Bill Dabney

Jerry Rudman Remembered with Scholarship Fund at Ole Miss for Brookhaven High Students

January 4, 2010
Bill Dabney

OXFORD, Miss. – From an early age Jerry Rudman let everyone know he would attend the University of Mississippi. When he died in March 2009, his family members knew they would create a scholarship to remember the enthusiastic alumnus and to help others pursue college degrees. “Jerry always loved Ole Miss,” said his mother, Iris…

Cuthberts Create Family Trust to Support Four UM Programs

December 17, 2009
Bill Dabney

OXFORD, Miss. – Val Cuthbert recently found himself posing the question: “How do you leave something behind to make the world better than you found it?” He and his wife, Beth, have answered that question by creating a family trust endowment to benefit the University of Mississippi. The majority of their new endowment, which carries…

Yelverton Becomes Development Officer for UM Business School

December 11, 2009
Bill Dabney

OXFORD, Miss. – Longtime University of Mississippi staff member Karen Yelverton has joined the University Development team to seek private funds for the School of Business Administration. In her new role as a development officer, Yelverton will cultivate private gifts and strengthen relationships with alumni and friends to help ensure UM business students and faculty…

Long Family Endows $125,000 Scholarship Fund to Pay Tribute to Family Members, Business Leaders

November 23, 2009
Bill Dabney

(OXFORD, Miss.) – The lives of two brothers who served in World War II, graduated from the University of Mississippi with business degrees and followed their father in the family business are being honored with a scholarship at their alma mater. Named for Raiford N. Long Sr. of Ripley and the late Erst Long Jr.…

First Lieutenant Makes Testamentary Gift to Ole Miss Before Deployment

November 18, 2009
Bill Dabney

(OXFORD, Miss.) – Before Army 1st Lt. Andrew Higgins leaves Ft. Bliss in El Paso, Texas, tomorrow to begin a year-long deployment in Iraq, he let his feelings be known about the University of Mississippi. He planned a $20,000 bequest to benefit the Division of Students Affairs. “Education has always been very important to our…

Software Gifts to Center for Intelligence and Security Studies Provides Competitive Edge for Students

November 16, 2009
Bill Dabney

OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi students hoping to one day fight terrorism or organized crime will have a competitive edge in the job market, thanks to software gifts from two leading corporations in the intelligence software industry. Recent donations valued at more than $800,000 from Visual Analytics Inc. (VAI), headquartered in Frederick, Md., and…

$200,000 Fund to Support Research of Southern Studies Faculty Members

November 9, 2009
Bill Dabney

(OXFORD, Miss.) – A new $200,000 fund at the University of Mississippi’s Center for the Study of Southern Culture is the result of one woman’s belief that faculty members must have resources to pursue a wealth of research and scholarship. Philanthropist Leila Wynn of Greenville recently provided a $100,000 challenge grant that has been…

Gift Creates UM Pharmacy Scholarship to Pay Tribute to Wilks’ Career, Life

October 30, 2009
Bill Dabney

(OXFORD, Miss.) – A longtime hospital and community pharmacist, the late Edward Wilks of Tylertown, is being remembered with a scholarship fund in his name at the University of Mississippi. “We think creating the Samuel Edward Wilks Pharmacy Endowment is a fitting way to honor Edward,” said Winnie Morris Wilks, his widow. “He felt…

Hope Trust Ensures Future Opportunities for UM Students with $450,000 for Scholarships

September 21, 2009
Bill Dabney

(OXFORD, Miss.) – From a small community in southeast Louisiana, the late Wallace E. Hope – a product of the Depression – began working when he was 10 and persevered to become a gas company executive. The legacy he created with his wife, Elizabeth, will be seen through University of Mississippi scholarships funded with their…

IAVO Presents UM with $4.6 Million Software to Help Prepare Students, Enhance Research and Outreach

August 31, 2009
Bill Dabney

OXFORD, Miss. – Professor Waheed Uddin’s civil engineering students at the University of Mississippi have placed sensors on emergency vehicles to study traffic flow on roads and walked major airport runways to examine construction materials as part of national and international research projects. Now, thanks to a $4.6 million software donation, Uddin’s students can enhance…

Jerry Rudman Remembered with Scholarship Fund at Ole Miss for Brookhaven High Students

Cuthberts Create Family Trust to Support Four UM Programs

Yelverton Becomes Development Officer for UM Business School

Long Family Endows $125,000 Scholarship Fund to Pay Tribute to Family Members, Business Leaders

First Lieutenant Makes Testamentary Gift to Ole Miss Before Deployment

Software Gifts to Center for Intelligence and Security Studies Provides Competitive Edge for Students

$200,000 Fund to Support Research of Southern Studies Faculty Members

Gift Creates UM Pharmacy Scholarship to Pay Tribute to Wilks’ Career, Life

Hope Trust Ensures Future Opportunities for UM Students with $450,000 for Scholarships

IAVO Presents UM with $4.6 Million Software to Help Prepare Students, Enhance Research and Outreach

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