OXFORD , Miss. – When University of Mississippi alumna Donna Ruth Roberts moved back to Oxford eight years ago, she knew she was home to stay. Roberts, who graduated from Ole Miss in 1965, grew up in Yazoo City and lived much of her life in Memphis, Tenn. But no matter her whereabouts, her love…

In his second year of pharmacy school at Ole Miss, Stan Williams remembers walking into associate dean emeritus Joe McCaskill’s office. Williams was paying his way through school and had simply run out of money. When he told McCaskill about his situation, McCaskill pulled out his checkbook and wrote him a $200 check, right then…

OXFORD, Miss. – For James “Joc” Carpenter, helping make possible the $1.5 million gift to the University of Mississippi was a little bit like playing Santa Claus.                            Carpenter, an Ole Miss alumnus who lives in Port Gibson, is one of a handful of members serving on the board of the Madison Charitable Foundation, a private…

Thanks to a recent gift of $100,000, the final phase of the Information Commons, a new technology-driven lounge and study space in the Williams Library, will soon be complete. “We are incredibly excited about the completion of this much needed-new space for our students and other library patrons,” said Dean Julia Rholes. “There is a…

OXFORD, Miss. – “Recognizing and rewarding people who are kind to animals” is the aim of a new scholarship endowment at the University of Mississippi, said alumna Miriam Wilson Weems, who established the fund. Weems, who holds degrees in French and art from Ole Miss, recently pledged $25,000 to create the Miriam W. Weems Pet…

OXFORD, MISS. —  A longtime University of Mississippi faculty member and his wife have left a final, transformative gift to the institution they supported for decades. More than $1 million was recently received from the estates of Carl and Olivia Nabors to support several areas of the university: the University Museum, J.D. Williams Library, Basketball…

OXFORD, Miss. – Throughout his life, University of Mississippi alumnus Clarence Thomas Hill, Jr., had a hunger for knowledge and a dedication to education. That dedication continues to live on through his bequest of $1.4 million to the university.   Hill’s nephew, Julian Hill, Jr., an oncologist in Tupelo, remembers his uncle as a man who…

OXFORD, Miss. – As an insurance General Agent, Steve Collins knows just how important planning for the future can be. That’s why he’s committed to helping the Risk Management and Insurance Program (RMI) at the University of Mississippi plan for its future by making a gift of a $200,000 in the form of a life…

Two loyal pharmacy grads, Jim Ainsworth and Keith Shelly, have each committed $50,000 to support the School of Pharmacy. Ainsworth, who graduated in 1967, is vice president of regional operations for Baptist Memorial Health Care based in Memphis, Tenn., and also currently serves as CEO of Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford, Miss. He has…