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!
Colloquium Through the Years
2026 Laureate Circle Members
- Chris and Theresa Anderson
- D. Mike and Mary Ann Benvenutti
- Dr. Gordon C. Cannon and Dr. Sabine Heinhorst
- Dr. and Mrs. Richard L. Conville
- Dick and Becky Cowart
- Carolyn and Dennis Dahl
- Donald W. Drapeau
- Dr. Tim and Joyce Folse
- Chris and Joyce Inman
- Inman Jager Wealth Management, LLC
- Andrew T. Jones and Mikala Reasbeck
- Dorothy Little
- Longleaf Plantation
- The Lupin Foundation
- Isaac H. May
- Doug and Becky Montague
- Dr. Lance and Ruthie Nail
- Gee and Holly Ogletree
- Tracy A. Powell and Deana L. Drewry
- Rita Scianna
- Leslie and Brian Stevens
- Dr. W. David and Katie Sullivan
- Robert and Teresa Welsh