Ole Miss Alumni Association Names Distinguished Alumni for 2023

Eight to be honored at Homecoming for achievement, service

OXFORD, Miss. – The Ole Miss Alumni Association will recognize eight distinguished alumni with its highest annual awards as part of Homecoming 2023. University of Mississippi Alumni Hall of Fame inductees for 2023 are: Charles C. Clark (BBA 72), of Birmingham, Alabama; Carlyle “Smitty” Harris (JD 81), of Tupelo; Mary Donnelly Haskell (BM 81), ofRead the story …

New Gift Supports Women’s Council Programming, Operations

Triplett Family Foundation supports Women's Council with major gift

OXFORD, Miss. – The most recent of many gifts from the Dr. and Mrs. R. Faser Triplett Foundation to the University of Mississippi provides $125,000 in operational support for the Ole Miss Women’s Council for Philanthropy. The foundation, named for the late Jackie and Faser Triplett, of Jackson, is managed by their children: Chip Triplett,Read the story …

Rebel Student Venture Fund Assists Budding Entrepreneurs

Successful alumni returning to campus to mentor potential future business startups

OXFORD, Miss. – When University of Mississippi student Eli Allen, of Collinsville, received a grant in 2015 from the Rebel Student Venture Fund, it allowed him to concentrate fully on creating Curtsy, a mobile application that makes it easy to thrift and sell clothing, shoes, accessories and more. Curtsy has grown into a nationwide businessRead the story …

Endowment Turns Tragedy Into Hope

UM scholarship for business students honors life of young alumnus

OXFORD, Miss. – Jeanne and Moe Allain, of Houston, Texas, are memorializing their son, Jacques, a 2020 University of Mississippi graduate who died suddenly at home on July 24, 2022, with a new endowment in the School of Business Administration. The Jacques Allain Memorial Scholarship Endowment will be awarded to freshmen in the business schoolRead the story …

Judge Provides a Gift for Those Who Have Served

Kelly Mims establishes scholarship to help veterans earn law degrees

OXFORD, Miss. – Circuit Court Judge Kelly Mims has created a scholarship to help veterans who want to earn a law degree from the University of Mississippi. With a $50,000 gift to the UM School of Law, the Tupelo resident established the Judge Kelly L. Mims Leadership Law Scholarship Endowment. Veterans or verified dependents ofRead the story …

Meet the Man Behind ‘First Down, Ole Miss’

Alumnus Glen Waddle still enjoys announcing games after 25 years

OXFORD, Miss. – Glen Waddle (BPA 77, JD 80), public address announcer for Ole Miss football for more than a quarter-century, has no plans to quit anytime soon. “If they don’t want me anymore, that’s a different thing,” the University of Mississippi alumnus said. “But as long as I’m ambulatory, I want to keep workingRead the story …

Former UM Wide Receiver Continues Legacy of Giving

Realtree founder invests in next generation of Ole Miss Rebels

OXFORD, Miss. – Bill Jordan’s most recent gift to the University of Mississippi‘s athletics programs represents his desire to see current and future student-athletes succeed. “Even here at our office, I do everything for the next generation,” said Jordan, creator and CEO of Realtree, a major maker of camouflage hunting gear. “We’ve been very fortunateRead the story …

State, National Leaders Share Insights on Leading Through Disaster

Panel discusses leadership through tragedy, crisis at Ford Center event

OXFORD, Miss. – Five state and national leaders shared lessons from their struggles and successes of leadership in crisis Thursday evening (Sept. 14) at the University of Mississippi‘s Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts. With former Sen. Trent Lott moderating, former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour joined Dr. Deborah Birx, former director of theRead the story …

Five Singer-Songwriters to Showcase Stories, Songs

Nashville-based musicians featured Sept. 28 at The Lyric, on 'Thacker Mountain Radio Hour'

OXFORD, Miss. – Five acclaimed musicians whose songs have been recorded by some of music’s most popular performers will headline a Sept. 28 Singer-Songwriter Showcase at The Lyric in Oxford. The 8 p.m. concert, hosted by the Ole Miss Women’s Council for Philanthropy, will feature four female songwriters: Rebecca Lynn Howard, Stephony Smith, Bridgette TatumRead the story …

Gift Reflects a Love of the South

Feders recommit support for Oxford Conference for the Book with $100K pledge

OXFORD, Miss. – As native Mississippians, Ron Feder and his late wife, Becky, grew up steeped in the folkways of the American South. But it took an extended stay in the Philippines to help them truly appreciate the extraordinary – and decidedly unique – culture of their homeland. Ever since, the R&B Feder Foundation hasRead the story …