Millsaps is a privately supported national liberal arts college founded by members of the Methodist Church in 1890. Consistently ranked as one of the best values in higher education, Millsaps has been praised by Colleges That Change Lives, The Princeton Review, Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine, the John Templeton Foundation, The Fiske Guide to Colleges, and Insight Magazine.

Setting

Millsaps is a selective undergraduate institution located on 100 beautiful acres in the heart of Jackson, the capital of Mississippi - a progressive southern metropolitan city of nearly half a million population. The city of Jackson is served by an international airport with eight passenger airlines and Interstate highways 55 and 20.

Student Enrollment

• 1,118 total enrollment: 1,013 undergraduate students and 105 graduate students • More than 50% of undergraduates from outside Mississippi including 27 states and 24 countries • 60% from public secondary schools, 12% from parochial, and 27% from independent schools, totaling over 150 high schools per class • 49% male; 51% female

Student Credentials

• Middle 50% score 23 - 29 on the ACT, 1110 - 1305 on the SAT • 40% of Millsaps students come from the top 10% of their high school classes; 89% from the top 50% of their classes • 86% have above a 3.0 cumulative GPA in high school; 10% have a cumulative 4.0 high school GPA on a 4.0 scale • 48% of graduates immediately enter graduate or professional school after graduation • 100% of graduates surveyed reported having jobs or being in graduate school within 6 months of graduation

Faculty Credentials

Millsaps employs 97 full-time faculty members. Of those, 97 percent of Millsaps tenure- track faculty hold a Ph.D. or the final degree in their field. The faculty/student ratio at Millsaps is 1:11, and the average class size is 15.

Academic Excellence

• 34 majors, 40 minors including the option for a Self-Designed Major • Student-developed honor code (created in 1994) • First college or university in Mississippi with a Phi Beta Kappa chapter

Facilities and Activities

• 83% of students live on campus. • The Millsaps-Wilson Library's 219,000+ unit multimedia collection is available seven days a week. • $17+ million Campus Life Complex includes Physical Activities Center, renovated and expanded student center and new student plaza. • Computer labs with Internet and library access, e-mail, photography darkrooms, rehearsal halls, research and language labs, a writing center, and other amenities are provided.

Intercollegiate Athletics

Member of NCAA Division III, Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference. The Millsaps Majors compete in 14 intercollegiate sports: baseball, basketball, cross-country, football, golf, soccer, and tennis for men; and basketball, cross-country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, and volleyball for women.

School colors: Purple and White

School mascot: The Millsaps Major

Else School of Management

Millsaps offers the Master of Business Administration and Master of Accountancy through the Else School of Management. The management school is accredited by AACSB International (The Assocation to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business).

Adult Programs

Millsaps began its adult continuing education program in 1972 with the Community Enrichment Series, a noncredit program offering more than 70 courses for an average of 600 adults per session. Millsaps also directs the Leadership Seminars in the Humanities for Mississippi's community and business leaders, organizes a regional training institute for teachers of high school Advanced Placement courses, and offers specialized counseling for its adult degree-seeking students.

President

Dr. Robert Pearigen became the 11th president of Millsaps College in 2010.

The Class Agent System

Class Agents Are Very Important People

The Class Agent is a valuable volunteer for Millsaps College, an important advocate for encouraging alumni to participate in college events and to give back to Millsaps through the annual fund.

Alumni of all ages respond more favorably when asked by a peer to attend college related events and to support the annual fund. These personal “asks” are particularly important in our Young Alumni classes, where annual giving participation is still developing. Class participation is important for all of our events to be successful, especially Homecoming. Also, we want to report to all alumni, board of trustees, and our campus community, as well as foundations that our alumni percentage in giving is steadily increasing. Gifts to the Millsaps Annual Fund support: • Student scholarships • Faculty support • Library enhancements • Campus life and preservation • Where Millsaps needs are greatest

Class Agent Job Description

As a Class Agent, you serve as a liaison between the Institutional Advancement (IA) office and your classmates. Working with the alumni and annual giving offices, you will be involved in promoting class participation for alumni events and annual giving. The IA office will provide you with support and assistance. The job is NOT time-consuming, and the IA office will prompt you in advance of important deadlines. You will be doing a great service to Millsaps by further engaging your classmates in the life of the college and by helping the Millsaps Annual Fund secure a higher participation from your class.

