Honors College
Laureate Circle
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Whether you are an alumnus, a parent, a community member, or a community organization, we invite you to celebrate the Golden Anniversary of the Southern Miss Honors College by joining The Laureate Circle.
Inspired by Honors Colloquium and our focus on sitting in a circle while building knowledge together, The Laureate Circle recognizes donors who give $1,000 or more to any of our funds as we prepare to celebrate fifty years of academic rigor, interdisciplinary inquiry, and academic community.
As a token of our appreciation for joining The Laureate Circle, you will receive a copy of the common read book that all entering freshman read during Honors Colloquium. The 2025-2026 Colloquium theme is Exploration, and while each section of Colloquium approaches this topic differently, all sections read, discuss, and write about Dava Sobel’s Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genuis Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Mystery of His Time.
A generous donor has offered to match donations of $1,000 or more to the Honors College Development Fund (0220), up to a total of $25,000!
2026 Laureate Circle Members