Family lineage and a love for Ole Miss inspired a University of Mississippi graduate to make a major gift to CHAMPIONS. NOW., the fundraising campaign focused on improving facilities for UM student-athletes. “We’re excited about the momentum that the athletics…
The most recent of many gifts from the Dr. and Mrs. R. Faser Triplett Foundation to the University of Mississippi will help construct a gleaming, new alumni center on the footprint of the current one. The Triplett Foundation, named for…
Infusion space designed for peace and privacy, more exam rooms, a welcoming waiting area, and colors that are light, bright and uplifting. These changes and more are coming to the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Children’s of Mississippi…
A scholarship the late Daniel C. Hughes Jr. established in 1983 to honor his parents — both UM graduates — has bettered the lives of numerous students for almost four decades. Now, newly endowed with a gift from Hughes’ estate,…
With plans to travel the world, research health disparities and grow a nonprofit organization, incoming freshman Dymond Mitchell is thankful to be named one of 13 new Stamps Scholars at the University of Mississippi. “This is so much more than a…
Unexpected academic guidance from a University of Mississippi professor and the decades-long success of an accounting firm managed by Ole Miss alumni are among the factors driving $150,000 in recent gifts to UM that will help educators transform the lives…
The Ole Miss Women’s Council for Philanthropy (OMWC), a celebrated scholarship program at the University of Mississippi, welcomes a new chair and a new member to further its mission to nurture student leadership, philanthropy and mentoring. Suzan Thames of Ridgeland,…
Inspired by opportunities she received as a college student, Janet Jones Pilko of Houston, Texas, and Park City, Utah, takes her role seriously as a University of Mississippi alumni leader and donor. Pilko, with her husband, George, established the Excellence…
As one of the greatest long jumpers in history, University of Mississippi alumna Brittney Reese is already recognized as Ole Miss’ most celebrated Olympian. However, her quiet efforts to help and serve others are often overlooked. That changed recently when…
James Stewart's gift of $100,000 to the University of Mississippi will establish the James C. Stewart Biomedical Engineering Program Support Fund in the first and only department of its kind in the state. Stewart of Houston, Texas, who earned a…