Park Coleman Stevens, a 20-year-old native of Columbus, Miss., and a graduate of New Hope High School, walked on to the University of Mississippi Rebels football team this spring after spending two seasons at East Central Community College. He participated in spring drills with the Rebels, and was looking forward to his first season with…
Throughout his life, Buzzie Seely of Moss Point, Miss. perfected a great number of skills, from navigating for the Air Force to refinishing furniture for a family business. But when...
Private support for the University of Mississippi remained strong in fiscal year 2013, with overall fundraising topping $100 million for the second straight year and cash gifts...
E.R. "Stogie" and Shirley Hines of Ridgeland, Miss., have celebrated many blessings in their lives: more than five decades of marriage, more than 40 years of business success and an extraordinary family...
The University of Mississippi Museum's 2,000-piece David M. Robinson Collection of Greek and Roman antiquities objects — the largest collection of antiquities...
A self-proclaimed "ol' country boy," Dr. Gerald "Doc" Hollingsworth may have studied under Ivy League scholars at Harvard and live in a beach community along the Florida Gulf Coast, but his heart will always be in Mississippi. The third of four children, Hollingsworth and his family moved often during his childhood before landing in Centerville,…
A gift of $25,000 by Melissa Mullens Kuhl, a University of Mississippi staff member and former tutor to student-athletes, has created a new endowment to support the UM FedEx Student-Athlete Academic Support Center. The Kuhl Tutor Scholar Endowment will provide support for the UM FedEx Academic Support Center and grant scholarships exclusively to its…
A pair of generous gifts totaling $125,000 will allow the Southern Foodways Alliance (SFA) at the University of Mississippi to support an additional oral historian and...
Gene Saucier was just eight years old when he discovered his calling in life. While listening to a classical music station on the radio, he heard a piece that featured the clarinet and...
Like many University of Mississippi freshmen, Stephanie Henson entered college not knowing exactly what career she wanted to pursue. Just five years later, the Jackson...