The Barksdale family will continue to fund full-ticket scholarships to medical students at the University of Mississippi Medical Center indefinitely. The Bryan Barksdale, MD, Scholarship, the Fred McDonnell, MD, Scholarship and the Don Mitchell, MD, Scholarship will be extended to attract more students to the Medical Center, according to David Barksdale, director of the Barksdale…

OXFORD, Miss. – The employees of Bryson & Company Insurance, headquartered in Ridgeland, have honored the company’s past president, Bill Bryson, by creating the William M. “Bill” Bryson Fund for Insurance Excellence at the University of Mississippi. Seeded with a gift of $25,000 from Bryson & Company, the fund will support faculty in UM’s Risk…

OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi has named this year’s class of Trent Lott Leadership Institute Summer Scholars, which includes more than 40 exceptional rising high school seniors from across the United States and two foreign countries. The Lott summer scholars program began in 2000, providing a unique experience in which students come to…

OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Greek Council has given $11,000 to the Friends of the Children’s Hospital, the nonprofit organization created to benefit the Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. by Sonia Thompson The Greek Council includes presidents of the 32 Greek organizations on…

OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi Foundation president Wendell Weakley and his wife, Sue, have honored their three daughters with a bequest that will create an Ole Miss Women’s Council scholarship endowment. "You cannot imagine how much this means to the members of the council," said Jan Farrington, chair of the Ole Miss Women’s Council.…

OXFORD, Miss. – When the chancellor’s office at the University of Mississippi called Alecia Waite to schedule a meeting about environmental issues, the student leader and activist immediately prepared herself to show how Ole Miss could improve its recycling efforts. But Chancellor Robert Khayat had a different agenda – namely, a surprise reception to congratulate…

OXFORD, Miss. – To show support for the University of Mississippi and its MomentUM campaign, UM alumnus Jamie Houston of Ridgeland has planned a bequest through the University of Mississippi Foundation to create the Jamie Houston Family Endowment. Houston said he wanted to give to Ole Miss because he has such a love for the…

OXFORD, Miss. – Mitzi Whittington fondly remembers her childhood best friend Morris George – his bright red hair and freckles, his love of learning and their good-natured competition for grades at Coffeeville High School in their hometown. Now, thanks to a scholarship Whittington and her husband, Lynn, have created in his name at the University…

OXFORD, Miss. – Like most little girls, Cecilia Caldwell adored her daddy. From the time she was a 2-year-old sitting beside him as he drove, to fishing with him and her brothers on Wissahickon Creek, Cecilia could usually be found by his side. He was her hero. "He is still my hero," she said. "He…