OXFORD, Miss – University of Mississippi alumnus Roland Burns is a man dedicated to education. In 1999, with what started as an interest in his own children’s school, Burns, along with his wife, Sheryl, took on the responsibility for helping open what is now Legacy Christian Academy in Frisco, Texas. The school now has 725…

JACKSON, Miss. – University of Mississippi alumnus James M. Brock has made a planned gift to the Arthur C. Guyton Research Center at the University’s Medical Center. Brock and Guyton were friends and classmates at Ole Miss and later roommates at Harvard Medical School.   “Arthur Guyton was an outstanding individual,” Brock said. “He was…

OXFORD, Miss. – As dean of the School of Education at the University of Mississippi, Tom Burnham places a high priority on helping students attend Ole Miss.    With a new scholarship, named to honor the memory of his son, Burnham is doing just that. The Tom Burnham, Jr., Memorial Scholarship Endowment will assist full-time UM…

OXFORD, Miss. – Four University of Mississippi freshmen have been awarded the fall 2008 Lott Leadership Scholarships by the Trent Lott Leadership Institute. The students were chosen for the awards based on their leadership ability, academic performance and record of community service. The prestigious scholarships provide $10,000 per year for four years and are awarded…

OXFORD, Miss. – Former Mississippi senator Trent Lott has made a $250,000 gift to a University of Mississippi scholarship endowment that honors his wife. “We are grateful to Senator Lott for his continued support of Ole Miss and are thankful to those friends who created this scholarship,” said UM Chancellor Robert Khayat. “The Patricia Lott…

OXFORD, Miss. – Visitors arriving to the University of Mississippi campus by way of Highway 6 and Coliseum Drive will soon see new entrance gates, thanks to a $250,000 commitment to Ole Miss from the Delta Gamma House Corporation. “First impressions are important, and since Robert Khayat became chancellor, one of our goals has been…

 JACKSON — Health care provided to the state’s most critically ill and injured children will be greatly enhanced through a $2.5 million pledge from The Joseph C. Bancroft Charitable and Educational Fund to the Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children. The money will fund the renovation of the only pediatric intensive care unit in the…

OXFORD, Miss. – Jim and Mary Margaret Bennett of Pearl will continue to fund the Faye Evans Bennett Ole Miss First Scholarship through a bequest to the University of Mississippi. “We are most grateful for this generous gift from the Bennett family,” said Wendell Weakley, president of the UM Foundation. Planned giving is extremely important…

JACKSON, Miss., – For more than 20 years, Suzan Brown Thames (BA 68) of Jackson has worked tirelessly to improve health care for Mississippi children. Now her name will be synonymous with her life’s passion through an endowment to The University of Mississippi Medical Center. The Suzan Brown Thames Chair in Pediatrics in the Blair…