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Football Player Park Stevens’ Parents
Park Coleman Stevens, a 20-year-old native of Columbus, Miss., and a graduate of New Hope High School, walked on to the University of Mississippi Rebels football team this spring after spending two seasons at East Central Community College. He participated in spring drills with the Rebels, and was looking forward to his first season with…
Passionate Engineer Remembered
Throughout his life, Buzzie Seely of Moss Point, Miss. perfected a great number of skills, from navigating for the Air Force to refinishing furniture for a family business. But when...
Private Giving Provides Margin of Excellence for UM
Private support for the University of Mississippi remained strong in fiscal year 2013, with overall fundraising topping $100 million for the second straight year and cash gifts...
All in the Family
E.R. "Stogie" and Shirley Hines of Ridgeland, Miss., have celebrated many blessings in their lives: more than five decades of marriage, more than 40 years of business success and an extraordinary family...
Peddle Provides Major Gift to Museum
The University of Mississippi Museum's 2,000-piece David M. Robinson Collection of Greek and Roman antiquities objects — the largest collection of antiquities...
A Life of Leadership and Compassion
As a last showing of his deep pride, love and passion for the University of Mississippi, one beloved family man, respected physician and Ole Miss alumnus has generously bequeathed more than $27,000 to the Chancellor's Trust. Dr. Barry C. Scott, a longtime resident of Baton Rouge, La., and former resident of Louisville, Miss., passed away…
Doc Hollingsworth: The ‘Ol’ Country Boy’ Keeps on Giving Support to Strengthen UM
A self-proclaimed "ol' country boy," Dr. Gerald "Doc" Hollingsworth may have studied under Ivy League scholars at Harvard and live in a beach community along the Florida Gulf Coast, but his heart will always be in Mississippi. The third of four children, Hollingsworth and his family moved often during his childhood before landing in Centerville,…
Athletics’ Academic Enrichment Gets a Boost
A gift of $25,000 by Melissa Mullens Kuhl, a University of Mississippi staff member and former tutor to student-athletes, has created a new endowment to support the UM FedEx Student-Athlete Academic Support Center. The Kuhl Tutor Scholar Endowment will provide support for the UM FedEx Academic Support Center and grant scholarships exclusively to its…
SFA Oral Historian to Study the Upsouth
A pair of generous gifts totaling $125,000 will allow the Southern Foodways Alliance (SFA) at the University of Mississippi to support an additional oral historian and...