The University of Mississippi’s accounting program launched Gerard Gibert’s career after he graduated in 1980, and now he’s returning the favor in a big way. With a $100,000 gift to the new building fund for the Patterson School of Accountancy,…
January 2025 marked the 25th anniversary of the landmark contribution of $100 million by University of Mississippi School of Business Administration alumnus Jim Barksdale to improve reading skills in Mississippi. Standing with state education officials on Jan. 20, 2000, in…
As a University of Mississippi undergraduate, Libbie Kakales Patterson of Oxford, Mississippi, studied for a year at the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, Greece, and as a law student, spent a summer term at Downing College in Cambridge, England. A new…
Reese Milstead and Makayla Russell, two University of Mississippi juniors, crossed several international borders last summer when they decided to step way outside their comfort zones. As Ole Miss Women’s Council for Philanthropy (OMWC) scholars, Milstead and Russell had the…
A gift to the University of Mississippi doubled as a surprise to alumni Sandy and John Black, honoring their 60 years of marriage while providing tuition assistance to Ole Miss students. On their 60th wedding anniversary, the Blacks’ children —…
John and Sandy Black of Madison have committed $25 million, the single largest gift in University of Mississippi Medical Center history, in support of the UMMC Cancer Center and Research Institute’s campaign to build a new facility to advance world-class…
A University of Mississippi professor’s nest egg will help offset expenses for higher education students seeking extracurricular experiential learning opportunities. “I’m not going to retire. However long I have left in this life, the University of Mississippi is where I…
A heartfelt desire to give back to their alma mater has led Karen and Bruce Moore of Nashville, Tennessee, to a lifetime of extraordinary generosity to the University of Mississippi. It all started when their oldest son, Tyler, was in…
When Amy Valentine needed a birthday gift for her husband, Dennis, she turned to the University of Mississippi School of Business Administration to establish a scholarship in his name. When she went to her husband with the birthday gift —…
Levi Sides was determined to chart his own course at the University of Mississippi when he transferred after successfully completing two years at Northeast Mississippi Community College. As the first member of his family to attend college, he is a…