Longtime, faithful supporters of the University of Mississippi, Diane and J.L. Holloway of Nashville, Tennessee, recently made a $5 million gift to the Vaught Society, the Ole Miss Athletics Foundation’s (OMAF) fundraising level that provides financial assistance to student-athletes in…
“Love this clinic! I went here as a kid and now my kids go here. Dr. Vig is the best.” – Percyanna Henderson “My son and I both absolutely love Dr. Vig and her staff. Dr. Vig always makes time…
Ole Miss Rebel fans attending the College Football Playoff on Dec. 19 will notice some new names, in addition to Golding’s, in the University of Mississippi’s Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. UM alumni Brooks Anne and Johnson Berry of Dallas, Texas, recently made…
Bill and Melanie Roper of La Jolla, California, are deepening their commitment to University of Mississippi students by adding $3 million to the Bill and Melanie Roper Scholarship Endowment, which began with a $2 million gift in 2022. What makes…
University of Mississippi alumni Johnny McRight of Greenville, Mississippi, and Renvy Pittman of Los Angeles, California, established an endowment to honor an Ole Miss Development officer admired for helping launch the Grove Scholars program and many other financial-assistance initiatives for…
During this season of giving, the staff members of the University of Mississippi Foundation wish you and your family blessings, health and all the joys of the season! We are thankful for our generous alumni and friends who have supported…
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 leadership, philanthropy and mentoring. Donna Glenn of Memphis, Tennessee, Stephanie…
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 way back home from church in McComb. “Along with God’s healing…
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 National Center for School-University Partnerships (NCSUP), housed in the University of…
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 Miss. With $1.5 million, the couple established the F. Douglas…