipients in the Department of Public Policy Leadership
2022
Grace Dragna
Public Policy Leadership, Economics
Ella Endorf
Public Policy Leadership
Madison Gordon
Public Policy Leadership
Katelin Hayward
Public Policy Leadership
Ian Pigg
Public Policy Leadership
2021
Shleby D’Amico
Public Policy Leadership
Madison Thorton
Biological Sciences, Public Policy Leadership
Robert “Cade” Slaughter
Integrated Marketing Communications, Public Policy Leadership
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2020
Benjamin Payne
Economics, Public Policy Leadership
2019
Levi Bevis
Public Policy Leadership
Elam Miller
Public Policy Leadership
Mallie Imbler
Political Science, Public Policy Leadership
2018
Austin Splindler
Public Policy Leadership
Allen Coon
African American Studies, Public Policy Leadership
Savannah Smith
Journalism, Public Policy Leadership
2017
James Roland Markos
Biochemistry, Biological Science, Public Policy Leadership
Austin Powell
Philosophy, Public Policy Leadership
John Brahan
Public Policy Leadership, Theatre Arts
2016
Rod Bridges
Public Policy Leadership
William Kneip
Public Policy Leadership
2015
Rob Barber
Public Policy Leadership
Christine Dickason
Public Policy Leadership
Briana O’Neil
Public Policy Leadership
Anna Kathryn Suggs
Public Policy Leadership
Phillip Waller
Journalism, Public Policy Leadership
2014
Timothy Orinaze Abram
Public Policy Leadership
Gregory Alston
Public Policy Leadership
Madison Elizabeth Coburn
Public Policy Leadership
Daniel Curtis Roberts
Public Policy Leadership
Vinod Kannuthurai
Classics, Political Science, Public Policy Leadership
2013
Lauren Wright
Public Policy Leadership
Sarah Robinson
Public Policy Leadership
Brian Barnes
Public Policy Leadership, Spanish
2012
Marianna McInnis Breland
Public Policy Leadership
Caleb Miles Herod
Public Policy Leadership
Meghan Marae’ Litten
Public Policy Leadership
Phelton Cortez Moss
Public Policy Leadership
Taylor Michael McGraw
Public Policy Leadership
Davis Lee Gates
Political Science, Public Policy Leadership
Phi Beta Kappa Inductees
Phi Beta Kappa, founded at the College of William and Mary in 1776, is the oldest undergraduate honors organization in the United States. Its mission is to recognize academic excellence and promote education in the liberal arts and sciences. Election to Phi Beta Kappa has been a recognition of outstanding academic achievement. The goal of the Phi Beta Kappa Society is to encourage humane learning—breadth of interest, depth of understanding, intellectual honesty, and respect for a diversity of informed opinion.
The UM chapter of Phi Beta Kappa was chartered on April 6, 2001. Membership is conferred upon fewer than ten percent of each graduating class by the Phi Beta Kappa chapter. Selection is based upon the evidence of broad cultural interests, scholarly achievement, and good character. Students demonstrate a broad exposure to the liberal arts—fine arts, humanities, languages, mathematics, natural sciences, social sciences, and history.
Congratulations to the following Phi Beta Kappa inductees in the Department of Public Policy Leadership
2021
Lillian Grace Copley
Public Policy Leadership
Grace Louise Dragna
Economics, Public Policy Leadership
Harrison Marcel Durland
International Studies, Public Policy Leadership
Gabrielle Corrin Hunter
Public Policy Leadership
Julia Ruth James
Journalism, Public Policy Leadership
Abby Elizabeth Johnston
Public Policy Leadership
Jonathan David Kirk
Political Science, Public Policy Leadership
Davis Campbell McCool
Public Policy Leadership
Mitchell Reed Palmertree
Economics, Public Policy Leadership
Chloe Antoine Rizk
Public Policy Leadership
Abby Marie Sonnier
Public Policy Leadership
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2020
Joseph Richard Caplis
Public Policy Leadership
Thomas Keller Fowlkes
Accountancy, Public Policy Leadership
Corbin Nicolaos Fox
Public Policy Leadership
Neely Caradine Griggs
Business, Public Policy Leadership
Hannah Hoang
Biology, Public Policy Leadership
Ann Cannon Hoover
Public Policy Leadership
Sloane Carlisle Reid
Public Policy Leadership
Madison Noelle Thornton
