Motto | Ad Excellentiam (Latin) |
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Motto in English | In pursuit of excellence |
Type | Private liberal arts college |
Established | 1890 |
Religious affiliation | United Methodist Church |
Academic affiliations | IAMSCU ACS Annapolis Group |
Endowment | $117.9 million [1] |
President | Rob Pearigen |
Academic staff | 97 full-time |
Students | 700 [2] |
Location | , , United States 32°19′20″N90°10′46″W / 32.32222°N 90.17944°W |
Campus | Urban, 103 acres (42 ha) |
Colors | Purple and white |
Nickname | Majors and Lady Majors |
Sporting affiliations | NCAA Division III – SAA |
Mascot | The Millsaps Major [3] |
Website | www |
Millsaps College is a private liberal arts college in Jackson, Mississippi. It was founded in 1890 and is affiliated with the United Methodist Church.
The college was founded in 1889–90 by a Confederate veteran, Major Reuben Webster Millsaps, who donated the land for the college and $50,000. William Belton Murrah was the college's first president, and Bishop Charles Betts Galloway of the Methodist Episcopal Church South organized the college's early fund-raising efforts. Both men were honored with halls named in their honor. Major Millsaps and his wife are interred in a tomb near the center of campus. The current United Methodist Church continues to affiliate with the college.
Millsaps was chosen as one of 131 sites for the training of Navy and Marine officers in the V-12 Navy College Training Program. In April 1943, 380 students arrived for the Navy V-12 program offering engineering, pre-medical and pre-dental training. Thereafter Millsaps began accepting students year-round for the program. A total of 873 officer candidates went through Millsaps between 1943 and 1945. [4]
Millsaps College students protested the shooting of Jackson State University student and civil rights worker Benjamin Brown, who was killed by police at a protest. The Mississippi Sovereignty Commission photographed the Millsaps protesters and identified them. The Sovereignty Commission spied on and conspired against civil rights activists and organized pressure and economic oppression of those who supported the civil rights movement in Mississippi.[ citation needed ]
Millsaps College professors were ranked among the best in the nation, according to The Princeton Review 's The Best 377 Colleges – 2013 Edition. The Millsaps faculty won praise in The Princeton Review's special Top 20 category: Professors Get High Marks, where Millsaps was ranked twelfth in the country. [13]
Millsaps is one of 40 schools in Loren Pope's Colleges That Change Lives . [14]
The school's sports teams are known as the Majors and their colors are purple and white. They participate in the NCAA Division III and the Southern Athletic Association.
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