The Ole Miss Women’s Council for Philanthropy (OMWC), a celebrated scholarship program at the University of Mississippi, welcomes a new chair and a new member to further its mission to nurture student leadership, philanthropy and mentoring. Suzan Thames of Ridgeland,…
Inspired by opportunities she received as a college student, Janet Jones Pilko of Houston, Texas, and Park City, Utah, takes her role seriously as a University of Mississippi alumni leader and donor. Pilko, with her husband, George, established the Excellence…
As one of the greatest long jumpers in history, University of Mississippi alumna Brittney Reese is already recognized as Ole Miss’ most celebrated Olympian. However, her quiet efforts to help and serve others are often overlooked. That changed recently when…
James Stewart's gift of $100,000 to the University of Mississippi will establish the James C. Stewart Biomedical Engineering Program Support Fund in the first and only department of its kind in the state. Stewart of Houston, Texas, who earned a…
The University of Mississippi has launched a new Insurance Certificate Program to provide students from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in Mississippi with the training, networks and experience to enter an insurance industry ripe with job opportunities, thanks to…
Leaving the comfort and familiarity of a small town to join thousands of other students at the University of Mississippi can be a daunting experience for many freshmen. That wasn’t the case for Christene Chavez. When she first stepped on…
Elementary school students will be encouraged to love reading thanks to a University of Mississippi endowment paying tribute to the late Elaine Hoffman Scott of Little Rock, Arkansas, remembered for her great passion for education and the arts. The Elaine…
A University of Mississippi program could help develop technology that would revolutionize the typical business cycle — news that inspired Harlene and Patrick Cavanaugh to make a major gift to the Ole Miss School of Business Administration. Patrick Cavanaugh of…
University of Mississippi graduate and former Rebel basketball player Keith Shelly’s gift to Ole Miss Athletics will help student-athletes keep their head in the game. Shelly and his wife, Lori — residents of Oxford, Mississippi — recently gave $125,000 to…
The University of Mississippi’s Department of Pharmacy Administration is celebrating its 60th anniversary, and two leaders who built the program are being honored with a new award in their names. The Dr. Mickey C. Smith and Dr. Dewey D. Garner…