Millsaps College

1701 N. State Street
Jackson, MS 39210-0001
http://www.millsaps.edu

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Overview
Type	Private institution
Year Founded	1890
Religious Affiliation	United Methodist
Undergrad Students	1,085
Endowment	90,272,000
Application Deadline	June 1
Application Fee	25
Selectivity	More selective
Application Deadline	June 1
Tuition	22,032
Room/Board	7,956

Services
Associated Firms	national accounting firms, banks, financial service firms, elementary and secondary school systems, state and federal government agencies
Campus Safety	24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, student patrols, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)
Career Services	on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training, other
Museums	Special buildings at Millsaps include the Lewis Art Gallery and the James Observatory. Millsaps also provides students with access to many types of special equipment in teaching laboratories and research facilities as outlined below. Chemistry students may use a Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometer (FTIR), an atomic absorption spectrophotometer, a GC/Mass spectrometer, a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, a high performance liquid chromatograph, a computer-based gel electrophoreses instrument, a capillary electrophoresis, research grade gas chromatographs, a fluorescence spectrophotometer, an ultraviolet/visible spectrophotometer, a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer (NMR), an inert atmosphere reaction chamber, a gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer, microscale and preparative gas chromatographs (GC/MS), a UV-VIS spectrophotometer, and a Dispersive IR Spectrophotometer. The Biology Department includes a state-of-the-art cancer biology/biomolecular sciences research laboratory which contains two MyCycler thermal cyclers, an MG Research RT-PCR thermal cycler, a FluorChem gel imaging and analysis system, an Experion analysis system, a Nano-drop spectrophotometer, a Bio-Rad electroporator, a Kendro high-speed centrifuge, several Eppendorf microfuges, a Stratalinker, Western blotting equipment, large capacity incubators and shaking incubators, ultralow freezers, and several systems for agarose and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The Microscopic Imaging Facility contains a JEOL scanning electron microscope, a Leica DIC/fluorescence microscope, and a Zeiss Axioimager microscopy system with CoolSnapII HQ camera and imaging software. The Cell Culture Facility houses a laminar flow hood and CO2 incubators for culture and manipulation of cell lines. Geology equipment available to students includes an X-ray diffractometer (Scintag XDS 2000), a Nikon Microphot-FX polarizing microscope, an MEQ-800 earthquake seismograph, a GIS workstation with Rockware and Arcview 9.1 GIS Software, a Sokkia Set 600 Total Stations survey instrument, Solinst digital pressure transducers, and an on-campus hydrogeologic monitoring station to measure the water table and water levels in four on-campus wells. Geology students can use the department???s GeoStuff BHG-3 downhole seismic equipment and Reelogger down-hole data logger to explore the 120 meter-deep on-campus test hole. Equipment in the Millsaps College Environmental and Engineering Geophysics Lab includes 12- and 24-channel engineering seismographs (BISON 5012 and Seistronix RAS-24), a seismic data processing workstation, a PulseEKKO Pro ground penetrating radar system, a Worden gravity meter, and a Geometrics G 816 magnetometer. The campus is also home to the Millsaps College Sorbent and Environmental Laboratory which provides oil spill and stormwater remediation research opportunities to undergraduates. Psychology lab equipment includes a specially-designed automated 24-hour food monitoring system for rats, a Taste Threshold Apparatus for rodents, and a microsurgical lab for animal surgeries. Millsaps students also have access to special student-assigned research lab/offices; a computational modeling lab for math, chemistry and physics students which provides numerical and graphical solutions in three dimensions; a special lab for archeological analysis; and a large-scale professional poster machine for research presentations. In fall 2005, language students will have access to a newly-renovated digital language lab with 25 network computers and satellite connections for foreign language programming.
