Anne Waldrop, a 2012 Millsaps alumna, made the most of her collegiate experience, earning both all-conference honors in women's soccer and Phi Beta Kappa membership.

A biochemistry major from Paducah, Ky., she played on the women's soccer team for four years and was active with the Faith and Work Initiative, Campus Ministry Team and Kappa Delta sorority.

Waldrop was among four seniors inducted into the Millsaps Hall of Fame in 2012. Waldrop will spend next year studying French at the Sorbonne in Paris as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship recipient. She plans to enter George Washington University Medical School in the fall of 2013.

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Waldrop studying ecology in Yucatán with Professor Markus Tellkamp

On May, 4, 2012, the Millsaps Board of Trustees endorsed two major campus initiatives.

First, the Board approved a new strategic plan entitled, Across the Street and Around the Globe: Partnerships and Influence at Millsaps College. The plan provides a roadmap for future investment in important and distinctive programs that will set the college apart from our competition, provide unparalleled opportunities for our students, and grow talent for our region. A key piece of the plan involves leveraging our location - in the capital city of the state of Mississippi and in places around the world - to provide important and meaningful opportunities for our students.

Second, the Board accepted the recommendations of the President related to a comprehensive and complex review of all Millsaps' academic and non-academic programs. The purpose of this review was to strengthen our programs through shared reflection on the current status and future direction of the College and to collect data to inform institutional planning and financial decision-making. Recommendations include strategies that align our staffing to current and projected student demand and enrollment, invest strategically in vital areas, and ensure the affordability of a Millsaps education for future students and their families.

We invite you to learn more about Millsaps' plans for building on our heritage and distinctive strengths and serving the interests of our students and the communities we touch, both locally and globally.

Learn more about the Strategic Plan (PDF)

Read President Pearigen's letter to the community about the Strategic Plan and Program Review (PDF)

Millsaps College and its extensive involvement in community service earned the college the honor of being named for the fifth consecutive year to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll by the Corporation for National and Community Service and the U.S. Department of Education.

In addition, Millsaps was recognized as one of the top 20 colleges and universities in the country for our community engagement work in and with the Midtown community, and was one of only five institutions nationwide recognized as a finalist for the 2012 Honor Roll's Special Focus Area distinction.

The finalist distinction recognizes several programs implemented by Millsaps students during the 2010-2011 school year, including the 100% Adopt-A-Class program at Brown Elementary in Midtown, which also won a 2011 Governor's Award for Excellence in education partnerships. For that program, Millsaps student organizations "adopted" all 15 classrooms plus the library, music program and after-school program at Brown. Millsaps students provided tutoring and mentoring, developed learning modules and provided and funded field trips and enrichment events.

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