UNIVERSITY, MISSISSIPPI (April 21, 2023) — Elizabeth Howard, of Muscatine, Iowa, majoring in Mathematics, was among the more than seventy University of Mississippi students to receive a 2023 Marcus Elvis Taylor Memorial Medal, the university's highest academic award.
The honorees were recognized for their achievements on Thursday, April 13, with a dinner at The Inn at Ole Miss and a ceremony at the Gertrude C Ford Center for the Performing Arts.
The Taylor Medals were established at UM in 1904 by Dr William A Taylor of Booneville in memory of his son, an honored 1871 alumnus of the university. The award recognizes no more than 1% of the student body each year.
The University of Mississippi, affectionately known as Ole Miss, is the state's flagship university. Included in the elite group of R1: Doctoral Universities — Highest Research Activity by the Carnegie Classification, it has a long history of producing leaders in public service, academics and business. Its sixteen academic divisions include a major medical school, nationally-recognized schools of accountancy, law, and pharmacy, and an Honors College acclaimed for a blend of academic rigor, experiential learning, and opportunities for community action. Recognized among the nation's most beautiful, Ole Miss' main campus is in Oxford, which is routinely acknowledged as one of the country's best college towns.
