UM Awards First Lyons and Taylor Legacy Scholarship
While unloading a truck at his part-time job at Walmart, Steven Swinford received news that he had been awarded the first Dr. Bonita Lyons and ZonaDale L. Taylor Legacy…
Company Makes Gift to Children’s Campaign
Every order of lumber, panels and other building materials sold by Southern Mississippi Trading LLC, will help in the construction of the pediatric expansion at the University of…
14 Freshmen Receive Prestigious Engineering Scholarships
Fourteen University of Mississippi freshmen have been named recipients of top scholarships in the School of Engineering this fall. Representing Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama…
Hollingsworth Honors Sisters with Scholarship Naming
Dr. Gerald M. “Doc” Hollingsworth and his siblings have always been close. Growing up in Centreville, Mississippi, his sister, Jo, two years his senior, considered…
Dreams Come True With OMWC
A number of Ole Miss Women’s Council for Philanthropy (OMWC) scholars enjoyed summer school in way that was anything but typical. For example, University of Mississippi…
Celebrating the Arts Sets Big Goal for UM Ford Center
Adding $1.5 million in endowment for the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Mississippi is the goal of the Celebrating the Arts campaign, which…
Seven UM Freshmen Named 2018 Stamps Scholars
Seven members of the 2018 freshman class at the University of Mississippi have the distinction of being Stamps Foundation Scholarship recipients. The Stamps Scholarships at Ole…
Honors College Welcomes 14 Freshman Scholars
One is a wedding violinist. Another is an award-winning broadcaster with a love of journalism. And one was a star lacrosse player. These are just three of the 14 freshmen this…
Hearin Foundation-sponsored METP Admits 28 Freshmen
The sixth cohort of the Mississippi Excellence in Teaching Program at the University of Mississippi consists of 28 outstanding freshman from 11 states with an average high school…
UM Endowment Builds to All-Time High of $715 Million
The University of Mississippi's permanent endowment grew in its latest fiscal year to an all-time high of $715 million, thanks in part to the seventh consecutive year of new…