Mindful Giving
Fred Rodgers Adams, Jr., his siblings and most of his cousins developed dementia in their later years. The family connection wasn’t lost on his daughter. “Many of them died from it as the official cause of death,” said Dea Dea…
Bolstering the Mission
Lodge Cast Iron, founded in 1877, is a fifth-generation family-owned cast iron cookware company based in South Pittsburg, Tennessee, that is strengthening the mission of the Southern Foodways Alliance (SFA) with an unrestricted gift of $150,000. Based at the University…
Shaping Champions in Sports and Life
University of Mississippi alumni Brandon Dixon and his wife, Emma Gaines, hope their gift to Ole Miss Athletics will help give student-athletes the extended knowledge they need to proactively navigate life after graduation. “Think about this: our university will give…
Adams Honors Husband with $10M Donation
With a $10 million gift to the Memory Impairment and Neurodegenerative Dementia (MIND) Center at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Fred Rodgers Adams, Jr.’s legacy of philanthropy, entrepreneurship and humility lives on. Jean Reed Adams made the donation in…
A Gift in Kind
A small collection of paintings by world-renowned artist Theora Hamblett adorns the walls of historic Brandt Memory House, home to the University of Mississippi Foundation on UM’s Oxford campus. Recently, 1954 alumna Mary Louise Rosenbush donated two additional pieces to…
Language Immersion
Michael Metcalf – who devoted much of his more than 30-year career to promoting foreign language and culture studies – is ensuring University of Mississippi students have opportunities to achieve high levels of language proficiency by studying abroad. The former…
For the Love of Pharmacy and Sports
The University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy and Ole Miss Athletics stand to benefit from a gift in excess of $4 million received from the estate of alumnus Francis Cerniglia of Cordova, Tennessee. Cerniglia, who supported both entities throughout his…
Supporting a Tradition of Academic Excellence
Ann and Jerry Barton of Southaven, Mississippi, know some University of Mississippi Patterson School of Accountancy students take a non-traditional path to obtain their accountancy degrees — much like they did. The Bartons also know they want to support the…
Regions Foundation, UM Join Forces to Support Delta Economy
The Regions Foundation and the Mississippi Small Business Development Center have established the Mississippi Delta SBDC to encourage entrepreneurship and small business success specifically in the Delta region. Housed within CompuRecycling Center Inc., in Greenville, the Mississippi Delta SBDC began…
FedEx Corp. Expands Strategic Partnership with UM
FedEx Corp., a longtime industry partner of the University of Mississippi, is advancing that relationship with a major new commitment that promises to have an impact across the university. The expanded partnership established endowed funds to expand the data science…