Gifts to UM Fuel Academic and Athletic Achievement
When Johnny and Renee McRight began graduate school as young newlyweds, they did so on a tight budget with help from fellowships, grants and lots of sweat equity. Today,…
Ole Miss Fund
Think of giving to Ole Miss this way: If you gave $50 and nine other alumni and friends each gave $50, the Pride of the South Marching Band could have a new snare drum. We…
$1M donation lifts UMMC MIND Center above fund-raising goal
JACKSON, Miss. – Jackson businessman John N. Palmer has donated $1 million to the MIND Center, a University of Mississippi Medical Center institution dedicated to…
Fund Promotes Civic Engagement
Jesse L. White Jr., a 1966 graduate of the University of Mississippi and current adjunct professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has committed a lead…
Kentucky Alum Pays it Forward
Kentucky native and UM alumna Gail Russell has committed a generous planned gift to the Political Science department within the UM College of Liberal Arts. It and its…
Aflac Supports UMMC Center for Obesity Research
The supplemental insurance company Aflac is supporting the work of the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s Mississippi Center for Obesity Research through a…
Chucky Mullins Remembered
For the last 25 years, Chucky Mullins and his abiding spirit have touched the lives of the entire Ole Miss family. Now, with the formal dedication of Chucky Mullins Drive…
Enjoy a Magical Evening at Rowan Oak
The annual Harvest Supper on Oct. 16 promises a unique experience on the grounds of Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner’s historic home, Rowan Oak in Oxford…
UM is Growing, Sustaining
The Chronicle of Higher Education has named the University of Mississippi among the nation’s fastest-growing colleges in its Almanac of Higher Education 2014…
Croft Institute Announces Its 2014-15 Scholars
Seven new freshmen with outstanding academic records and the desire to pursue global careers have entered the University of Mississippi this fall on prestigious Croft…