University of Mississippi students and faculty were among the honorees at the 32nd annual Higher Education Appreciation Day-Working for Academic Excellence, or HEADWAE, awards program last month in Jackson. Pictured, from left, are Ann Elizabeth Monroe, assistant dean, director of assessment and associate professor in the UM School of Education, Megan Poirrier Ladner, assistant professor of occupational therapy and a Doctor of Health Administration student at the UM Medical Center, and Edward Elam Miller, a senior from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, who is majoring in public policy leadership. Not pictured is Shamsi Daneshvari Berry, assistant professor of health informatics and information management at UMMC.