OXFORD, Miss. – An afternoon spent visiting schools in the Mississippi Delta inspired a University of Mississippi alumna to make a series of gifts totaling nearly $1 million over the past six years, helping build a program that improves students’ chances of graduating. Renvy Pittman’s most recent $350,000 gift further bolsters the Grove Scholars program,Read the story …
Pittman’s Gifts Provide Equity above Access
Supplemented scholarships help Grove Scholars stay in school
June 30, 2018 by
University Launches Flagship Society
Campuswide giving program to benefit academics
June 29, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi has launched the Flagship Society – its first campuswide leadership annual giving program – to recognize annual donors, share the impact of their giving and increase philanthropic support for academic programs and scholarships at a time when higher education costs are escalating. “The Flagship Society will add toRead the story …
Family Catching Rebel Fever
Avery and Neil Forbes make major gift to Ole Miss athletics
June 9, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Avery and Neil Forbes, of Madison, attended colleges other than the University of Mississippi, but the couple caught Rebel fever nonetheless. “When I came to Mississippi in 2003 to run a political campaign, I happened to work for a candidate who was a UM grad and his love for Ole Miss wasRead the story …
Former Drum Major Still Helping Lead the Band
Alumna's gift supports Ole Miss Pride of the South, seeks to help recruit top student musicians
May 27, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – As former drum major for the University of Mississippi Band, Layne McGuire is used to having people follow her lead. In supporting the band with a recent gift, she hopes to inspire others to do the same. “I was approached about making a gift to the university beyond my usual giving,” McGuireRead the story …
Estate Gift to Fund a Vision for Engineering Education
Major donation endows scholarships to UM transfer students
April 28, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A recent major gift bequeathed to the University of Mississippi School of Engineering will honor an esteemed graduate while providing financial assistance to students transferring to Ole Miss. The School of Engineering established the Vassar D. Hemphill Jr. Memorial Scholarship Endowment with a gift of $138,400 from Hemphill’s estate. Recipients will beRead the story …
Crowdfunding Effort Aims to Offer Music as Medicine
Columns Society campaign focuses on pediatric health care
April 7, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Organizers of an online crowdfunding campaign want to supplement medicine with music for young patients being treated at Blair E. Batson Children’s Hospital at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. Members of the Columns Society, a group of UM students who serve as the university’s official hosts and hostesses, haveRead the story …
Alumnus Returns the Favor of a Valued Education
Political science educator's planned gift expected to boost UM department
March 10, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Dwight Tays of Nashville, Tennessee, says the University of Mississippi gave him the knowledge base he’s needed to be successful throughout his more-than-four-decade career as a political science educator. Now, he wants to give back. “The Department of Political Science at Ole Miss not only provided me with a sound education butRead the story …
Gift Supports UM Liberal Arts Faculty
Growing Ole Miss family inspires Morgans' gift
January 6, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Kirk and Shelly Morgan of Lexington, South Carolina, say their recent gift to the University of Mississippi’s College of Liberal Arts is, in a sense, simply supporting their family. “Our Ole Miss family just gets bigger,” said Kirk Morgan, a native of Charleston, South Carolina, who knew no one when he arrivedRead the story …
Committed Community Servants Honored at University
'Hickman girls' pay tribute to parents' lives, examples with two scholarships
December 16, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The late Dewey and Will Hickman were known for their committed service to the University of Mississippi and the state’s other universities, the Oxford-Lafayette County community and its economic development, local schools, their church and – most of all – their three daughters. “Our parents led by example, with the message beingRead the story …
Holloway Gift to Athletics Kicks Off Gate-Naming Initiative
Latest contribution goes toward Forward Together capital campaign
December 2, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Fans entering the south entrance of Vaught-Hemingway Stadium at the University of Mississippi may have noticed new signage, displaying the names of Diane and J.L. Holloway and serving as a lasting tribute to the Ridgeland couple’s recent gift in support of Ole Miss athletics. The Holloways’ $1 million gift to the university’sRead the story …