While no specified level of support is associated with the position, it is expected that each Class Agent will participate in the annual fund and make the most thoughtful commitment possible.

Also, you will help to promote Homecoming and other alumni events throughout the school year. You will help the alumni branch of IA by contacting fellow alumni through letters, emails and phone calls. Again, the IA staff will provide you with all materials needed to complete the task and it will not be time-consuming.

Each Class Agent will actively support the ongoing efforts of the College by leadership and example of giving to the College, communication with classmates about goals of Millsaps and current fundraising efforts, and by reporting on your class’s contributions. Serving as a Class Agent is one of the most important ways in which a graduate can serve Millsaps College.

Class Agents will: • Communicate a clear, consistent message about Millsaps to the community. • Assist with keeping alumni records up to date by contacting lost alumni. • Encourage alumni to stay connected to Millsaps by attending reunions and alumni activities in your local area. • Serve as reunion committee volunteers to plan class reunions.

Examples of what we will provide to our class agents: • Updated information about what is going on at Millsaps College • Stationery or printed letters to be signed • Scripts and calling lists • Reunion planning handbook

Class Agent Roster 1959 1960 Russell Thompson

1961 1971 Janice Davidson Blumenthal Nina Cunningham Redding Joe Whitwell

1962 1972 Nancy Anderson Nancy Anderson Fred Gipson Lynda Lee

1963 1973 Luran Buchanan Janis Crawford Booth Virginia Farr Terry Winstead

1964 1974 Sarah Neville Damon Darsey Judy Douglass Karen Ezelle Redhead Ree Ridgway Walden

1965 1975 Lynne Pickett Ann Hendrick

1966 1976 Obie Clayton Betsy Holmes See Terrel Williams

1967 1977 Doug Minor

1968 1978 Jean Medley Beverly Clement Betsy Stone Walkup Faith Cotton

1969 1979 Peder Johnson Laura Lillard

1970 1980 Gene Countiss Rod Clement

1981 1991 Blair Bingham Vick Smith Tim Gray Susan Frazier Sheryl Stringer Linda Gallander Robert Wiygul

1982 1992 Philip Gaines Jeff Reynolds Mark Trigg

1983 1993

1984 1994

1985 1995 Chris Cheek Lisa Hapgood Richard Harb Teresa Bingham Maddox Joey Rein

1986 1996 Ken Blackwell David Loper Ryan Beckett Kevin Blackwell Mark Ricketts David & Emily Shelton Jeff Good Priscilla Tillner

1987 1997 Eleanor Taylor Anthony John Thomas Susan Meriwether Baker Holly Walters Craft Michele Wren Cook Murray Foster Maggie Solomon Kaplan Maria Karam Kelley Tom Shima

1988 1998 Greg Hurley Michele Biegel Mark McCreery *

1989 1999 Phillip Hearn Matthew & Shannon McLaughlin

1990 2000 Ray Harrigill Bradley Bennett Cord Campbell Alan & Bronwen Kirk

2001 2009 8

April Mitchell* Alex Allain Jeff Mitchell Philip Cortese Julie Skipper Vanessa Johnson Corbin Womac Christie Kokel*

2002 2010 Rich Caldwell Sarah Lloyd Allred Brandon Guidry Natalie Boudreaux Paul Gagliano * Cree Cantrell* Molly Jeffcoat Moody Josh Conlee Ellen Trappey Daniel Honeycutt Michael Waters Brittani Johnson William Lawrimore Kathleen Morrison Katherine Negrotto Sital Sanjanwala Brittany Tait

2003 2011 Sarah Bartlett Lamees El-Sadek

2004 2012 Jessica Knight Summer Bailey Kenneth Townsend Oliver Galicki Laura Domingue* Mary Elizabeth O’Leary Lauren Williams 2005 Patrick Black Eleanore Kelly Matt & Elizabeth Marston