Biology, Public Policy Leadership
2019
Robert Grady Pickering
Biochemistry, Public Policy Leadership
Catrina Catherine Curtis
Public Policy Leadership
Jackson Manley Colburn
Economics, Public Policy Leadership
Julia Rose Grant
Economics, Public Policy Leadership
Mallie Elizabeth Imbler
Political Science, Public Policy Leadership
Levi Cade Bevis
Public Policy Leadership
Hallie Paige Gillam
Public Policy Leadership
Margaret Hampton Hay
Public Policy Leadership
Katherine Coleman Sistrunk
Public Policy Leadership
2018
Joseph Mac Weld Bell
International Studies, Public Policy Leadership
John Brahan
Public Policy Leadership, Theatre Arts
Louis John Hallow III
Public Policy Leadership
Alexandria Kristina Montgomery
Economics, Public Policy Leadership
Ann Weston Sistrunk
Public Policy Leadership
Molly Anne Uthoff
Political Science, Public Policy Leadership
2017
Edward Wylly Killorin, III
Public Policy Leadership
James Roland Markos
Biochemistry, Biology, Public Policy Leadership
Eloise Wright Tyner
Public Policy Leadership
2016
Cody Michael Austin
Public Policy Leadership
Eric Tyrell Bennett
Political Science, Public Policy Leadership
Amy Virginia Hall
Economics, Public Policy Leadership
Samuel Collins Hearn
Public Policy Leadership, Spanish
Kathryn Elsa James
Economics, Public Policy Leadership, Southern Studies
Mary Elizabeth Kakales
Public Policy Leadership
Zachary Blake Landers
Public Policy Leadership
Joseph Randall Latham
Economics, Public Policy Leadership
Ryan Thomas Snow
Economics, Public Policy Leadership
Anna Grace Stout
Public Policy Leadership
Anna Lee Whisenant
Political Science, Public Policy Leadership
2015
Jillian Leah Cowart
French, International Studies, Public Policy Leadership
Alison Lois Guider
History, Public Policy Leadership
Eliott Channing Lansdell
Accountancy, Public Policy Leadership
Kendall Lane McDonald
Public Policy Leadership
Mary Sloan Denning Merkel
Public Policy Leadership
Zachery Layne Newton
International Studies, Public Policy Leadership
Kelsey Rheanna Reckart
Public Policy Leadership
William Allen Reynolds II
Public Policy Leadership
Anna Kathryn Suggs
Public Policy Leadership
Phillip Christopher Walle
Journalism, Public Policy Leadership
2014
Madison Elizabeth Coburn
Public Policy Leadership
Adam Maurice Blackwell
Public Policy Leadership
Emory Caroline Smith
Public Policy Leadership
2013
Brian Davis Barnes
Public Policy Leadership, Spanish
Brett Cody Bobe
Public Policy Leadership
Travis Lenti Gray
French, Political Science, Public Policy Leadership
Vinod Kannuthurai
Classics, Political Science, Public Policy Leadership
Hunter Owen Nicholson
Accounting, Public Policy Leadership, Spanish
2012
Henry Baker Boler
Public Policy Leadership
Molly Hunter Harris
Public Policy Leadership
Taylor Michael McGraw
Public Policy Leadership
Matthew Brannon Miller
Public Policy Leadership
John Abraham Montgomery II
Public Policy Leadership, Philosophy
2011
Chelsea Kate Caveny
Public Policy Leadership
Meaghan Michelle Gandy
Public Policy Leadership
Mary Katherine Graham
Public Policy Leadership
Alex Key McLelland
Public Policy Leadership
Gideon Charles Sylvester Moorhead
Political Science, Public Policy
Rachel Elizabeth Willis
Public Policy Leadership, Political Science
2010
James Kenneth McGraw
Economics, Public Policy Leadership
Carmen Rae Musgrove
Public Policy Leadership
Katherine Grace Watson
Public Policy Leadership, Southern Studies
Marie Elizabeth Wicks
International Studies, Public Policy Leadership
2009
Tommy Vincent Chamblee
Accountancy, Economics, Public Policy Leadership
Daniel Garrett Jackson
Public Policy Leadership, Political Science
Taylor Medalists
In 1904, Dr. William T. Taylor of Booneville, MS, founded the Marcus Elvis Taylor Memorial award at the University of Mississippi, “out of affection and regard for the memory of his son, the late Dr. Marcus Elvis Taylor, an honored alumnus of the University of the Class of 1871, and out of benevolent regard and good will for the youth of the state and the interest and work of the University of Mississippi, and for the encouragement of meritorious scholarship and deportment.”
