OMWC Welcomes New Members
The Ole Miss Women’s Council for Philanthropy (OMWC), a celebrated scholarship program at the University of Mississippi, welcomes four new members who will help further its mission to nurture student…
Appreciation Expressed
Before they brought Wanda DeLee’s shattered body to the University of Mississippi Medical Center, few people thought she would pull through. Not with a broken neck, displaced hip, crushed right heel and damaged femur and shoulder: the toll of a one-car wreck on her…
Enhancing Education
A $275,000 investment from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching supported a recent national summit designed to prepare educators to use improvement science to benefit their students. The…
Promoting Excellence in Instruction
University of Mississippi medical school graduate Dr. Bill Ashford and his wife, Leslie, of Madison, Mississippi, made a $2 million donation to establish a named professorship in physics at Ole…
A Beloved Grandfather, Ole Miss Athlete
University of Mississippi alumnus Peyton Adams grew up with a superhero as a grandfather — All-American fullback Billy Ray Adams, who played football under the legendary Coach Johnny Vaught. “His…
Encouraging Social Responsibility
One year after graduating from the University of Mississippi in 2010, Patrick Woodyard's life calling was revealed in a single moment in Peru while visiting with Doris, a local entrepreneur,…