Social entrepreneur Patrick Woodyard built a radically different kind of fashion company — one that puts workers and the planet first, profit second. Now the founder of Nisolo, widely recognized as one of the world's first social impact fashion labels,…
An estate gift from the late Bessie Louise Ford, a University of Mississippi alumna and respected journalist, will help aspiring college students from Tallahatchie County earn degrees at Ole Miss. Ford's distinguished career began when she covered James Meredith's enrollment…
One of the fall’s most anticipated contests between the University of Mississippi and the University of Georgia isn’t happening in a football stadium, and everyone can participate. To celebrate the Oct. 18 football matchup between the Rebels and the Bulldogs…
To say that everyone knows someone affected by cancer is an understatement in the Mississippi Delta. “Nearly everyone on my mother’s side died of cancer — and it was a big family,” said Johnny McRight of Greenville, a committee member…
Internationally acclaimed concert pianist Bruce Levingston has made a substantial financial gift to establish a conservation and preservation fund dedicated to protecting and restoring Rowan Oak. In recognition of his generosity and commitment to preserving the historic home of Nobel…
With the hope of a continued nationally competitive future for Ole Miss Athletics, University of Mississippi alumnus Greg Whitehead has increased the estimated amount of a planned gift he made in 2016 from $100,000 to $1 million. “It seems like…
Smart and ambitious, the late financial professional Holly Blades of Dallas, Texas, is being remembered with a scholarship in her name at the University of Mississippi School of Business Administration. The Holly Lea Blades Memorial Scholarship Endowment was established by…
An increased financial commitment to Ole Miss Athletics is being honored with the naming of the University of Mississippi women’s basketball locker room for the donors, Emma Gaines and Brandon Dixon. The Oxford, Mississippi, couple, who made a gift of…
The School of Business Administration at the University of Mississippi honored business giants and innovators Thursday (Sept. 24) by inducting them into the second class of its Hall of Fame. Eight remarkable individuals who have demonstrated the fundamentals of the…
Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) can take advantage of READY, a four-week summer residential inclusive higher education program (IHEP) being launched at the University of Mississippi, giving participants a college experience. Participants will benefit from enrolling in classes,…