A Surprise Scholarship
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…
Support for Pediatric Cancer Care
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,…
Investment in Business Professors
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…
Accounting for Tomorrow
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…
A Legacy of Patience and Humility
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…
The New Climate Economy
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…
Mindful Giving
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…
Bolstering the Mission
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…
Shaping Champions in Sports and Life
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…
Adams Honors Husband with $10M Donation
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…