OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Department of Political Science has named Biloxi mayor A.J. Holloway as recipient of its 2012 Distinguished Alumni Award. Using money from private donors, the university also has established the A.J. Holloway Fund to provide academic and research support for the department. “A.J. Holloway not only was a greatRead the story …
Rare Books on Yellow Fever Donated by Neurosurgeon
July 24, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – D.J. Canale of Memphis, a retired neurosurgeon, has spent years collecting rare books on yellow fever, particularly books during the era when the disease was most prevalent in the 19th century. The medical historian and his wife, Janet, recently donated their collection to the University of Mississippi. “Yellow fever was so prevalentRead the story …
Ole Miss Receives $1 Million Gift
July 19, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The UMAA Foundation is pleased to announce that Ole Miss has become the beneficiary of a $1 million gift made by the Lloyd Family – Cosmo, Bob, Ben and Ted – of Jackson, Miss. “We are so grateful to the Lloyds for their exemplary commitment to Ole Miss Athletics and the ForwardRead the story …
Whether Through Pharmacy, Art or Public Speaking, UM Alum Larry Wamble Finds Way to Connect with People
July 13, 2012 by
… Artist donates two prints to School of Pharmacy OXFORD, Miss. – Larry Wamble and his wife were hopping from one nightspot to the next, sampling the music and visiting with acquaintances on a brisk November day in 1995. While huffing their way up the steep hill from the Gin to Proud Larry’s and theRead the story …
Anonymous Donor Gives $100,000 Endowment in UM Retiree’s Honor
July 3, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – As a professor of biology at the University of Mississippi from 1976 to 2005, Edmund Keiser loved the traditional classroom setting – with its blackboards, books and attentive students at their desks – as much as he enjoyed his field research, trudging through bayou swamps and hiking verdant forests in search ofRead the story …
Miss University to Promote Volunteerism from Vicksburg Stage
June 27, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Kayla Snow is determined to spread the word about the value of volunteerism, and during the Miss Mississippi Scholarship Pageant this week (June 27-30) at the Vicksburg Convention Center, she will take center stage to do just that. As Miss University, representing the University of Mississippi, Snow chose Kids Can, Too! asRead the story …
Mississippi Teacher Corps Alumna Named Top Teacher at North Panola High School
June 26, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Mississippi Teacher Corps alumna Golda Sharpe has been named Teacher of the Year at North Panola High School in Sardis. Sharpe, who has taught algebra at North Panola High School since graduating from the University of Mississippi in 2009, was selected for the award by fellow teachers for her tireless work withRead the story …
Scholarship Honors Waits’ Service to State’s Youth, Electric Power Cooperatives
May 29, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Since his early days in the 1960s as a teacher, coach and elementary school principal, University of Mississippi alumnus Hobson Waits has always believed in – and staunchly supported – America’s youth. Even after he left the education field in 1969 to become a lobbyist for the Electric Power Associations of Mississippi,Read the story …
Kuykendall Named Education School’s Alumnus of the Year
May 25, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss – Milton Kuykendall, leader of Mississippi’s largest school district, has been selected as Alumnus of the Year for the University of Mississippi School of Education. Kuykendall, superintendent of the DeSoto County School System, holds master’s degrees in curriculum and instruction and educational leadership from Ole Miss. He was selected by education faculty forRead the story …
Family of Pharmacists Gives Back to Profession with $50,000 Endowments Gift
May 23, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – As children growing up in Pascagoula, Kenny Clark and his sister, Rhonda Clark, experienced firsthand the golden age of the small-town drugstore – those idyllic days of cherry Cokes served from soda fountains, milkshakes in tall, curved glasses and a kindly, wise pharmacist who knew every customer by name. For Rhonda andRead the story …