Bill Dabney

OXFORD, Miss. – Cellular South, one of Mississippi’s largest companies, continues its legacy of giving with a $30,000 contribution to the University of Mississippi School of Business Administration. The gift is part of the Jackson-based wireless communications company’s commitment to providing annual scholarships to all public universities. Half the $30,000 goes toward the Cellular South…

OXFORD, Miss. – Two distinguished Mississippians with national reputations – one a journalist, the other a lawyer – have been named inaugural fellows at the new Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics at the University of Mississippi. The honorees are Curtis Wilkie, holder of the Kelly G. Cook Chair of Journalism at UM, and…

OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi business alumnus has donated $100,000 to his alma mater to create the B. Stirling Tighe Memorial Scholarship Endowment. Bowman "Bo" Stirling Tighe Jr. and his wife, Sylvia, of Ridgeland created the scholarship in memory of Bo’s father, who also was an Ole Miss alumnus. "My father loved Ole…

OXFORD, Miss. – Since its founding in 1848, the University of Mississippi has nurtured state and national leaders, and that tradition continues including special training opportunities through the Trent Lott Leadership Institute. Six freshmen have entered UM this fall as recipients of $40,000 Lott Leadership Scholarships, which includes association with the institute. The exceptional students…

OXFORD, Miss. – Eleven students from Mississippi, two from Louisiana and one from the Ukraine have entered the University of Mississippi this fall on prestigious scholarships to the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College. The McDonnell Barksdale Honors Scholarships, Donald S. Pichitino Scholarships and Harold Parker Memorial Scholarships, at $32,000 each, are attracting top-notch students to…

OXFORD, Miss. – Russell Cartledge Adams of Madison has been awarded the $40,000 Christine and Clarence Day Scholarship to nurture his entrepreneurial spirit at the University of Mississippi. A freshman in the School of Business Administration, Adams plans to hone his business skills that he began developing as a teenager. A native of Mandeville, La.,…

OXFORD, Miss. – Dinah Leavitt Swan and her husband, Terry Swan, have established the first scholarship endowment of its kind for theatre students at the University of Mississippi.         With a donation of $25,000, the Oxford couple established the Patricia Tarr Leavitt Scholarship, named in memory of Dinah’s mother. The scholarship is to be awarded…

Barbara Arnold left the classroom after more than two decades of working with high school students in physics and chemistry, but she never left teaching. Across the years the volunteer tutor has continued to teach, helping many high school and college students gain a better grasp of physics and chemistry. Admiration for his wife’s dedication…