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Enhancing a Legacy

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…

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FORVIS Invests in Accountancy School

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…

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Celebrating Second Chances

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…

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Bolstering Baseball

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.,…

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Scholars Gain Transformative Study-Abroad Experiences

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…

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Young Alumna Gives Back

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…

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Fighting Cancer

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…

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All in the Family

Prior to Ole Miss Baseball winning the national championship title at the NCAA College World Series in Omaha this summer, the main gate at Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field received a new title of its own. The Rayner Family Gate is now…

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A Greater Green Room

Performers visiting the University of Mississippi can soon prepare to take the stage in well-appointed style, relaxing in a newly renovated green room at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts. Where once artists waited in a spartan…

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Sullivan Remembered

Independent pharmacist Ronnie Sullivan, who cared deeply about his customers, is being remembered with a School of Pharmacy scholarship at the University of Mississippi, his alma mater. “Mr. Sullivan helped so many people in the practice of pharmacy during his…

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