Jane, Preston and Carter Thomas had to write new chapters in their lives differently than what they had imagined when a 2004 accident took the life of their husband and father. The three have found great meaning in honoring the late W.P. "Bill" Thomas' commitment to helping others by establishing scholarships at the University of…
If you wanted to find Royal White during a University of Mississippi football weekend, you could count on him being in the Grove, basking in the company of family and friends. If you wanted to look up the businessman and lawyer in the Jackson, Miss.-area, you could find him pursuing his career or devoting time…
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...