OXFORD, Miss. – The Phil Hardin Foundation’s recent $400,000 gift to the University of Mississippi‘s School of Education enables the UM Graduate Center for the Study of Early Learning to continue its successful Hardin Scholars Program. The foundation’s gift establishes a fund that will support the program while also helping it grow to include earlyRead the story …
Major Gift Supports Early Learning
Hardin Foundation donation to bolster excellence in child education
September 23, 2019 by
UM Endowment Builds to Record $736 Million
Eighth straight year alumni, friends provide more than $100 million in gifts
September 20, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi’s alumni and friends contributed approximately $103 million in private support during FY19, a year that saw the university’s endowment grow to $736 million – the largest in the state at a public university. For the eighth consecutive year, new gifts aimed at strengthening UM totaled in excess ofRead the story …
Fundraising Campaign Honors Don Cole
New scholarship endowment recognizes 50-plus years of positive impact at Ole Miss
September 19, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – For 50 years, Donald Cole has made an impact at every stage of the University of Mississippi experience: as an undergraduate and graduate student, faculty member, administrator, mentor and advocate. To honor his lifetime commitment, UM faculty, friends and alumni are working to establish the Don Cole Catalyst for Change Scholarship Endowment andRead the story …
Gift Bolsters Journalism Award Fund
Sturdivant family honors matriarch and school's founding dean
September 14, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A recent major gift to the University of Mississippi will bolster the Sturdivant Journalism Award Endowment Fund, created in 2010 to recognize students poised to graduate with highest honors from the School of Journalism and New Media. The Sturdivant family made the gift in honor of their matriarch, Ygondine Walker Sturdivant, aRead the story …
Continuing a Good Samaritan Legacy
Gift creates the Lilly INSPIRE Awards for UM School of Education
September 8, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – “He ain’t heavy, Coach. He’s my brother.” Those were the words a young boy spoke to Sale Trice Lilly Sr. after being offered help in carrying his handicapped younger brother home from football practice. That exchange resonated throughout Lilly’s life as an educator in the Mississippi Delta. “In his life, my fatherRead the story …
A Son’s Legacy Provides Resources for UM Recovery Community
Family provides gift to memorialize Will Marsalis, support Ole Miss students
September 7, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – No one dies without leaving a legacy. Going forward, the late Will Marsalis’ impact will be measured through the hope, support and resources available to University of Mississippi students in recovery from addiction. Will, 37, died July 4, 2018, and his footprint is being expanded through a $500,000 gift from his parents,Read the story …
Mississippi Pharmaceutical Company Supports UM Research
Major gift bolsters School of Pharmacy and work of natural products center
September 1, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Impressive work by the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy and its National Center for Natural Products Research have inspired a pharmaceutical company to make a major gift. Clark Levi, owner of Phlight Pharma in Ocean Springs, and Marc Fluitt, head of strategic initiatives, presented a $200,000 gift to the university, halfRead the story …
Honoring a Professor’s Lasting Impact
Gift bolsters scholarship endowment of former law school professor 'Guff' Abbott
August 31, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – When a law professor addresses students in the classroom, the faces of future attorneys, judges, politicians, policymakers and even world leaders could be looking back. A professor’s teaching can have a ripple effect, touching one life that, in turn, can influence thousands of others. Recently, a graduate of the University of Mississippi SchoolRead the story …
Endowment Honors Longtime Friendship
Law school classmate establishes scholarship for Judge Glen Davidson
August 24, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A friendship beginning in a summer law class turned into a lifelong bond and resulted in a new scholarship at the University of Mississippi School of Law. That bond recently led Elliot H. Loden to establish the Judge Glen H. Davidson Scholarship Endowment with a gift of $100,000. The endowment recognizes theirRead the story …
Family Comes Full Circle with Ford Center Gift
McKnight makes planned contribution to support performing arts center
August 17, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Family historian Kay Castellow McKnight is finding out more similarities between herself and cousin Gertrude Castellow Ford following a recent search through the family archives. After reconnecting with her father’s side of her family, McKnight is also expanding a legacy begun by her cousin at the University of Mississippi. “Gertrude was theRead the story …