Andy Prefontaine built bridges in the summertime to pay his way through college. “At that time, the interstate was being built in Connecticut, and my oldest brother was a foreman,” recalls Prefontaine of Indianapolis, Indiana. “I worked as a rod…
Many college students struggle to make ends meet from one semester to the next. A new gift to the University of Mississippi School of Education will help remove some of students’ stress while honoring the life and memory of longtime…
Ross DeVol, a Walton Fellow with the Walton Family Foundation of Bentonville, Arkansas, discussed new approaches to promoting economic development and business creation with university and regional leaders during a recent visit to Oxford and the University of Mississippi. DeVol,…
Families, children and health care were always close to Vicki Randle Bee’s heart. A gift from her husband, Alon Bee, and children, Blake Bee and Paige Bee Dodgen, will honor her memory by creating a private neonatal intensive care room…
The late Cora Mitchell was part of student-led efforts to bring the Pride of the South Marching Band back to the University of Mississippi during World War II. Now, a planned gift she established pays tribute to her involvement in…
Seeing the impact a scholarship made on his granddaughter’s education inspired a longtime pediatrician to bequeath part of his estate to the University of Mississippi School of Engineering. A $100,000 gift from the estate of the late Dr. Carl P…
The late Ruth Weigle Guyton always had time for her 10 children, building a rich legacy of mentoring that was recognized posthumously April 13 with the 2019 Legacy Award from the Ole Miss Women’s Council for Philanthropy (OMWC). All the…
When restaurateur Steve Palmer overheard one of his servers say she’d like to buy a home if only she had the down payment, he started a company-wide home loan program. “We loan our employees their down-payment interest-free,” said Palmer of…
A University of Mississippi graduate’s resume not only resulted in Brown & Riding (B&R) Insurance hiring the applicant but also sparked the company’s interest in the university. Learning about the RMI program and its caliber of students, B&R has been…
A recent major gift from University of Mississippi Professor Emeritus Will St. Amand establishes an award designed to identify and provide support for higher education instruction in introductory-level biology. Additionally, the Georgia St. Amand Laboratory Teaching Assistant Award in Biology…