Students are nominated for outstanding scholarship in their particular field combined with superior work in all other subjects. The number awarded annually may not be more than one percent of the student body. To be eligible, a student must have a GPA of 3.90 or higher and completed at least 105 hours of overall course credit. Transfer students must have earned forty-five semester hours at the University of Mississippi prior to being nominated.
Congratulations to the following Taylor Medal recipients in the Department of Public Policy Leadership
2021
Joseph Richard Caplis
Economics, Public Policy Leadership
Conogher S. Clancy
Finance, Public Policy Leadership
Ann Cannon Hoover
Integrated Marketing Communication, Public Policy Leadership
Gabrielle Corrin Hunter
Public Policy Leadership
Mitchell Reed Palmertree
Economics, Public Policy Leadership
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2020
Madison Noelle Thornton
Biological Science, Public Policy Leadership
2019
Jeffrey Becker
Public Policy Leadership
Jackson Colburn
Economics, Public Policy Leadership
Harrison Durland
International Studies, Public Policy Leadership
Hallie Gillam
Public Policy Leadership
Julie Grant
Public Policy Leadership
Mallie Imbler
Political Science, Public Policy Leadership
Ann Sistrunk
Public Policy Leadership
2018
Morgan Leanna Cannon
Public Policy Leadership
2017
Cody Michael Austin
Public Policy Leadership
Amy Virginia Hall
Economics, Public Policy Leadership
Ariyl Onstott
Public Policy Leadership
2016
Kathryn James
Economics, Public Policy Leadership, Southern Studies
James Markos
Biological Science, Public Policy Leadership
Anna Whisenant
Political Science, Public Policy Leadership
2014
Jillian Cowart
International Studies, Public Policy Leadership
Christine Dickason
Public Policy Leadership
Phillip Waller
Journalism, Public Policy Leadership
2013
Brett Bobe
Public Policy Leadership
Travis Gray
French, Political Science, Public Policy Leadership
Vinod Kannuthurai
Classics, Political Science, Public Policy Leadership
2012
Molly Hunter Harris
Public Policy Leadership
Taylor McGraw
Public Policy Leadership
Matthew Miller
Political Science, Public Policy Leadership
John Montgomery
Philosophy, Public Policy Leadership
Hunter Nicholson
Accountancy, Public Policy Leadership
2011
Mary Katherine Graham
Public Policy Leadership
2010
Elizabeth Jayne Joseph
English, Public Policy Leadership
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James Kenneth McGraw
Economics, Public Policy Leadership
Ventress Scholars
Ventress Scholars are graduating seniors in the College of Liberal Arts with a 4.0 GPA.
Congratulations to the following Ventress Scholar recipients in the Department of Public Policy Leadership
2020–2021
Joseph Richard Caplis
Public Policy Leadership
Ann Cannon Hoover
Public Policy Leadership
Gabrielle Corrin Hunter
Public Policy Leadership
Mitchell Reed Palmertree
Economics, Public Policy Leadership
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2019–2020
Julia Rose Grant
Economics, Public Policy Leadership
Katherine Thomas Oglesby
Public Policy Leadership
2018–2019
Jeffrey Bryan Becker
Public Policy Leadership
Jackson Manley Colburn
Economics, Public Policy Leadership
2016-2017
Cody Michael Austin
Public Policy Leadership
Ariyl Celeste Onstott
Public Policy Leadership
Who’s Who Recipients
To be considered, students must have completed 90+ hours as an undergraduate student, must have a verified overall GPA of 2.75 and must be in good standing. Students are judged based on their campus involvement, leadership, academic achievements, and service activities. Who’s Who is a prerequisite for one of the University’s highest honors, the University of Mississippi Hall of Fame.
Congratulations to the following Who’s Who recipients in the Department of Public Policy Leadership
2021
Shelby D’Amico
Public Policy Leadership
Neely Griggs
Public Policy Leadership
Anna Hall
Public Policy Leadership
Sabine Horne
Public Policy Leadership
Gabrielle Hunter
Public Policy Leadership
Julia James
Public Policy Leadership
Abby Johnston
Public Policy Leadership
Jonathan Kirk
Public Policy Leadership
Mimi McCarroll
Public Policy Leadership
Mitchell Palmertree
Economics, Public Policy Leadership
Robert (Cade) Slaughter
Public Policy Leadership
Abby Sonnier
Public Policy Leadership
Madison Thornton
Public Policy Leadership
Nick Weaver
Public Policy Leadership
Tyler Yarbrough
Public Policy Leadership