At a March 21 dedication ceremony, the Ole Miss Athletics Foundation (OMAF) recognized Debbie and Andy Prefontaine for their recent $750,000 gift by naming the track and field stadium in their family’s honor. “My wife, Debbie, and I had two…
Families came from Bogue Chitto, Fulton, Meridian, Laurel and other cities around the state to the Kathy and Joe Sanderson Tower last week with one goal in mind: to support of Children’s of Mississippi during the Mississippi Miracles Radiothon. The…
Every time an Ole Miss baseball player hits a home run or a football player makes a touchdown, Rebel fans are dazzled by strobing stadium lights that seem to dance in celebration. This particular part of the University of Mississippi…
Located on a campus that offers more than academics; an ever-changing, evolving curriculum; easy access to faculty and staff; and national prominence — those are the qualities University of Mississippi alumnus Kit Williams loves about his alma mater’s Patterson School…
From the time she was a teenager, Dr. Diane Beebe gave much of herself to the University of Mississippi Medical Center, and it gave back to her. Now, in retirement, she is still giving. Beebe and her husband, Bill King,…
The Memory Impairment and Neurodegenerative Dementia Center, commonly known as The MIND Center, is making significant progress in its plan to build a new centralized facility with a $1 million donation from longtime supporter Michael E. Johnson of Madison. His…
Jenny and Lee Atkins hope to help sustain the practice of independent, community pharmacy with a new scholarship at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy. The two pharmacists of Madison, Mississippi, made a $100,000 gift to create the Burgess…
Members of the Ole Miss Women’s Council for Philanthropy (OMWC) named Roane Grantham of Oxford, Mississippi, as their chair for the next two years and welcomed Susan Grice of Gulfport, Mississippi, as the latest addition to their 36-member board. These…
Seeds were planted a quarter century ago to grow the Ole Miss Women’s Council for Philanthropy (OMWC). Today, this scholarship program has blossomed into one of the most innovative in the United States. The Women’s Council celebrated its 25th anniversary…
When Kay Webber Cochran moved to Washington, D.C., in 1981, she promised herself she would explore a different arts and cultural facility or event every weekend. After amassing 37 years of experiences in the nation’s capital, she is expanding that…