Megan Smith of Corinth
OXFORD, Miss. – Two University of Mississippi students have been selected to travel to Senegal and around the United States this summer to pursue their dreams.
Jillian Cowart of Birmingham, Ala., and Megan Smith of Corinth, both juniors in the UM Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, are the 2014 winners of the annual Barksdale Awards.
The $5,000 award supports creative, courageous projects developed by students who are willing to take risks with their time and efforts and who propose ambitious, independent programs of study, research or humanitarian work. The Barksdale Awards were established in 2005 to encourage students to test themselves in environments that don’t have the built-in safeties of a classroom, teaching lab or library.
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