Zach McClendon had just completed his first semester as a Master of Business Administration student at the University of Mississippi in fall 2013 when he was killed during a robbery at his home. In 2016, the university’s MBA board of…
The familiar radio voices from morning and evening commutes teamed up with Children’s of Mississippi patients and their families to raise $441,544 for the state’s only children’s hospital during the 21st annual Mississippi Miracles Radiothon. The event, stretching from March…
The 2022 edition of the annual RebelTHON fundraiser set a new record for participants on Saturday, Feb. 26. The University of Mississippi‘s 10th annual student-driven dance marathon raised $227,148 for Children’s of Mississippi, the Children’s Miracle Network hospital at the…
An unlikely friendship, formed over 30 years ago, has resulted in a recent major gift being doubled to help students struggling with eating disorders at the University of Mississippi. When Paul Riser of Little Rock, Arkansas, was in law school…
Daniell Mattern, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Mississippi, has been named to a new endowed chair established to bolster teaching and research in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. With a gift of $1.5 million, Dr…
A $3 million gift from the parents of a University of Mississippi student will bolster the Ole Miss baseball program. Amanda and Todd Tracy of Dallas, Texas, whose son, Grayson, is a freshman business major, made the gift — the…
A debut fiction writer penning a tale of redemption, loss and social change amid intersecting relationships in the Reconstruction South and a poet rediscovering Southern roots are the winners of this year’s Willie Morris Awards for Southern Writing, housed at…
A Christmas present opened by Nannette Holcomb Comer of Fulton, Mississippi, has the power to make dreams a reality for countless University of Mississippi students. The gift from Comer’s daughter, Karen Comer Matthews of Memphis, Tennessee, will help students seeking…
A strategic partnership with Kroger helped Grove Grocery provide 9,291 free meals to those in the University of Mississippi community with food insecurity issues during the 2020-21 academic year. To ensure this crucial resource continues, Kroger has committed to maintain…
An estate gift to the University of Mississippi will ultimately provide scholarships for students in the schools of law, education and medicine. The gift’s benefactors are the late Taylor Webb, a 1950 graduate of the Ole Miss Law School, and…