Bill Dabney

OXFORD, Miss. – Cecil Brown, a Mississippi State Representative from the 66th District, has established the Nancy H. Brown Teacher Corps Endowment at the University of Mississippi with a gift of $130,000. The Mississippi Teacher Corps, which is housed at Ole Miss, addresses the critical need for teachers in Mississippi’s most poverty-stricken areas. It is…

OXFORD, Miss. – Fifth-grader Carlos Pettis wants to throw a goodbye party at the end of the semester for reading coach "Miss Hilton," a University of Mississippi senior education major who tutors at his Oxford school. "Miss Hilton is a great student teacher," said the smiling 12-year-old, holding his favorite book, "Killer Sharks." "I love…

OXFORD, Miss. – Because of their love for the University of Mississippi and their belief in its mission, UM alumni Neel and Pam White of Austin, Texas, have made a gift to support the Chancellor’s Trust at Ole Miss. The Whites said they wanted to give to the Chancellor’s Trust primarily because of the many…

OXFORD, Miss. – Jackson-based accounting firm Horne LLP has created the Horne LLP Accountancy Excellence Endowment at the University of Mississippi with a gift of $100,000. The endowment will support the UM Patterson School of Accountancy, which has a longstanding partnership with Horne. “We have more than 40 Ole Miss graduates working at Horne and…

OXFORD, Miss. – For University of Mississippi alumnus Steve Castleman, it’s not just the historic Lyceum, the iconic Grove or even tailgating before football games that he loves most about Ole Miss.  “I’ve been away for over thirty years now, and the best memories I have all revolve around the friendships and relationships I made…

OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi adjunct biology professor Howard Lenhoff, and his wife, Sylvia, have honored their friends by creating the Barry and Susan Hannah Creative Writing Scholarship Endowment with a gift of $25,000.   Barry Hannah, a novelist and short story writer, is a writer-in-residence at UM.  His first novel, “Geronimo Rex,” won…

OXFORD , Miss. – When University of Mississippi alumna Donna Ruth Roberts moved back to Oxford eight years ago, she knew she was home to stay. Roberts, who graduated from Ole Miss in 1965, grew up in Yazoo City and lived much of her life in Memphis, Tenn. But no matter her whereabouts, her love…

In his second year of pharmacy school at Ole Miss, Stan Williams remembers walking into associate dean emeritus Joe McCaskill’s office. Williams was paying his way through school and had simply run out of money. When he told McCaskill about his situation, McCaskill pulled out his checkbook and wrote him a $200 check, right then…

OXFORD, Miss. – For James “Joc” Carpenter, helping make possible the $1.5 million gift to the University of Mississippi was a little bit like playing Santa Claus.                            Carpenter, an Ole Miss alumnus who lives in Port Gibson, is one of a handful of members serving on the board of the Madison Charitable Foundation, a private…