Honoring Changemakers
When Dr. James Keeton first met Suzan Thames, she was already good at getting people to listen to her – she was an audiologist after all. Years later, as Keeton led the state’s only academic medical center, whenever there was…
Support Tops $4 Million
Support for the University of Mississippi’s plans to develop Greenfield Farm Writers Residency — the state’s first significant infrastructure investment in contemporary writers — now tops $4 million thanks to two new private gifts and the Mississippi Legislature. The Gertrude…
No Student Left Behind
When University of Mississippi education majors have the opportunity to travel for field trips, Renee Hill-Cunningham wants to make sure there’s no student left behind. That’s why the Ole Miss School of Education faculty member promised to give an estimated…
Enhancing Entrepreneurship
A University of Mississippi graduate’s surprise gift to his father will benefit student entrepreneurs. With $112,600, Jeff Michael of Tupelo, Mississippi, established the Charles Larry Michael Entrepreneur Scholarship Endowment within the Ole Miss School of Business Administration. The fund, named…
Ole Miss, LSU Compete in Football, Fundraising
By the time the football teams for the University of Mississippi and Louisiana State University take the field on Saturday, Oct. 12, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, their supporters will be on day six of an epic contest: Beat Week 2024…
Enhancing the Lives of Future UM Students
A new programmatic endowment created with a generous gift to the University of Mississippi from Mariamne Young pays tribute to the life and legacy of her late daughter while supporting students’ lives for generations. The Amne Young Richardson Ole Miss…
Toyota Partnership to Fuel STEM Education
The Center for Mathematics and Science Education at the University of Mississippi has partnered with Toyota Mississippi to enhance and promote STEM learning in Lee County and the Pontotoc City School District. Announced Sept. 18, 2024, the partnership is part…
Feels Like Being Home
Dan Barber of Franklin, Tennessee, who earned a master’s degree from the University of Mississippi Patterson School of Accountancy, is giving back to the place that makes him feel close to his roots and family. Barber and his wife, Mandy,…
Next Generation of Storytellers
Training the next generation of storytellers through documentary study holds such importance to Berkley Hudson that he has gifted the University of Mississippi an endowment to bring visiting documentarians to campus. Hudson, associate professor emeritus of the University of Missouri…
Supporting Study in the States and Overseas
Whether studying “From Homemakers to Bomb Makers: Women and World War II” in Louisiana, “Geological Engineering Design” in Wyoming, “Campaign and Elections” in DC, “Early Democracy” in Greece or “International Security” across Europe, students participating in the University of Mississippi’s Study USA or Study…