STORIES December 17, 2008Bancroft Fund Commits $2.5 Million to Children’s Hospital Gift completes $50 million MomentUM Campaign Fund JACKSON — Health care provided to the state’s most critically ill and injured children will be greatly enhanced through a $2.5 million pledge from The Joseph C. Bancroft Charitable and Educational Fund to the Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children. The money will fund the renovation of the only pediatric intensive care unit in the… December 16, 2008Alumnus Continues in Tradition of GivingOXFORD, Miss. – Jim and Mary Margaret Bennett of Pearl will continue to fund the Faye Evans Bennett Ole Miss First Scholarship through a bequest to the University of Mississippi. “We are most grateful for this generous gift from the Bennett family,” said Wendell Weakley, president of the UM Foundation. Planned giving is extremely important… December 11, 2008Pediatrics Chair Named for AlumnaJACKSON, Miss., – For more than 20 years, Suzan Brown Thames (BA 68) of Jackson has worked tirelessly to improve health care for Mississippi children. Now her name will be synonymous with her life’s passion through an endowment to The University of Mississippi Medical Center. The Suzan Brown Thames Chair in Pediatrics in the Blair… December 8, 2008State Rep. Cecil Brown Donates Salary to Mississippi Teacher CorpsOXFORD, Miss. – Cecil Brown, a Mississippi State Representative from the 66th District, has established the Nancy H. Brown Teacher Corps Endowment at the University of Mississippi with a gift of $130,000. The Mississippi Teacher Corps, which is housed at Ole Miss, addresses the critical need for teachers in Mississippi’s most poverty-stricken areas. It is… December 5, 2008Teacher Candidates Assist Struggling Readers As Volunteers at Area Elementary SchoolsOXFORD, Miss. – Fifth-grader Carlos Pettis wants to throw a goodbye party at the end of the semester for reading coach "Miss Hilton," a University of Mississippi senior education major who tutors at his Oxford school. "Miss Hilton is a great student teacher," said the smiling 12-year-old, holding his favorite book, "Killer Sharks." "I love… December 5, 2008Alumni Couple Supports Chancellor’s TrustOXFORD, Miss. – Because of their love for the University of Mississippi and their belief in its mission, UM alumni Neel and Pam White of Austin, Texas, have made a gift to support the Chancellor’s Trust at Ole Miss. The Whites said they wanted to give to the Chancellor’s Trust primarily because of the many… December 5, 2008Jackson-based Accounting Firm Supports UM’s Patterson School of AccountancyOXFORD, Miss. – Jackson-based accounting firm Horne LLP has created the Horne LLP Accountancy Excellence Endowment at the University of Mississippi with a gift of $100,000. The endowment will support the UM Patterson School of Accountancy, which has a longstanding partnership with Horne. “We have more than 40 Ole Miss graduates working at Horne and… November 24, 2008Alumnus Makes Gift to Benefit Ole Miss Student AffairsOXFORD, Miss. – For University of Mississippi alumnus Steve Castleman, it’s not just the historic Lyceum, the iconic Grove or even tailgating before football games that he loves most about Ole Miss. “I’ve been away for over thirty years now, and the best memories I have all revolve around the friendships and relationships I made… November 21, 2008Couple Honors Barry Hannah With Creative Writing ScholarshipOXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi adjunct biology professor Howard Lenhoff, and his wife, Sylvia, have honored their friends by creating the Barry and Susan Hannah Creative Writing Scholarship Endowment with a gift of $25,000. Barry Hannah, a novelist and short story writer, is a writer-in-residence at UM. His first novel, “Geronimo Rex,” won… Previous Page 1 … Page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Page 146 … Page 158 Next