Journey to Commencement: First-gen student Cellas Hayes seizes opportunities and sets sights on pharmacy doctorat

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University of Mississippi eGrove University of Mississippi News 5-9-2019 Beating the Odds Lisa Stone Follow this and additional works at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/umnews Recommended Citation Stone, Lisa, "Beating the Odds" (2019). University of Mississippi News. 558. https://egrove.olemiss.edu/umnews/558 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by eGrove. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Mississippi News by an authorized administrator of eGrove. For more information, please contact egrove@olemiss.edu. Search this website … SearchBeating the OddsJourney to Commencement: First-gen student Cellas Hayes seizesopportunities and sets sights on pharmacy doctorateMAY 9, 2019 BY LISA STONEComing from a single-parent household in a small, rural Mississippi town, the odds are that CellasHayes should not have graduated from high school, much less college.The odds are that as a first-generation college student, Cellas cannot get a Ph.D.The funny thing about odds, though, is thatmaybe they are meant to be beaten.Click the image below to read Hayes’ story,which is part of the “Journey to Commencement”series that highlights University of Mississippistudents and their academic and personal journeys from college student to college graduate. FILED UNDER: BIOLOGY, COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS, FEATURED NEWS, JOURNEY TO COMMENCEMENT,NEWS RELEASESRead the story …Read the story …Follow us on socialCampus BriefsStudents Learn ‘Real Politics’ inWashington, D.C., Winter SessionOXFORD, Miss. – Eleven University ofMississippi students spent their winterbreak learning about the people who workbehind the scenes of the Americangovernment in Washington, D.C. Lead byJonathan Klingler, assistant professor ofpolitical science, the students of Pol 391:Applied Politics met not with candidates,but with the people who make candidates’More Posts from this CategoryThank You To OurDonorsYoung Alumna Gives Back to Schoolof AccountancyOXFORD, Miss. – Stephanie JenningsTeague, of Chicago, sees her commitmentof $100,000 to the Patterson School ofAccountancy‘s new building at theUniversity of Mississippi as a means ofsaying “thank you.” “It is a way to show asmall token of my appreciation to OleMiss, the faculty and staff, and theaccountingMore Posts from this CategoryOle Miss In the NewsReuters: Keep an Eye on the MoneySupplyU.S. inflation roller coaster prompts freshlook at long-ignored money supply ByMichael S. Derby NEW YORK – Theamount of money sloshing around the U.S.economy shrank last year for the first timeon record, a development that someeconomists believe bolsters the case forU.S. inflation pressures continuing toabate. The Federal Reserve’sNews Releases UM COVID-19 Video Gallery University Communications Ole Miss Homepage Ole Miss News BlogFacebookTwitterLin edInEmailCopyLi kSMSPrintFriendlySharBeating the OddsRead MoreFacebookTwitterInstagramLinkedInYouTubeChannelRead the story …More Posts from this CategoryRetu rn  to  to p  o f  p a ge Copyright © 2023 · Th e Un iversity  o f  M ississ ip p i

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