Robert M. Hearin Support Foundation Gift Funds Joint UM, MSU Excellence in Teaching Program
Mississippi's two largest universities have joined forces to create an innovative program designed to attract the state's best…
Crime Fiction Author Selected as Grisham Writer-in-Residence
A highly acclaimed mystery-crime fiction author has been selected as the 2013 John and Renée Grisham Writer-in-Residence at the University of Mississippi. Megan Abbott is the Edgar-winning author of the novels "Queenpin" (Simon & Schuster, 2007), "The Song Is You" (Simon & Schuster, 2007), "Die a Little" (Simon & Schuster, 2005) and "Bury…
Cothrens Celebrate Curtis Wilkie with Major Gift to Create Ole Miss Journalism Scholarship
A 60-year friendship between attorney James P. "Butch" Cothren of Jackson and journalist and author Curtis…
Madison Charitable Foundation Expands Support to Additional Areas at Ole Miss
A pair of generous gifts, totaling $50,000, from the Madison Charitable Foundation will help support two…
Feders’ $100,000 Gift to Support Oxford Conference for the Book
As native Mississippians, Ron and Becky Feder grew up steeped in the folkways of the American South. But it took an extended…
A Message of Thanksliving…
We are deeply grateful to dedicated alumni and friends who support the University of Mississippi. Someone once penned the words: "Better than thanksgiving is thanksliving." Please know we are observing "thanksliving" every day by being good stewards of your gifts. We witness your gifts at work in the lives of our students as well as…
Oxford Family Makes Gift to Endow UM Scholarship for Nutrition and Hospitality Management Department
Like most parents, Bob and Rita Vasilyev are rarely surprised by the actions of their three adult children. So the Oxford couple was not stunned when the trio committed $130,000 to the University of Mississippi's Department of Nutrition and Hospitality Management, establishing the department's first endowment in their family's name. Instead, Bob Vasilyev, president of…
Draper, Philanthropist in South Texas, Remembers Ole Miss with Estate Gift
Margaret Lewis Draper and her husband, L.C. Draper, were known in South Texas for their longtime support of education. The Ole Miss graduate joined her husband in making many gifts to the University of Texas-Pan American (UTPA). When Margaret Draper of Edinburg, Texas, passed away, she remembered her alma mater with a gift…
Honoring Thy Mother
Honoring thy mother is a commandment Gordon Thompson has taken to heart. When he decided to establish a scholarship in honor of his mother, who was also an Ole Miss student, Thompson followed the spirit of the commandment to a T. The $100,000 Claude P. Thompson Ole Miss First Scholarship is for full-time entering…
Arkansas Couple Commits Major Gift to Support Faculty at Ole Miss
For the first seven years of his life, Charles Moore lived in a home with no electricity on a dirt road near Blytheville, Ark. As he matured, he made three goals for his life: to marry a nice young woman, to see the turn of the century, and to do well financially. The 1947…