STORIES November 2, 2007Alumnus Lucian S. Minor Gives $1 Million to Endowment for Patterson School of AccountancyUniversity of Mississippi alumnus Lucian S. Minor of Memphis has established a trust of $1 million to benefit the university’s Patterson School of Accountancy. A longtime donor, he established the Lucian S. Minor Endowment in 1996 to benefit the accountancy school, and this latest gift will add to the school’s growing endowment. "Many of the… October 30, 2007Medical Center Builds MomentUM with Kickoff EventOfficials from the University of Mississippi Medical Center and the UM Oxford campus hosted a celebration Oct. 30 on the front lawn of University Hospital to launch the Medical Center’s portion of the MomentUM campaign. "For Mississippi’s Better Health: MomentUM," is to help fund the UMMC Cancer Institute, a new heart and vascular center, relocation… October 26, 2007Scholarship Honors Family of PharmacistsOne of Allen Linton’s favorite childhood memories is of visiting her grandfather’s drugstore in Isola, Mississippi, and watching as he stood behind the counter, carefully compounding prescriptions with his mortar and pestle. It’s an image that’s defined the Linton family. Pharmacy school brought together Allen’s mother and father; they met there in 1946 and were… October 26, 2007Aune Family Establishes Scholarship Endowment in Memory of SonAsk most anyone who knew Mike Aune what he was like and they’ll probably tell you two things: that he loved life, and he loved all the people in his. "Mike was the most incredibly dynamic and enthusiastic guy," said John Gutierrez, professor of foreign language education at the University of Mississippi Croft Institute… October 20, 2007University Formally Launches $200 Million MomentUM CampaignOXFORD, Miss – A $200 million capital campaign, designed to continue the momentum generated by the University of Mississippi in the last decade, was formally launched in a public announcement Saturday morning. MomentUM: A Campaign for The University of Mississippi has already attracted $160.7 million in private gifts from individuals, corporations and foundations. During the… October 19, 2007Alumni Couple Provides $5.3 Million Gift to Create School of Journalism OXFORD, Miss. – Thanks to the generosity of alumni Ed and Becky Meek, the University of Mississippi plans to ask the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning to approve the creation of a new School of Journalism, Marketing-Communications and Technology. The new school will focus on the future of journalism and… September 28, 2007Business Leader Establishes Ole Miss First ScholarshipOXFORD, Miss. – Entrepreneur Russell French has pledged $25,000 to seed The 512 Ole Miss First Scholarship at the University of Mississippi. French, a New Albany native, is an alumnus of UM’s hotel restaurant management program. He owns 208 restaurant in Oxford, which he opened in 2002. He also recently purchased the Oliver-Britt House, one… September 26, 2007Barksdale Donation Provides Scholarship for MFA Student OXFORD, Miss. – John Hodges, a published fiction writer enrolled in the University of Mississippi’s acclaimed master of fine arts in creative writing program, has been awarded a $3,000 scholarship by the university’s MFA committee. Philanthropist Jim Barksdale funded the scholarship as part of his support for the creative writing program. “I… September 25, 2007Croft Institute for International Studies Names 2007 ScholarsOXFORD, Miss. – Thirteen top students from across the country have been chosen as 2007 Croft Scholars by the Croft Institute for International Studies at the University of Mississippi. The scholars each receive $32,000 for four years of undergraduate study. The Croft Institute was created in 1997 through a $60 million gift by the Joseph… Previous Page 1 … Page 147 Page 148 Page 149 Page 150 Page 151 Page 152 Page 153 … Page 158 Next