During this season of giving, the staff members of the University of Mississippi Foundation wish you and yours all the joys of the season. We are thankful for our generous alumni and friends who have supported Ole Miss programs, faculty…
A $100,000 gift to the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College (SMBHC) pays tribute to two former University of Mississippi faculty members — one for his innovative approach to instruction and the other for his impact on the donor’s education and…
Gate 12 of the University of Mississippi’s Vaught-Hemingway Stadium will bear a new name — the Bettye and Dick Hendrix Family Gate — and stand as a monument to the lineage of Woodruff and Hendrix family members who graduated from…
To say Tricia Cantrell is passionate about Ole Miss Basketball is an understatement at best. The Memphis, Tennessee, native and now Oxford, Mississippi, resident grew up a Rebel fan inspired by her father, Ralph Ross, who played center for Ole…
Farley “Fel” Salmon III, son of the late University of Mississippi football great Farley Salmon Jr., credits time served in a Mississippi prison with changing his life. Now, he’s ready to pay it forward. Incarcerated for drug-related convictions, Salmon, a…
When Curtis Wilkie left Mississippi for the East Coast in 1969, he did it with a promise that he would never return. Half a century later, the University of Mississippi journalism professor is putting a period on his career in…
From the vantage point of her 94 years, Sara Myers Turner, a member of the University of Mississippi Class of 1947, witnessed much of our state and nation’s history unfold, some of it troubling, especially when it came to ensuring…
Five individuals with deep histories of service to the University of Mississippi have been named emeritus members of the UM Foundation Board of Directors. At its autumn 2020 meeting, the UM Foundation awarded the honorary distinction to Janet G. “Jan”…
The University of Mississippi‘s food pantry is now known as Grove Grocery and though the name is different, its student-led fight against hunger and the stigma around food insecurity continues. Grove Grocery provides meals and some hygiene items to students…
It may be impossible to measure the impact one’s life has had on others; however, for Alpine Camp for Boys founder and University of Mississippi alumnus Dick O’Ferrall, the number would be very high. An Ignite Ole Miss crowdfunding campaign to support the William Magee Center for Wellness Education and provide outdoor recreation opportunities for underserved high school students, will honor the Jackson, Mississippi…