Austin Lafferty’s recent gift to the University of Mississippi will help School of Business Administration students participating in the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE). The Kingfisher, Oklahoma, resident’s $50,000 gift establishes the Lafferty Family CIE Endowment. The CIE’s mission…
A scholarship endowment paying tribute to the lives of three University of Mississippi students has grown to almost $500,000, and three new recipients say they feel honored to represent the men for whom the scholarship is named. Continuing gifts from…
Molli Flynt is among the most recent of many University of Mississippi alumni offering their support for the Patterson School of Accountancy’s new home on the Oxford campus. The Oxford, Mississippi, resident’s $25,000 gift is being matched by KPMG, the…
A $150,000 grant to the University of Mississippi’s Prison-to-College Pipeline Program (PTCPP) is helping expand course offerings and services to those looking to transform their lives during and after incarceration. The Laughing Gull Foundation, a Durham, North Carolina foundation committed…
N. Gordon Thompson hopes his investment in the Patterson School of Accountancy’s new building at the University of Mississippi will help the school continue to capture top national rankings. “The Patterson School of Accountancy is consistently ranked among the top…
A recent gift from University of Mississippi alumnus Dean Douglas will support a campus entity focused on developing practical solutions to pressing and contentious moral and political issues. The donor’s gift establishes the Dean J. Douglas Fund for The Center…
The Stamps Impact Prize, a new competitive award program at the University of Mississippi to support undergraduate-initiated, faculty-mentored research and creative achievement projects, has announced its 13 inaugural recipients. The program is the first of its kind in the nation…
A Dallas, Texas, couple is helping strengthen the University of Mississippi’s academic reputation with a $250,000 gift for graduate student stipends and a matching gift of $162,500 for the Patterson School of Accountancy Building Fund. “Working with university leadership, we…
Brickell Williamson had an adventurous spirit that carried her all over the world during her years as a flight attendant – but family and friends already knew that, and they loved her for it. What they found after her death…
Former Ole Miss and NFL standout Dexter McCluster looks forward to being back on the University of Mississippi campus on Friday, Feb. 2, when he returns to Oxford, Mississippi, to share his inspirational story as the next featured speaker in…