The Greenfield Farm Writers Residency — being developed by the University of Mississippi on a mule farm once owned by author William Faulkner — would have been a haven for the late Julia Reed, an author, columnist and speaker known…
The Ole Miss Athletics Foundation (OMAF) reports a significant increase in recent financial support received from former University of Mississippi (UM) student-athletes. Most contributions from the former Rebel players are directed to the Vaught Society, an umbrella organization that includes…
A $100,000 renewable gift to the University of Mississippi from E. Roe Stamps and his family will establish a competitive award for undergraduate students seeking support for enterprising academic projects outside the classroom. The first program of its kind funded…
A generous gift from Warren and Harriet Stephens through the Warren A. Stephens Trust of Little Rock, Arkansas, honors Bruce Levingston, the Chancellor’s Honors College Artist-in-Residence and holder of the Lester Glenn Fant Chair at the University of Mississippi. The holder of…
The Ole Miss Women’s Council for Philanthropy (OMWC), one of the most transformational scholarship programs in the nation, celebrates the start of its 24th year at the University of Mississippi with a record number of scholars and a growing endowment…
Thousands of little plastic cards have a big story to tell. In 2011, BankPlus launched the Friends of Children’s Hospital CheckCard program. Customers who use this special debit card pay $12 each year for its use, with all proceeds being…
University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) graduate Dr. Carroll McLeod and his wife, Lorie, hope their major gift to Ole Miss Athletics will help UM sports programs continue to grow. The McLeods made a $125,000 gift to the Vaught Society,…
For about as long as she can remember, Emmie Burgess, an Ole Miss Women’s Council for Philanthropy (OMWC) scholar at the University of Mississippi, has dreamed of traveling to Italy, a nation rich in culture that historians have long considered…
A $1 million gift from the C Spire Foundation and the Creekmore family helped fund Children’s of Mississippi’s historic expansion. Representatives from the C Spire Foundation and members of the Creekmore family visited the Kathy and Joe Sanderson Tower at…
The University of Mississippi’s Pride of the South band is marching with renewed enthusiasm on its new $5.4 million practice field — a replica of Hollingsworth Field, the playing surface at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. The practice field features drainage structures and…