Bill Dabney

(OXFORD, Miss.) – As two University of Mississippi students firmly committed to paying their own way through graduate school, Jacque and Michael Dunn managed to make ends meet each month, thanks in part to his job at the J.D. Williams Library on the Oxford campus. Recognizing the importance this job played in their lives and…

(OXFORD, Miss.) – Accountancy professionals from Deloitte LLP have joined with the Deloitte Foundation to commit $250,000 to enhancing faculty support at the University of Mississippi’s Patterson School of Accountancy. The gift to UM’s nationally recognized accountancy school creates the Deloitte Foundation Lectureship in Accountancy, which will provide resources for research and creative support for…

OXFORD, Miss. – The contributions of two couples who have chronicled the life of Charleston and the lives of its residents by publishing the local weekly newspaper are being honored with journalism scholarships at the University of Mississippi. Ed and Becky Meek of Oxford have created the Bill and Jean May Mississippi Sun Scholarship and…

(OXFORD, Miss.) – Low-income Mississippi students will be guaranteed financial aid support for tuition, housing and meals through a new UM scholarship program. Days after the board of trustees of the state Institutions of Higher Learning approved a tuition increase for state universities to offset significant cuts in state funding, UM announced the creation of…

(OXFORD, Miss.) – University of Mississippi students have a new way to reside, study and socialize that’s inspired by a very old theory: Great benefits come from living on campus in a closely knit community. Around 450 Ole Miss students are part of the inaugural Residential College, with the second college to open in the…

OXFORD, Miss. – Dubbed the “G8 of Grits and Gravy” by enthusiasts, the Southern Foodways Alliance’s annual Taste of the South gathering brought in almost $150,000 in January to support the SFA’s mission to document, study, and preserve the diverse foodways of the American South. Coinciding with the annual gathering of the Fellowship of Southern…

(OXFORD, Miss.) – Eddie Glaude Jr., Princeton University’s William Tod Professor of Religion and African American Studies and chair of the Center for African-American Studies, speaks about his latest book, “In a Shade of Blue – Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America,” during a free public lecture at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, in…

OXFORD, Miss. – The late Emmette and Nannie Hale of Senatobia survived the Great Depression when there were few educational opportunities – a fact that made them proud of their children’s and grandchildren’s college degrees. Now a $500,000 gift in the couple’s memory will open a world of opportunities for University of Mississippi students. Created…

(OXFORD, Miss.) – Michael Brady of Atlanta has assisted 18 University of Mississippi students through an ongoing business scholarship program he created in the late 1990s. Now he’s committed a testamentary gift of $136,000 to ensure his legacy continues. “At some point in your life, you’ve got to lock yourself into something that’s bigger than…