A major gift to the University of Mississippi from alumnus Waddell Mashburn and his wife, Sally, will support the teaching of chemistry in lab courses housed in the Jim and Thomas Duff Center for Science and Technology Innovation. The Dallas,…
Many University of Mississippi Medical Center students are one emergency away from having their studies derailed. With that in mind, an anonymous donor gave funds to start a Student Benevolence Fund, which will be administrated through UMMC’s Office of Student…
Oxford, Mississippi, attorney Brad Morris and his wife, Sharon, are honoring Booneville, Mississippi, lawyer Tommy Cadle with a named scholarship as a tribute to the counselor’s sage advice that inspired Morris to return to law school. A gift of $50,000…
The University of Mississippi Grove Scholars program — which helps Mississippians from underrepresented demographic groups earn degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) or health care — is growing in numbers as it enriches lives and makes the state’s…
The Memory Impairment and Neurodegenerative Dementia (MIND) Center has kicked off a fundraising campaign that will fund construction of a new $10 million centralized location for its clinical operations thanks to a generous lead gift from Jean Reed Adams. The…
With a $125,000 gift to support the Patterson School of Accountancy’s new 100,000-square-foot building on the University of Mississippi’s Oxford campus, the professional services firm HORNE is honoring its many employees who graduated from the program. The firm’s gift also…
A recent gift to the University of Mississippi from Pat and Ralph Doering will help attract top talent to teach and research within the School of Business Administration. The Fort Lauderdale, Florida, couple’s $50,000 gift will establish the Doering Family…
Century Club Charities, host organization of the Sanderson Farms Championship, set a record by donating $1 million from tournament proceeds to benefit Mississippi’s only children’s hospital. It is the 10th consecutive year the tournament’s donation to Children’s of Mississippi has…
What began as a University of Mississippi class project has evolved into a campus-wide initiative to keep discarded clothing out of landfills and into the hands of people who need it. Through an Ignite Ole Miss crowdfunding campaign, UM senior…
Happy Holidays from your Ole Miss family at the University of Mississippi Foundation. For the first time ever, your UM Foundation staff participated in the annual Ford Center Holiday Village for which members of the City of Oxford, Lafayette County…