Basic Services	nonremedial tutoring, placement service, health service
Museums	Special buildings at Millsaps include the Lewis Art Gallery and the James Observatory. Millsaps also provides students with access to many types of special equipment in teaching laboratories and research facilities as outlined below. Chemistry students may use a Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometer (FTIR), an atomic absorption spectrophotometer, a GC/Mass spectrometer, a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, a high performance liquid chromatograph, a computer-based gel electrophoreses instrument, a capillary electrophoresis, research grade gas chromatographs, a fluorescence spectrophotometer, an ultraviolet/visible spectrophotometer, a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer (NMR), an inert atmosphere reaction chamber, a gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer, microscale and preparative gas chromatographs (GC/MS), a UV-VIS spectrophotometer, and a Dispersive IR Spectrophotometer. The Biology Department includes a state-of-the-art cancer biology/biomolecular sciences research laboratory which contains two MyCycler thermal cyclers, an MG Research RT-PCR thermal cycler, a FluorChem gel imaging and analysis system, an Experion analysis system, a Nano-drop spectrophotometer, a Bio-Rad electroporator, a Kendro high-speed centrifuge, several Eppendorf microfuges, a Stratalinker, Western blotting equipment, large capacity incubators and shaking incubators, ultralow freezers, and several systems for agarose and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The Microscopic Imaging Facility contains a JEOL scanning electron microscope, a Leica DIC/fluorescence microscope, and a Zeiss Axioimager microscopy system with CoolSnapII HQ camera and imaging software. The Cell Culture Facility houses a laminar flow hood and CO2 incubators for culture and manipulation of cell lines. Geology equipment available to students includes an X-ray diffractometer (Scintag XDS 2000), a Nikon Microphot-FX polarizing microscope, an MEQ-800 earthquake seismograph, a GIS workstation with Rockware and Arcview 9.1 GIS Software, a Sokkia Set 600 Total Stations survey instrument, Solinst digital pressure transducers, and an on-campus hydrogeologic monitoring station to measure the water table and water levels in four on-campus wells. Geology students can use the department???s GeoStuff BHG-3 downhole seismic equipment and Reelogger down-hole data logger to explore the 120 meter-deep on-campus test hole. Equipment in the Millsaps College Environmental and Engineering Geophysics Lab includes 12- and 24-channel engineering seismographs (BISON 5012 and Seistronix RAS-24), a seismic data processing workstation, a PulseEKKO Pro ground penetrating radar system, a Worden gravity meter, and a Geometrics G 816 magnetometer. The campus is also home to the Millsaps College Sorbent and Environmental Laboratory which provides oil spill and stormwater remediation research opportunities to undergraduates. Psychology lab equipment includes a specially-designed automated 24-hour food monitoring system for rats, a Taste Threshold Apparatus for rodents, and a microsurgical lab for animal surgeries. Millsaps students also have access to special student-assigned research lab/offices; a computational modeling lab for math, chemistry and physics students which provides numerical and graphical solutions in three dimensions; a special lab for archeological analysis; and a large-scale professional poster machine for research presentations. In fall 2005, language students will have access to a newly-renovated digital language lab with 25 network computers and satellite connections for foreign language programming.
