The OMWC honored eight graduating seniors with a dinner at Butler Auditorium in the Triplett Alumni Center on Friday, April 10th. The 2015 graduates are: John Carey Fitzpatrick, Hannah Katherine Herrin, Raymond Tyler Jackson, Bobby Fowler Kelly, Mia Margaret Kloth, Jacob Dylan James Moorhead, Chloe Robin Sturges, and Ellen Augusta Williams. A single red roseRead the story …
Ole Miss Women’s Council to Honor Charles Overby with Legacy Award
Tickets available for dinner featuring award-winning chefs
February 17, 2015 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The Ole Miss Women’s Council for Philanthropy will honor Charles Overby, a champion of the First Amendment and the free press, with the 2015 Legacy Award this spring at the University of Mississippi. Overby will receive the Legacy Award, presented by C Spire, at a dinner April 18 at Carrier House, homeRead the story …
Scholar Spotlight Q & A
December 15, 2014 by
Debra Whitley is a junior from Natchez, Mississippi studying Integrated Marketing and Communications. Debra is in the Sally Barksdale Honors College. She has interned with the Ole Miss Athletics’ Marketing and Fan Experience and C Spire. How would you describe the OMWC program to someone that might be interested in applying for an OMWC scholarship?Read the story …
PULSE Leadership Workshop planned for sophomore students
December 15, 2014 by
The Ole Miss Women’s Council and the Office of Student Affairs will be hosting a two-day leadership workshop for sophomore students called PULSE “Preparing Undergraduate Leaders-A Student Experience” which will be held Jan. 17-18, 2015, at the Robert C. Khayat Law Center. PULSE will expose sophomore students to various concepts of leadership that will assistRead the story …
OMWC wraps up Red Plate Suppers
December 15, 2014 by
The Ole Miss Women’s Council welcomed a wide variety of speakers this fall to their monthly Red Plate Suppers for their scholars. In September, Jeff McManus, Director of Landscape Services, shared how leaders are developed from the bottom to the top. Linda Spargo, Special Projects Coordinator and Academic Advisor for the Chancellor’s Office, spoke onRead the story …
OMWC Scholar Spotlight
September 9, 2014 by
Why did you choose Ole Miss? I live just 20 miles down the road from Ole Miss in Water Valley, MS. I have always been an Ole Miss Rebels fan, but thought that I would attend Mississippi State since I was majoring in Engineering. The summer before my senior year of high school, I wasRead the story …
Ole Miss Women’s Council welcomes back their scholars
September 9, 2014 by
On Sunday, August 24th the Ole Miss Women’s Council scholars held their Fall Retreat at the Ole Miss Depot. It was the hottest day on record but that didn’t stop the twenty-four scholars from running across campus as they participated in a scavenger hunt. The hunt allowed the students to reconnect as they solved cluesRead the story …
Women’s Council Legacy Award Salutes Barksdales
April 11 events honor couple for providing opportunities for young people
April 4, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Visionary education champions Donna and Jim Barksdale, of Jackson, have been selected for the 2014 Legacy Award given by the Ole Miss Women’s Council for Philanthropy. The award recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions as philanthropists, leaders and mentors and through these contributions have brought about definitive, positive change in theRead the story …
Barksdales to Receive Women’s Council Legacy Award
Award honors couple's outstanding philanthropy, scholarship, leadership and mentorship
March 13, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Donna and Jim Barksdale of Jackson have been chosen to receive the fourth Legacy Award given by the Ole Miss Women’s Council for Philanthropy, or OMWC. The couple will be honored during events April 11 at the University of Mississippi. The Legacy Award, presented by C Spire, recognizes the contributions of individualsRead the story …
Scholars treated to several spring events
February 26, 2014 by
Ole Miss Women’s Council scholars have already taken a weekend trip to Nashville, attended suppers with keynote speakers and met with prominent Ole Miss alumni this spring, and the semester is only halfway over. OMWC scholars kicked off the spring semester with a Red Plate Supper in January featuring Richard Gershon, dean of the UMRead the story …