OXFORD, Miss. – For the third time in seven years, the Meek School of Journalism and New Media at the University of Mississippi has won an annual Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Journalism Award. UM’s depth reporting class won in the college category for “Land of Broken Promises.” The exposé examines the impact of theRead the story …
UM Journalism School Wins Third Kennedy Award
Depth reporting class exposé on 50th anniversary of Voting Rights Act winner in college category
May 12, 2016 by
Yates Wins Farrington Distinguished Entrepreneurship Award
Annual recognition honors graduate advancing family-owned construction firm
May 10, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – William G. Yates III, president and CEO of W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Co., is the recipient of the 2016 Farrington Distinguished Entrepreneurship award, presented by the University of Mississippi School of Business Administration. The award, named for Ole Miss alumni Jan and Lawrence Farrington, is given annually to a graduate whoRead 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 …
Reckling Scholarships Support Business, Liberal Arts Students
New UM funds honor three family members who attended university
April 10, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – An affinity for the University of Mississippi can spread through a family, even when some members have other alma maters. That’s the case for Tommy Reckling, a Rice University graduate from Houston, Texas, and his wife, Isla, a University of Texas alumna. Three of their eight children attended Ole Miss. Now theRead the story …
Gifted Graduates are Industry Insurance
Planned gift ensures support for UM business school faculty, staff
March 13, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Eric Donahoe, a 35-year veteran of the insurance business, hopes his planned gift to the University of Mississippi will help students discover there’s a lot more to his profession than pushing papers. In fact, for much of his career, Donahoe himself has been a soldier of sorts, standing guard over the securityRead the story …
University’s Arts and Culture Compel Giving
Californian Phil Swan's visits to the Oxford campus become mutually rewarding
February 27, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Time after time, visitors to the University of Mississippi fall in love with the hospitable personalities of its people, the beauty of the majestic Grove and historic buildings, the palpable energy that radiates from its arenas and playing fields, and the breadth of its arts and culture. It was the latter thatRead the story …
Madison Foundation Expands Support of Women’s Council Scholars
UM students will benefit from scholarships, mentoring, leadership training
February 24, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Impressed by the Ole Miss Women’s Council‘s mission to help students develop the life skills they need to be leaders, a Mississippi-based private charitable giving organization has increased its support of the program, providing funding for a four-year scholarship at the University of Mississippi. In 2012, the Madison Charitable Foundation, founded byRead the story …
Scholarship Honors Ole Miss Football Great
Teammates, friends and fans can help build Charlie Flowers Endowment
February 21, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Charlie Flowers was one of the Ole Miss greats. During his three varsity seasons as fullback under the iconic football Coach Johnny Vaught, Flowers helped lead Ole Miss to a 28-4-1 record, which included Sugar Bowl wins over Texas and LSU and a Gator Bowl victory over Florida. He was captain of the talentedRead the story …
Berryhill, Gabbert Named Bill and Jean May Mississippi Sun Scholars
Scholarship supports future journalists in honor of longtime friends of Ed and Becky Meek
February 18, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Two University of Mississippi journalism students are benefiting from scholarships established by Ed and Becky Meek of Oxford in honor of Bill and Jean May, former editors and publishers of the Mississippi Sun, now known as the The Charleston-Sun Sentinel. HartLee Gabbert of Gulfport and Lyndy Berryhill of Brookhaven are the 2015-16Read the story …
New Fund Honors Pam Hamilton’s Lasting Impact
Endowment pays tribute to late journalist, supports lecture series and scholarship
February 2, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Gifts to a new University of Mississippi fund will honor the life of alumna Pamela E. Hamilton while also establishing a lecture series and scholarship in her name. A successful journalist with a passion for using words and media to change the world around her, Hamilton died Aug. 10, 2015, due toRead the story …