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…
Professor Debbie Bell’s belief in the value of the University of Mississippi School of Law’s 10 legal clinics inspired her planned gift to support the program that gives students real-world experience representing clients. “The clinical programs have been my passion…
Teaching a college course inspired University of Mississippi alumnus Dean Copeland of Atlanta, Georgia, to provide financial support to student leaders at his alma mater. Copeland, a UM graduate and former Rhodes Scholar, recently made a $100,000 gift to establish…
University of Mississippi School of Law students will benefit from a new scholarship made possible by a planned gift that the late alumna Barbara Bell designated in memory of her husband, Thomas A. “Tommy” Bell. Bell’s estate gift of $546,000…
When the Robert Perry family began picking up the pieces after losing two family members, they found a family motto: "Perry Grit." Now the Kim and Dr. Michael Perry Memorial Scholarship at the University of Mississippi will help juniors and…
Banking and finance students in the University of Mississippi School of Business Administration will benefit from strengthened faculty and program support thanks to an estate gift from the late Ted Cunningham, a longtime banking professional. The Phoenix, Arizona-resident – a…
“Learning about students who have considered, attempted or committed suicide is just absolutely heartbreaking,” said an anonymous donor. That is why parents of a current University of Mississippi student want their financial support to help the university continue to prevent…
Dr. William D. Longest, who taught biology at the University of Mississippi for over two decades, recently established a scholarship endowment to help offset tuition expenses for students who transfer to Ole Miss from a community college. UM Provost Noel…