A University of Mississippi professor’s nest egg will help offset expenses for higher education students seeking extracurricular experiential learning opportunities. “I’m not going to retire. However long I have left in this life, the University of Mississippi is where I…
A heartfelt desire to give back to their alma mater has led Karen and Bruce Moore of Nashville, Tennessee, to a lifetime of extraordinary generosity to the University of Mississippi. It all started when their oldest son, Tyler, was in…
When Amy Valentine needed a birthday gift for her husband, Dennis, she turned to the University of Mississippi School of Business Administration to establish a scholarship in his name. When she went to her husband with the birthday gift —…
Levi Sides was determined to chart his own course at the University of Mississippi when he transferred after successfully completing two years at Northeast Mississippi Community College. As the first member of his family to attend college, he is a…
Century Club Charities, host of the Sanderson Farms Championship, achieved a remarkable milestone by donating $1 million from tournament proceeds to support Children’s of Mississippi. This marks the 11th consecutive year that the tournament has contributed $1 million or more…
Melissa Shepherd, widow of the late Dr. A.P. “Pete” Shepherd, donated more than $2.25 million to the UMMC School of Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences for an endowed chair for physiology and a new investigator award. The chair will…
The story of a $1 million gift begins 57 years ago on a freezing Mississippi night, when a famous surgeon offered his heated car and a warm handshake to Dr. Seshadri Raju. After a 9,000-mile journey, Raju had arrived at…
From the proceeds of its recent 5k run on the University of Mississippi campus, the Sigma Chi fraternity made a $60,000 gift in support of the Thomas Hayes Mayo Lab at the William Magee Institute. The Thomas Hayes Mayo Lab,…
During this season of giving, the staff members of the University of Mississippi Foundation wish you and your family blessings, health and all the joys of the season! We are thankful for our generous alumni and friends who have supported…
Sofia Euyoque found her passion early in life through her Mexican-American culture. Starting in middle school, her enthusiasm for music grew through high school to the point where she decided to pursue a career in the musical arts. The senior…