Periodical Subs	874
# of Books	193,040
Graduate Job Placement Statistics
within 6 months	38%
within one year	46%
within two years	61%
Campus Life
Students in fraternities	54%
Students in sororities	52%
Campus Size	100 acres
College housing offered	Yes
Students in college housing	81%
College housing types	coed dorms (78%), women's dorms (10%), fraternity housing (12%)
Popular Events	Major Madness (Spring music festival and crawfish boil), Intramural competitions, Project Midtown (semiannual Saturday of service), Multicultural Festival, Homecoming, Habitat for Humanity, Earth Week, Outdoor Movies, Southern Circuit Film Series, Millsaps Players Performances, Gleaners and Stewpot volunteer projects, student recitals, Purple Pride Day (athletics)
Nearest Airport	Jackson, MS (11), New Orleans (190)
Nearest Train	Jackson, MS (2)
Army ROTC	Offered at cooperating institution (Jackson State University)
Navy ROTC	Not offered
Extracurricular
Students activities	choral groups, dance, drama/theater, literary magazine, music ensembles, musical theater, student government, student newspaper, student film society, yearbook
Number of Organizations	85
# of fraternities	6
# of sororities	6
Students in fraternities	54%
Students in sororities	52%
Student Papers	(Appears as submitted by school) The Purple & White (weekly)
Honor Societies	Alpha Epsilon Delta (pre-health), Alpha Kappa Delta (sociology), Alpha Psi Omega (theater), Beta Alpha Psi (accounting), Beta Beta Beta (biology), Beta Gamma Sigma (business), Eta Sigma Phi (classics), Financial Management Association National Honor Society, Kappa Pi (art), Mu Phi Epsilon (scholarship and musicianship), Omicron Delta Epsilon (economics), Omicron Delta Kappa (leadership), Order of Omega (greek leadership), Phi Alpha Theta (history), Phi Beta Kappa (academics), Phi Delta Kappa (professional educators), Phi Eta Sigma (freshman scholastic), Phi Sigma Tau (philosophy), Pi Delta Phi (French), Pi Mu Epsilon (mathematics), Schiller Gesellschaft (German), Sigma Delta Pi (Spanish), Sigma Gamma Epsilon (geology), Sigma Lambda (leadership), Sigma Pi Sigma (physics), Sigma Tau Delta (English)
Religious Organizations	(Appears as submitted by school) Campus Ministry Team, Catholic Student Association, Millsaps Christian Fellowship, Wesley Fellowship, Canterbury Club, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Glory Phi God Fellowship, Gospel Choir, Jewish Cultural Association, CALLS, S. L. A. C. K. E. R. S (religious studies club)
International Organizations	(Appears as submitted by school) Black Student Association, Global Alliance, Multicultural Affairs Diversity Group, Multicultural Food Club
Other Organizations	(Appears as submitted by school) Student Body Association, Student Senate, Men's NCAA Division III sports teams (baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, and tennis), Women's NCAA Division III sports teams (basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball), Active Minds, A. C. E (Activities and Campus Entertainment), Anime Club, Amnesty Millsaps, Anthropology Club, APICS (American Production and Inventory Control Society), Art Club, Bobashela yearbook staff, Boxers Rebellion Club, Campus Link (AmeriCorps), Circle K, Chamber Singers (16-24 member touring choir), Cheerleaders (basketball and football), Classics Club, College Republicans, Crew Club, Cycling and Triathlon Club, E. A. R. T. H. , English Club, Family and Friends Pride Coalition, Film Society, Foundations (Freshman Welcoming Organization), French Club, Future Black Law Students, German Club, Global Alliance, Gospel Choir, Habitat for Humanity, Honor Council, Interfraternity Council, Judicial Council, LEAD, Louis Wilson Fund Portfolio Managers, Major Impressions Dance Team, Mathematics Club, Millsaps Baseball Diamond Girls, Millsaps Players, Millsaps Singers, Multicultural Food Club, National Panhellenic Council, NOW CAN, Outdoor Adventure Club, Panhellenic Council, Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi, Phi Alpha Delta (Pre-law), Presidential Ambassadors, Pre-Vet Society, Pro-Choice Club, Project Yellow Ribbon, Psychology Club, Society of Physics Students, Sociology Club, Spanish Club, Student Affiliates of American Chemical Society, Student Athlete Advisory Council, Students for Life, Stylus literary magazine, Symposium, United Nations Association, Ultimate Frisbee Club, Up 'til Dawn, Women's Lacrosse Club, Young Democrats, intramurals (basketball league, 3-on-3 midnight basketball tournament, free throw contest, 3-point contest, flag football, racquetball singles and doubles, Ultimate Frisbee, chess, disc golf, softball, golf scramble, kickball, soccer, indoor soccer, court soccer, volleyball, table tennis, frisbee golf, team handball, wallyball, dodge ball, tennis singles and doubles, 5K run/walk, innertube water polo, 8-ball pool), Millsaps Forum