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Business Professor Honors Parents with Endowment for Faculty Support

OXFORD, Miss. – The chair of the Risk Management and Insurance Program in the School of Business Administration at the University of Mississippi has honored his parents with a bequest that will create an endowment to support faculty in his department. Larry Cox, who also holds the Robertson Chair of Insurance, has established the C.…
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Longtime State Educator Honored with Scholarship

OXFORD, Miss. – To honor the memory of his father, a longtime public school administrator, University of Mississippi alumnus Joseph C. Todd of Cincinnati has created the Lindsey O. Todd Scholarship Endowment at his alma mater with a gift of $100,000. The elder Todd, who died in 1973, dedicated his life and career to improving…
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Medical Marketing Economics Gives $350,000 to School of Pharmacy

OXFORD, Miss. – Medical Marketing Economics, LLC, a consultancy group based in Oxford, has committed $350,000 to support the University of Mississippi’s School of Pharmacy. “Faculty, staff and students of the School of Pharmacy are grateful for the generous support of Dr. Kolassa and the MME partners,” said Barbara Wells, the school’s dean. “This gift…
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Gift From Alumnus Honors Chancellor Robert Khayat

OXFORD, Miss. – Retired Florida attorney Jerry Center believes the University of Mississippi spirit is personified by its chancellor, Robert Khayat. That’s why Center and his wife, Susan, have made a gift to the Chancellor’s Trust in Khayat’s honor. "Robert Khayat has been a professor, classmate and friend," Center said. "He was one of the…
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Accounting Firm KPMG Establishes Professorship in Accountancy

OXFORD, Miss. – Big Four accounting firm KPMG LLP has established the KPMG Professorship in Accountancy at the University of Mississippi. In 2002 several KPMG partners established a lectureship in accountancy, a position that requires a $250,000 commitment.  Now KPMG partners and other employees have committed to growing the fund to over $500,000 to fund…
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Alumna Honors Parents With Ole Miss Scholarship

OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi alumna Daphine Denley Craig has honored the memory of her parents with a scholarship in their names. Craig, a 1960 Ole Miss graduate, seeded the Bernice Raggett and John Barksdale Denley Jr. Scholarship with a gift of $25,000. Besides her initial gift, Craig has bequeathed a portion of her…
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SUPER BOWL XLII MVP VISITS BATSON

OXFORD, Miss. – Eli Manning, right, New York Giants quarterback and Super Bowl XLII MVP, autographs a football for Justin Scruggs of Ellisville, left, while Dr. Dan Jones, vice chancellor for health affairs, shows Manning a 2004 photograph of Scruggs from Manning’s first visit to Children’s Hospital. Scruggs was undergoing treatment for cancer at the…
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Ajootian, Showalter Honored for Extraordinary Service to Students

OXFORD, Miss. – Each day at the University of Mississippi, students are impacted by words and actions of many faculty and staff who know their work extends beyond classrooms, labs and offices. For the 14th year, two UM members who personify such extraordinary service have been selected for special recognition. Aileen Ajootian, chair and associate…
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Barksdale Foundation Extends Scholarship Funding “Indefinitely”

The Barksdale family will continue to fund full-ticket scholarships to medical students at the University of Mississippi Medical Center indefinitely. The Bryan Barksdale, MD, Scholarship, the Fred McDonnell, MD, Scholarship and the Don Mitchell, MD, Scholarship will be extended to attract more students to the Medical Center, according to David Barksdale, director of the Barksdale…
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Bryson & Company Honors Past President and UM Alumnus

OXFORD, Miss. – The employees of Bryson & Company Insurance, headquartered in Ridgeland, have honored the company’s past president, Bill Bryson, by creating the William M. “Bill” Bryson Fund for Insurance Excellence at the University of Mississippi. Seeded with a gift of $25,000 from Bryson & Company, the fund will support faculty in UM’s Risk…
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