Alumnus Provides STEM Support
Having served as a university president among other high-level positions in the state of Oklahoma, University of Mississippi alumnus Ken Lackey of Tulsa knows first-hand the…
Golfers Score Big for Batson
Century Club Charities, host of the inaugural North Mississippi Classic golf tournament, presented $100,000 to Friends of Children’s Hospital just months after giving $1.2…
Pittman’s Gifts Provide Equity Above Access
An afternoon spent visiting schools in the Mississippi Delta inspired a University of Mississippi alumna to make a series of gifts totaling nearly $1 million over the past six…
Gift Reflects Empathy With Transfer Students
Students transferring into the University of Mississippi’s Patterson School of Accountancy may want to take advantage of a new scholarship created by Guy and Lucy…
Duffs Honor Late Father with Major Gift
The youngest of five children and the first in his family to pursue higher education, Ernest Duff left his small home town of Columbia to attend the University of Mississippi,…
Attitudes of Gratitude
“As I look around this room, it's hard to not get teary-eyed. Because I know it was you. You all made this possible. You all made me possible. You made me being a…
In Support of Smiles
You won’t find Dr. Lyle Zardiackas working with metal implant materials at home in Texas, but he still has a grand interest in metals of the classic car type. Since…
ExxonMobil Foundation Gift Matching Benefits UM
The ExxonMobil Foundation is continuing its generous practice of matching Exxon Mobil Corp. employees’ gifts to the University of Mississippi. In one of the most liberal…
Strengthening Healthcare
A mortar and pestle; a balance; a graduated cylinder; species jars; faience or majolica drug jars; eye-wash cups; Bowls of Hygeia fashioned into ornate candelabra; pill bottles…
