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...
McNeelys and Siblings Honor Musician Father
Gene Saucier was just eight years old when he discovered his calling in life. While listening to a classical music station on the radio, he heard a piece that featured the clarinet and...
UM Accountancy Students Benefit as Davis Scholarship Endowment Continues to Grow
Like many University of Mississippi freshmen, Stephanie Henson entered college not knowing exactly what career she wanted to pursue. Just five years later, the Jackson...
Gresham Brothers Honor Father’s Life with Gift to Help Ole Miss Students Pursue Entrepreneurship
University of Mississippi alumnus William Walton "Bill" Gresham Jr. would be honored to know that his road to success as a businessman...