{"id":19229,"date":"2012-11-30T14:19:11","date_gmt":"2012-11-30T20:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=19229"},"modified":"2016-07-28T14:34:29","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T19:34:29","slug":"couple-works-at-alma-mater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/couple-works-at-alma-mater\/","title":{"rendered":"Couple works at, gives back to alma mater"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_19233\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Robin-and-Denny-Buchannon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19233\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19233\" title=\"Robin and Denny Buchannon\" src=\"http:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Robin-and-Denny-Buchannon.jpg\" alt=\"Robin and Denny Buchannon\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19233\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robin and Denny Buchannon<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Denny N. Buchannon (BSGE 83) and his wife, Robin (MSGE 85, PhD 95), not only work for their alma mater, but they also are financially supporting it through the School of Engineering\u2019s Woods Society.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Denny Buchannon joined the university in 2001 and is a project engineer for the Physical Plant Department.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Robin Buchannon serves as assistant vice chancellor for research and sponsored programs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started working here in June 1984 as a geologist for the Mississippi Mineral Resources Institute,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019d earned my Bachelor of Science degree in biology in 1979 from Southwestern Oklahoma State University.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/TCciwH\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-19235\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"30125-Eng-WoodsSociety_brochureFINAL2-1\" src=\"http:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/30125-Eng-WoodsSociety_brochureFINAL2-1-242x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/30125-Eng-WoodsSociety_brochureFINAL2-1-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/30125-Eng-WoodsSociety_brochureFINAL2-1.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/a>Denny Buchannon\u2019s belief in the School of Engineering led him to become a member of the Woods Society.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone needs to give back at some point, whether it is to your church, community or school,\u201d he said. \u201cWe specified that our donation to the Woods Society will go to support student organizations, field trips and student-used laboratories. Hopefully, our involvement is a challenge to others to get involved whenever you can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gifts such as the Buchannons\u2019 are much appreciated, said Kevin Gardner, development officer for the engineering school.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Buchannons\u2019 membership reflects an exceptional action of support, which is worth noting,\u201d Gardner said. \u201cIt is inspiring to witness our School of Engineering graduates \u2014 and in this case, employees of Ole Miss \u2014 finding a way to support their passions. Student activities being made possible by these funds range from the Career Fair at The Inn at Ole Miss on campus to an Engineers Without Borders project in Togo, Africa, and everything in between.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Membership contributions dedicated to the Woods Society assure that outstanding opportunities increase for many more engineering students for generations to come.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to join the Woods Society or learn more about it, please contact Kevin Gardner at 662-915-7601 or <a href=\"mailto:kevin@olemiss.edu\" target=\"_blank\">kevin@olemiss.edu<\/a>, or<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/TCciwH\" target=\"_blank\"> join online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Denny N. Buchannon (BSGE 83) and his wife, Robin (MSGE 85, PhD 95), not only work for their alma mater, but they also are financially supporting it through the School of Engineering\u2019s Woods Society. &nbsp; Denny Buchannon joined the university in 2001 and is a project engineer for the Physical Plant Department.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19233,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[765,1297],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Couple works at, gives back to alma mater - Ole Miss News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/couple-works-at-alma-mater\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Couple works at, gives back to alma mater - Ole Miss News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Denny N. 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