A life-changing diagnosis of multiple myeloma led Kent and Candace Oliver to make a $500,000 commitment to help other cancer patients in the state through the Cancer Center and Research Institute at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. The Olivers, known for…
The Bower Foundation has made the largest single gift in its history, a transformative $10 million investment in It's About Time: The Campaign for the UMMC Cancer Center and Research Institute. The $125 million philanthropic campaign to build a new five-story…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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,…
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…