Daniel Roberts, a 2014 University of Mississippi graduate, has established an Ole Miss First Scholarship in hopes of planting seeds that will thrive and help students enjoy an exceptional college experience. He becomes one of the youngest alumni ever to…
A new scholarship in the University of Mississippi School of Law will serve as a perpetual tribute to the immediate past dean, Susan Duncan. Alumni and friends of Ole Miss Law who were gathered at the 2023 meeting of the…
Suzan B. Thames was among the supporters of the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Children’s of Mississippi when it was a dream on the drawing board of the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s first pediatric hematologist-oncologist physician. Today,…
Christie and George Walker are helping shape the future through a transformational investment in the University of Mississippi School of Business Administration, ensuring resources are available to recruit and retain outstanding faculty members to prepare generations of students for careers…
Two study spaces in the University of Mississippi’s Patterson School of Accountancy will be named in honor of alumna Jackie Bailey’s family, showing appreciation for their $100,000 gift to the school’s new building fund. Bailey, a 1981 graduate of the…
It was the second-best day of his life. Or, at least one of the best, said Dr. G. Rodney Meeks. “The best was marrying my wife.” For 53 years, the names of Dr. Rodney Meeks and Dr. Sara McDavid Meeks…
From a young age, Steven B. King of St. Louis, Missouri, has had an affinity for the natural world, and from the time he first set foot on campus, has had an affection for the University of Mississippi. Upon discovering…
Fred Rodgers Adams, Jr., his siblings and most of his cousins developed dementia in their later years. The family connection wasn’t lost on his daughter. “Many of them died from it as the official cause of death,” said Dea Dea…
Lodge Cast Iron, founded in 1877, is a fifth-generation family-owned cast iron cookware company based in South Pittsburg, Tennessee, that is strengthening the mission of the Southern Foodways Alliance (SFA) with an unrestricted gift of $150,000. Based at the University…
University of Mississippi alumni Brandon Dixon and his wife, Emma Gaines, hope their gift to Ole Miss Athletics will help give student-athletes the extended knowledge they need to proactively navigate life after graduation. “Think about this: our university will give…