(OXFORD, Miss.) – Two accomplished communications professionals from Glenview, Ill., have committed funding for the first scholarship endowment to assist students pursuing degrees in integrated marketing communications through the University of Mississippi’s Meek School of Journalism and New Media. Mary E. and John B. Thomas have created the Thomas Family Scholarship Endowment to pay tribute…

(OXFORD, Miss.) – The Lott Leadership Institute at the University of Mississippi is honoring the outgoing chair of the university’s Department of Public Policy Leadership with a scholarship fund in his name. The Robert J. Haws Scholarship Endowment honors Haws, founding director of the public policy leadership program. A longtime member of the history faculty…

(OXFORD, Miss.) – Anne and John Frame of Brentwood, Tenn., first became devoted to each other and to the University of Mississippi as college students more than five decades ago. Those affections have remained steadfast, and the couple recently committed $1 million to fund scholarships for deserving students to attend their alma mater. “John and…

(OXFORD, Miss.) – The longtime teaching and mentoring contributions of University of Mississippi accountancy professors have inspired Barbara and Ed Krei of Oklahoma City, Okla., to commit a $250,000 gift for faculty support to UM’s Patterson School of Accountancy.   “My wife, Barbara, and I were led to provide this faculty support to pay tribute…

(OXFORD, Miss.) – The April 15 dedication of the Robert C. Khayat Law Center at the University of Mississippi will celebrate both the opening of a state-of-the-art law school facility and the man who shepherded the university through more than a decade of growth. The 2:30 p.m. ceremony will include comments from UM law alumnus…

  Click Here to View Annual Report Pathways through the halls of academia are expected to yield college degrees of considerable value and careers with great potential. Often, the pathways at the University of Mississippi provide such rich experiences and opportunities that produce so much more – personal evolution, civic responsibility, leadership development, global awareness,…

(OXFORD, Miss.) – Something “old” officially becomes something new April 1 as the University of Mississippi School of Engineering celebrates 110 years of service to higher education. The Old Chemistry Building is being renamed Brevard Hall in honor of 1943 alumnus Henry Brevard and his family, whose donations helped pay for its renovation. The ceremony…

   (OXFORD, Miss.) – Last spring more than 60 alumni, students, faculty and friends participated in the University of Mississippi Pharmacy Alumni Chapter’s inaugural golf tournament. Between participants and some two dozen corporate sponsors, the tournament raised more than $20,000 for the chapter’s scholarship endowment.  Among the players was Mike Worsham, a pharmacist at Baptist…

(OXFORD, Miss.) – Olivia Williams Manning of New Orleans – the heart and soul of America’s first family of football – will be at the University of Mississippi April 16 to accept the Legacy Award from the Ole Miss Women’s Council for Philanthropy. The Legacy Award recognizes the contributions of a person who epitomizes the…