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…
With a $10 million gift to the Memory Impairment and Neurodegenerative Dementia (MIND) Center at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Fred Rodgers Adams, Jr.’s legacy of philanthropy, entrepreneurship and humility lives on. Jean Reed Adams made the donation in…
A small collection of paintings by world-renowned artist Theora Hamblett adorns the walls of historic Brandt Memory House, home to the University of Mississippi Foundation on UM’s Oxford campus. Recently, 1954 alumna Mary Louise Rosenbush donated two additional pieces to…
Michael Metcalf – who devoted much of his more than 30-year career to promoting foreign language and culture studies – is ensuring University of Mississippi students have opportunities to achieve high levels of language proficiency by studying abroad. The former…
The University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy and Ole Miss Athletics stand to benefit from a gift in excess of $4 million received from the estate of alumnus Francis Cerniglia of Cordova, Tennessee. Cerniglia, who supported both entities throughout his…