A longtime Jackson, Mississippi, physician and his wife left an estate gift of $640,000 to the University of Mississippi and the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) to provide library resources, support the training of pediatricians and strengthen allergy-immunology education,…
A $1.5 million gift from the grandson of a University of Mississippi chancellor will help recruit faculty for the School of Business Administration, support the construction of the new Triplett Alumni Center and improve facilities for Ole Miss student-athletes. “My…
John Johnson was 13 years old in 1983 when he witnessed a miraculous event that gave the Ole Miss Rebels a victory over the rival Mississippi State University Bulldogs, salvaging a 6-5 season record and keeping the team’s postseason bowl…
Ed and Barbara Krei of Edmond, Oklahoma, have a long, generous history of supporting the University of Mississippi, especially the Patterson School of Accountancy. In recent years, they established an accountancy lectureship endowment that was later elevated to the chair…
For its $500,000 gift to the University of Mississippi, one of the nation’s top public accounting firms, FORVIS LLP, will be honored with the naming of the undergraduate and master’s programs suite in the new Patterson School of Accountancy. “The…
A man whose first academic experience at the University of Mississippi did not end well has committed a $300,000 estate gift to School of Education scholarships as a nod to second chances. In 1967, Bill Street was not comfortable with…
The donors of a major gift to the University of Mississippi hope to help the Ole Miss baseball team continue to swing for the fences. UM alumnus Mick Mauldin and his wife, Patty, made a $125,000 gift to Champions. Now.,…
Students’ dreams of studying abroad or obtaining a life-changing internship can be difficult to achieve if their financial resources are limited. The Global Leadership Circle (GLC) was launched to make such dreams possible for University of Mississippi students. Established by…
Stephanie Jennings Teague of Chicago, Illinois, sees her commitment of $100,000 to the Patterson School of Accountancy’s new building at the University of Mississippi as a means of saying “thank you.” “It is a way to show a small token…
Research in the fight against breast cancer is a daily grapple with the task of matching the right patient to the right drug at the right time. Such is the aim of breast cancer research dollars the past year from…