OXFORD, Miss. – Christmas came early for Mary Susan Gallien-Clinton, chair of the Ole Miss Women’s Council for Philanthropy. Friends of the Naples, Florida, resident surprised her with a scholarship endowment in her name. The donors asked to remain anonymous. “While the revered scholarship may bear my name, this generous family has afforded tremendous opportunitiesRead the story …
Friends Establish Scholarship to Honor Women’s Council President
Surprise gift pays tribute to Mary Susan Gallien-Clinton, will benefit students for generations
December 22, 2018 by
UM Foundation Receives Beauty Award
Brandt Memory House landscape recognized by local organizations
December 21, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The Oxford Garden Club and the Oxford-Lafayette County Chamber of Commerce have presented the 2018 Oxford Business Landscape Award to the University of Mississippi Foundation. The UM Foundation is headquartered in the historic and stately Brandt Memory House near the northern edge of the Ole Miss campus. An antebellum home inhabited byRead the story …
UM Recognized Among Country’s Top-Tier Research Universities Once Again
Carnegie Classification recognizes R&D investment and doctoral and professional degrees granted
December 17, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss – The University of Mississippi is included in the elite group of R1: Doctoral Universities – Very High Research Activity released Monday in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, the definitive list of the top doctoral research universities in the United States. UM is among a distinguished group of 120 institutions thatRead the story …
Music Professor Receives Prestigious International Fellowship
Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship supports George Dor's work with Nigerian university
December 17, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – George Worlasi Kwasi Dor, a music professor at the University of Mississippi, has been awarded a fellowship by the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program to work with professors at the University of Port Harcourt in Nigeria. Dor, a native of Ghana who holds the McDonnell-Barksdale Chair of Ethnomusicology at UM, will travelRead the story …
UM Names New Associate Development Director
Anthony Heaven to work to garner support for Honors College
December 15, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – As the inaugural development officer for the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College at the University of Mississippi, Anthony Heaven hopes to build relationships and secure resources to help the Honors College produce engaged citizen scholars prepared to be tomorrow’s leaders. “In the short term, I want to learn about the culture andRead the story …
Sharon Nichols Joins Small Business Center as State Director
New leader brings seven years' experience from Oklahoma center
December 14, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The Mississippi Small Business Development Center has hired Sharon Nichols as the organization’s new state director. The MSBDC state office is housed on the University of Mississippi’s Oxford campus and is administered through a partnership with the School of Business Administration. “We are thrilled to have Sharon join our team in theRead the story …
Embry Legacy Continues through Scholarship
Nikyra Jenkins receives 2018 award created in football player's memory
December 8, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – It has been 20 years since Ole Miss student-athlete Joey Embry died in a drowning accident, yet his legacy is continually expanded at the University of Mississippi among students whose scholarships bear his name. “I think it’s a great idea to start a scholarship in the name of somebody like Joey Embry,”Read the story …
Federally Funded Marijuana Turns 50
University researchers observe half-century of growing contract
December 5, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Fifty years ago, the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy was awarded a competitive contract from the government to grow marijuana that could be standardized for research. Interest in marijuana research had grown throughout the late ’60s, and the government wanted to study the effectsRead the story …
Maura Wakefield Langhart Named UM Director of Annual Giving
Alumna to work to boost consistent private support for UM scholarships, programs
December 4, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – As new director of annual giving for the University of Mississippi, alumna Maura Wakefield Langhart hopes to strengthen the Office of Development‘s connection with donors while also working to increase crucial private support. “In the short term, my goal is to modernize our annual giving efforts by increasing our presence online andRead the story …
Maximize Charitable Giving Under New Deduction Change
Strategy enables taxpayers to continue to claim deductions for charitable gifts
December 1, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Until last year, Phil and Charlotte Malone, of Oxford, were able to receive a charitable gift deduction for annual insurance premiums of $20,200 on life insurance policies they transferred to the University of Mississippi Foundation. A 2017 change in tax law could have prevented the couple from claiming a full deduction forRead the story …