The Mississippi Small Business Development Center at the University of Mississippi is using a federal grant to expand the center’s support of small businesses and entrepreneurs in rural areas of the state. The $409,112 Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant from…
The University of Mississippi and Taiwan are located on opposite sides of the globe, but a recent gift from American First National Bank is bringing the two closer together. As a result of the Houston, Texas-headquartered bank’s $60,000 gift, UM…
University of Mississippi alumnus Craig Geno Sr. hopes his gift to Ole Miss Athletics will encourage Rebel basketball players to fight hard for the fans they represent. “I want it to inspire them to realize that they’re playing for more…
The expansion of the state’s only children’s hospital is getting a $1 million boost from TheFirst, A National Banking Association. The gift to the Campaign for Children’s of Mississippi was announced during a June 29, 2021, news conference in the…
The University of Mississippi, the Shelton School of Dallas, Texas, two Mississippi school districts, a former UM professor and an Ole Miss alumnus have joined forces in a fight against illiteracy. For the next three years, the Shelton School will…
Law student Ethan Booker of Oxford, Mississippi, is spending his summer working with the Queens District Attorney’s Office-Homicide Unit in New York – an opportunity made possible by support from the University of Mississippi School of Law’s faculty, staff and…
Ralph Vance tries to talk about the late Bill Morrison’s generosity to the University of Mississippi, but the words catch in his throat. “We’ve all been meeting and putting our heads together about how to do the right thing with…
Actor Morgan Freeman and criminal justice and legal studies professor Linda Keena have donated $1 million to establish the Center for Evidence-Based Policing and Reform at the University of Mississippi, pending approval by the state’s Institutions of Higher Learning. After…
The University of Mississippi’s gleaming, state-of-the-art basketball and event arena has been officially named the Sandy and John Black Pavilion at Ole Miss in recognition of a $10 million gift from the Madison, Mississippi, couple. The Mississippi Institutions of Higher…
Ask anyone who knew Loree Goheen Allen of Oxford, Mississippi, to share their memories, and the stories of Allen’s kindness, concern and support of other people start flowing. Likewise, the outpouring of gifts to the Loree Goheen Allen Memorial Scholarship…