Jody and Pick Scruggs’ gift to the University of Mississippi will help students seeking degrees within the College of Liberal Arts. The 1966 UM graduates’ $50,000 gift established the Ruby Simpson Shelton Scholarship Endowment in memory of Jody Scruggs’ mother,…
On Jan. 23, 2020, new University of Mississippi leaders were given a warm initial welcome by a large crowd of alumni and friends in Nashville, Tennessee, attending a reception hosted at the home of Karen and Bruce Moore, both Ole…
University of Mississippi students raised $252,571.89 for the Blair E. Batson Children’s Hospital over the past year, culminating in the annual RebelTHON dance party this weekend at Tad Smith Coliseum. During the 12-hour dance party Saturday (Feb.15), miracle families –…
As a child, the late John Lacy Wyatt of Calhoun City, Mississippi, benefited from speech services provided by the University of Mississippi’s Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. Now, a generous gift from his estate will ensure those services continue…
Living Music Resource™, an innovative music and arts education program housed at the University of Mississippi, has launched the Secret Salon Society™ as its official annual giving philanthropic initiative. “Those joining the Secret Salon Society will be our partners who…
A generous New England-based couple with deep roots in the South, aware of the close relationship between a late-great Mississippi author and the Oxford community, is moving the celebrated Willie Morris Awards for Southern Writing from New York City to…
Art collectors Melody and John Maxey of Oxford, Mississippi, have gifted a prized watercolor by renowned artist Dean Mitchell to the University of Mississippi Museum. The piece, “Signs of the Times,” will be the signature artwork featured this month in…
Recent gifts to the University of Mississippi School of Law could prove to be instrumental in sparing a man’s life. Vital Projects at Proteus, a donor-advised fund, made a $50,000 gift to the law school’s George C. Cochran Innocence Project…
University of Mississippi alumnus Bill Fry believes great teachers help nurture and develop great students and leaders. Fry, who earned his bachelor’s degree in public administration from Ole Miss in 1980, and his wife, Lee Anne, designated $1.5 million of…
Mississippi-born philanthropists and entrepreneurs James L. “Jim” and Donna Barksdale were honored recently at the University of Mississippi Medical Center for contributions benefitting diverse and underrepresented communities. The couple received the Inspiration Award, one of six institutional accolades, during the…