Among recent changes to a University of Mississippi financial assistance program is a benefit that enables Ole Miss to help more deserving students attend college. Ole Miss Opportunity (OMO) guarantees that eligible Mississippi residents receive financial support to cover the…
Craig Sartin considers himself fortunate for the many rewards life has given him, and now he is giving back through scholarships to help University of Mississippi pharmacy students. After graduating from the UM School of Pharmacy in 1979, Sartin found…
After Black Friday and Cyber Monday help us find gifts for family and friends, Giving Tuesday offers an opportunity to help touch the lives of people we may never meet. Since 2012, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving has become known worldwide…
A new campaign at the University of Mississippi aims to raise funds for a scholarship honoring a young alumnus who died unexpectedly in June. Oscar R. Pope, a native of Terry, Mississippi, graduated from Ole Miss in 2010 with dual…
On the first day of every month for 46 years, Ann McCully Jones and her husband, Frank, repeated their wedding vows. After he lost his partner in life, Jones carried out what the couple had spoken of many times: funding…
A $250,000 gift from Denny and Faye King to the University of Mississippi will upgrade facilities for student-athletes. A longtime donor to the university, King said he feels “an obligation and desire to share [his] good fortune with Ole Miss.”…
The University of Mississippi launched the largest comprehensive campaign in Mississippi history on Nov. 12, 2021, to raise $1.5 billion in private support and increase the flagship university's endowment to $1 billion to strengthen it for generations to come. University…
When University of Mississippi junior Alexandria Seals of Laurel, Mississippi, wanted an internship, her Ole Miss Women's Council (OWMC) for Philanthropy mentor suggested a life-changing experience and funding through the Global Leadership Circle (GLC). “I applied for an Amazon internship…
Fourth-year students in the School of Dentistry on the University of Mississippi Medical Center campus started their final stretch with not just a creature comfort, but also a convenient organizational tool: new lockers. They’re being provided through the generous efforts…
