The largest fundraising campaign in state history raised $1.75 billion for university facilities, programs and students. Nearly 95,000 donors to the Now & Ever campaign funded scholarships that expand access for students, health care initiatives that serve families across Mississippi, endowed positions…
The Phil Hardin Foundation, a statewide education philanthropy organization based in Meridian, has pledged $2.5 million for a new building for the UMMC Cancer Center and Research Institute over the next 10 years, continuing a tradition of giving to the…
An estate gift from a former University of Mississippi faculty member has added almost a quarter-million dollars to an endowment established in 2019 to help offset tuition expenses for students who transfer to Ole Miss from a community college. The…
After more than 30 years of teaching and research at the University of Mississippi, and more than five decades overall, pharmacy professor Samir Ross is hanging up his lab coat and retiring. "I always told people that I would never…
The University of Mississippi's endowment has topped the $1 billion milestone, aided by another year of unprecedented generosity. Private support soared to a record $215.6 million in fiscal year 2025, shattering last year's record by 28%. "Our record-breaking philanthropy is…
The University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Nursing received a $2 million grant from the Bedford Falls Foundation – DAF to support undergraduate programs through the establishment of the Joanne and William Conway Nursing Scholarship. This gift will create…
The late Floyd Sulser of Ridgeland, Mississippi, spent 40 years building a rare collection of work by Eudora Welty, an American short-story writer, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, photographer and Mississippian. Now, scholars and fans will be able to enjoy the works…
For 36 years, he was the steady hand guiding University of Mississippi students through triumphs and crises, celebrations and challenges. Now Sparky Reardon, the university's beloved former dean of students, will pull back the curtain on decades of campus history…
Amanda and Payton Lockey had much to show in the way of achievements – an Eagle Scout medal, bachelor’s degree in geology and a thriving business for Payton and a licensure in physical therapy for Amanda, and two young children,…
Though a recent anonymous million-dollar match will help bring the campaign to build a centralized clinic for the Memory Impairment and Neurodegenerative Dementia (MIND) Center closer to a successful end, reaching the $10 million goal is possible because of the…