Bill Dabney

OXFORD, Miss. – Eli Manning, right, New York Giants quarterback and Super Bowl XLII MVP, autographs a football for Justin Scruggs of Ellisville, left, while Dr. Dan Jones, vice chancellor for health affairs, shows Manning a 2004 photograph of Scruggs from Manning’s first visit to Children’s Hospital. Scruggs was undergoing treatment for cancer at the…

OXFORD, Miss. – Each day at the University of Mississippi, students are impacted by words and actions of many faculty and staff who know their work extends beyond classrooms, labs and offices. For the 14th year, two UM members who personify such extraordinary service have been selected for special recognition. Aileen Ajootian, chair and associate…

The Barksdale family will continue to fund full-ticket scholarships to medical students at the University of Mississippi Medical Center indefinitely. The Bryan Barksdale, MD, Scholarship, the Fred McDonnell, MD, Scholarship and the Don Mitchell, MD, Scholarship will be extended to attract more students to the Medical Center, according to David Barksdale, director of the Barksdale…

OXFORD, Miss. – The employees of Bryson & Company Insurance, headquartered in Ridgeland, have honored the company’s past president, Bill Bryson, by creating the William M. “Bill” Bryson Fund for Insurance Excellence at the University of Mississippi. Seeded with a gift of $25,000 from Bryson & Company, the fund will support faculty in UM’s Risk…

OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi has named this year’s class of Trent Lott Leadership Institute Summer Scholars, which includes more than 40 exceptional rising high school seniors from across the United States and two foreign countries. The Lott summer scholars program began in 2000, providing a unique experience in which students come to…

OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Greek Council has given $11,000 to the Friends of the Children’s Hospital, the nonprofit organization created to benefit the Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. by Sonia Thompson The Greek Council includes presidents of the 32 Greek organizations on…

OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi Foundation president Wendell Weakley and his wife, Sue, have honored their three daughters with a bequest that will create an Ole Miss Women’s Council scholarship endowment. "You cannot imagine how much this means to the members of the council," said Jan Farrington, chair of the Ole Miss Women’s Council…

OXFORD, Miss. – When the chancellor’s office at the University of Mississippi called Alecia Waite to schedule a meeting about environmental issues, the student leader and activist immediately prepared herself to show how Ole Miss could improve its recycling efforts. But Chancellor Robert Khayat had a different agenda – namely, a surprise reception to congratulate…