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…
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…
Kristie and Charles Abney of Atlanta have made a major gift to the Southern Foodways Alliance (SFA), an institute of the University of Mississippi's Center for the Study of Southern Culture (CSSC), to help meet the goal of endowing a professorship in the growing academic study of foodways. "We made the gift because we are…
The Stamps Family Charitable Foundation has partnered with the University of Mississippi to launch one of the top scholarship programs in the Southeast at the university. Valued between $98,000 and $138,000 each, the Stamps Leadership Scholarships at Ole Miss become the most comprehensive, full scholarship packages for in-state and out-of-state students identified for their strong…
College tuition is on the rise, but so are major scholarships. To strengthen its recruitment tools, the University of Mississippi has created the Chancellor's Scholars Program to expand substantial scholarships for academically talented students. The new umbrella of premier scholarships was established with the confirmation that Ole Miss has been selected as a partner with…
When the late Bernice and John Denley Jr. were raising their family in Tallahatchie County following the Great Depression, money was tight and making even a meager living on their farm was difficult. But one belief the couple held and passed on to their children was that getting an education is an important…
Two couples who chronicled the life of Charleston and the lives of its residents by publishing the local weekly newspaper were honored in 2010 when Ed and Becky Meek of Oxford established two journalism scholarships in their names at the University of Mississippi. This fall, three Ole Miss students, all enrolled in the…
When Karen and Bruce Moore of Nashville talked with University of Mississippi Chancellor Dan Jones and Dean of Business Ken Cyree to determine where their investments would have the greatest impact, the answer was straightforward: faculty support. The Moores took that to heart and committed $1 million to endow a named faculty position, the Bruce…
As a young boy, Harry Sneed of Oxford sat on a stool selling popcorn outside his father's hardware store on the northwest corner of the Courthouse Square. Vicki Sneed started working at part-time jobs as soon as she was "tall enough to see over the counter." The Sneeds—fifth-generation Lafayette countians—believe in individuals developing strong…
Margaret Murphree was a firm believer in the importance of education. "My mother believed in education, both as a means of improving one's self and as a way to get ahead in life," said Robert Murphree, Margaret's son and a University of Mississippi alumnus. "I largely owe my own education to my mother's persistence and…