2006 Theon Johnson *

2007 Ashley McPhail

2008 Will Benton Dorothy Lanier Rachel Fontenot Carroccio Drew McDowell* Jacqueline Coale Thomas Richardson Alyce Howe Rodney Rogan Jonathan Webb

* class president

The Office of Alumni Relations

The Office of Alumni Relations acts as a liaison between Millsaps College and its alumni, the Alumni Association Board, and Millsaps Alumni Chapters. We connect with alumni, parents and friends by hosting reunions, Homecoming, and regional alumni receptions.

The Alumni Association is open and free to all alumni and is comprised of chapters in cities across the country. Each of the chapters, and the association as a whole, focuses on encouraging support for Millsaps and building connections among alumni.

Your participation, as a Class Agent, supports the work of the Office of Alumni Relations and the Alumni Association by strengthening our alumni community.

Millsaps Annual Fund

The Annual Fund provides Millsaps with financial resources that narrow the gap between actual operating costs and what students pay in tuition. By supporting programs and services inside and outside the classroom, gifts to the Annual Fund help maintain the excellence for which Millsaps is known.

The College relies on the Annual Fund to provide dependable and vital revenue for operating expenses and other resources that directly affect the quality of teaching and student life at Millsaps. Also, by making a gift and boosting the alumni giving percentage, you increase Millsaps' chances of receiving major grants from foundations that consider this percentage important when deciding which schools to support.

Key points about gifts to Millsaps in FY 2010-11:

• Total amount raised for the annual fund: $1,504,359, up from $960,855 last year • 33% of solicited alumni made a gift to Millsaps, up from 20% • Over 500 donors at the Presidents' Society level ($1,000 or more) • Total giving to Millsaps for the year: $7,281,902, up 28% from $5,247,009 last year

For the 2011-2012 fiscal year, we are again striving to reach $1.5 million and 44% participation in alumni support.

For more information, please visit www.millsaps.edu.

Ways to Give

Millsaps College operates on a fiscal year from July 1 to June 30. All gifts to Millsaps College are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. The Institutional Advancement Office will acknowledge receipt of a gift immediately.

Credit Cards We accept the following credit cards: Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express

Check Make checks payable to Millsaps College and postmarked by June 30th. Mailing address: Millsaps College 1701 N. State Street Jackson, MS 39210

Online Please visit our website, www.millsaps.edu, to make an easy payment to the College.

Automatic Bank Draft An easy way to make a significant contribution to the college is to do so by automatic bank draft. A predetermined amount is taken from the account each month to satisfy the pledge.

Gifts of Stock We gladly accept gifts of stock. Payment with appreciated stock can be advantageous to the donor. Please call the Institutional Advancement office (601-974-1035) for details on how to conduct the transaction.

Matching Gifts Gifts to Millsaps can be worth double than their face value or more if the donor’s employer has a matching gift program. Matching gift programs vary slightly from company to company, but typically this is how they work: The employee fills out the brief form provided by the matching gift company and encloses it when the gift to the college is made. Millsaps College Institutional Advancement Office verifies receipt of the gift and returns the form to the company. The company then makes a contribution of a similar amount, sometimes more than doubling the original gift!

For a complete list of matching gift companies and their giving ratio, visit our website at www.matchinggifts.com/millsaps.

Institutional Advancement Office Contact Information

Millsaps College 1701 N. State Street Jackson, MS 39210 601-974-1020 or 1-86-MILLSAPS 601-974-1088 fax www.millsaps.edu

Maribeth Kitchings Wann Director of Alumni and Parent Relations 601-974-1002 [email protected]

Brooks Brower ‘01 Associate Director of Alumni Relations 601-974-1028 [email protected]

Priscilla Tillner Coordinator of Alumni Relations 601-974-1038 [email protected]

Hunter Scott Director of Annual Giving 601-974-1036 [email protected]

Jenna Lee Jones Assistant Director of Annual Giving 601-974-1027 [email protected]

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