OXFORD, Miss. – Jessica Wilkerson, an assistant professor of history and Southern studies at the University of Mississippi, is trading Oxford for Cambridge, Massachusetts, during the 2016-17 academic year as part of the Visiting Scholars Program at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The academy’s Visiting Scholars Program provides residential fellowships for junior facultyRead the story …
UM History Professor Earns Prestigious Fellowship
Jessica Wilkerson to spend coming year completing book on women-led movements in the South
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Will Stroud Joins Forward Together
Young alumnus supports campaign for athletics excellence
May 29, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Aircraft manufacturer Cirrus published a tagline to describe its SR22-model personal prop plane: “Make your life possible.” At only 29 years old, Will Stroud has done just that. The University of Mississippi alumnus, a former restaurant owner and CEO of a Dallas-based investment firm, is a self-made millionaire who recently contributed $125,000Read the story …
O’Bannons Writing a Script for Student Success
Couple creates scholarship to support students in the UM School of Pharmacy
May 20, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – On any given day, a visitor to Chuck O’Bannon’s home in Parsons, Tennessee, might find the retired pharmacist planting a garden, making preserves from blackberries and muscadines he grows or feeding the two canine “fur babies” who have adopted him and his wife, Linda. You might just as easily find him paintingRead the story …
UM Department of Art Receives Its Largest Private Gift
Bequest from wife of artist William Hollingsworth will provide student scholarships
May 18, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – William Hollingsworth had an innate love for art and a volume of work that belies his brief life. A bequest from the estate of his late wife ensures that his legacy of talent will continue as generations of University of Mississippi students receive scholarships bearing his name. “Hollingsworth is a fixture inRead the story …
Bancroft Fund Enters $5 Million, Five-Year Commitment to UM
Funds will help university's Croft Institute continue to prepare global leaders
May 11, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A record 276 applications have poured in from students across the nation and from several other countries vying for 70 freshman slots in the University of Mississippi’s Croft Institute for International Studies, signaling the prominence the demanding program has gained as it nears its 20th anniversary. The continuing increase in high-ability studentsRead the story …
‘Gravy’ Wins Second James Beard Foundation Award
May 9, 2016 by
The James Beard Foundation has honored “Gravy,” a product of the Southern Foodways Alliance, an institute of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, as the nation’s best podcast. In 2015, the foundation named Gravy, the SFA’s quarterly print journal and podcast, as its Publication of the Year. GravyRead the story …
UM Scholarship Preserves Legacy of Beloved Oxonian
Daughter establishes endowment in memory of Dorothy Lee Tatum to benefit liberal arts students
May 7, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – An Oxford native has established the Dorothy Lee Tatum Memorial Scholarship Endowment at the University of Mississippi to honor her mother and preserve her legacy in the community she loved. “My mother loved education, the College of Liberal Arts and Ole Miss,” said Jean Tatum, a legal assistant at the law officesRead the story …
Friends of the Museum Seeks Harvest Supper Sponsors
Support group explores support for popular event
April 30, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – If a Southern writer looked out a window of Rowan Oak, home of the late novelist William Faulkner, the gathering taking place on the front lawn on a crisp September evening might inspire a scene in a novel or short story. The sense of community created as people gather under the starsRead the story …
Galloway Gift to Benefit Honors College, Lamar Order
Funds will help provide opportunities for students in research and experiential learning
April 24, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi alumnus Bob Galloway has designated the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College and the Lamar Order at the UM School of Law as beneficiaries of a $1.6 million planned gift. The Gulfport resident said he knows the importance of planned giving and wants to support two university entities that helpedRead the story …
Legacy Award Goes to Khayat
Longtime leader honored with Ole Miss Women's Council honor
April 18, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – “He knew what we could be before we knew what we could be.” Those were the words of Rose Jackson Flenorl of Memphis, Tennessee, describing Chancellor Emeritus Robert Khayat, recipient of the 2016 Legacy Award of the Ole Miss Women’s Council for Philanthropy, on his vision for elevating the University of Mississippi.Read the story …