A Gift of Love
Kim and Brad Bushnell have long cherished the University of Mississippi and the community it represents. For them, Ole Miss is also the place where their lives together began. “We met in the Grove on a blind date — September…
Revenue for Renovations
Friends of Children's Hospital is helping to transform psychiatric services at Children’s of Mississippi through a $1.5 million commitment to renovate the child inpatient psychiatric unit. The gift will help create an environment that better supports the mental health and wellbeing…
Honoring Achievement
Dr. Calvin Thigpen, professor of medicine and director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, has been named the Dr. Paul W. Pierce III Chair in Internal Medicine. The appointment unites two physicians, both…
Establishing Scholars in Law
Two alumni of the University of Mississippi School of Law are giving back to help reduce financial barriers for the next generation of attorneys. With a $50,000 gift, John Keith Perry Jr. and Ravonda L. Griffin, co-founding partners of Perry…
Class Action
Twenty-five students graduated from the University of Mississippi School of Dentistry’s Class of 1999, a group as close-knit as any family. They came to know one another’s hopes and fears, cheering each other through challenges and easing the strain of…
Dancing for a Cause
University of Mississippi students donned costumes, shared dance moves and made memories to raise a record $305,211.38 during the 2026 RebelTHON fundraiser. For the past 14 years, Ole Miss students have gathered in late winter to dance the night away,…
OMWC Gift Funds Leadership Opportunities
Believing deeply in the power of leadership development, Ouida and Wayne Drinkwater established a new endowment that enables the Ole Miss Women’s Council for Philanthropy (OMWC) to help University of Mississippi students broaden their horizons. Funded with a $50,000 gift,…
Gift Creates Student Venture Fund
Long nights studying in the basement of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College at the University of Mississippi prepared Jordan Lancaster Estes for a career arguing high‑profile cases in New York courtrooms. Now, more than 20 years after earning her…
Donors Provide Difference Between Hardship and Hope
When the January ice storm swept across north Mississippi, the University of Mississippi campus fell into an uneasy quiet. Trees snapped under the weight of heavy ice. Power lines froze. Buildings went dark. Students — many far from home or…
Planning Ahead for Generational Impact
Doug MacEachern of Covington, Louisiana, has committed to including the University of Mississippi in his estate plans in the form of a major gift that will benefit full-time students in the School of Pharmacy. After the donor’s lifetime, his estimated…