OXFORD, Miss. – Research being conducted at the University of Mississippi on blood flow restriction therapy is drawing international attention for its clinical and sports performance applications.

Under the leadership of Jeremy P. Loenneke, assistant professor of health, exercise science and recreation management, the Kevser Ermin Applied Physiology Laboratory is quickly gaining renown for breakthroughs in low-load alternatives to traditional resistance exercise.

This therapy helps rebuild muscle using less weight and less intensity by slightly inflating a pressure cuff that is attached to a person’s limbs for a few minutes to restrict blood flow.

“This allows a muscle to work harder than it normally would so a person can gain the same benefits of normal exercise without having to physically lift heavy weights,” Loenneke said.

“Typically when people exercise, they have to train pretty heavy to see any type of benefit. For most people that’s OK, but people who have had surgery or who are older may not have the ability to do that. Our current work focuses a lot of the methodology and the safety of applying blood flow restriction therapy, which is something many clinicians are wanting to know more about.”

Loenneke was in Denmark over the weekend, speaking at a symposium and leading a workshop on blood flow restriction therapy at the Danish Association of Physiotherapy Congress meeting in Odense. This is Loenneke’s second time to hold a workshop there on this subject.

The researcher first came across blood flow restriction when he was interning at the University of Illinois in 2007. He began completing his own work on the subject in 2008 while at Southeast Missouri State University and later while earning his doctorate at the University of Oklahoma.

When he first read of this therapy in literature, he was surprised by the broad application of its benefits.

“My first thought when I came across this literature as an undergraduate was that I must be reading this wrong,” Loenneke said.

While studying at Oklahoma, he was contacted by a physical therapist at the Center for the Intrepid, a rehabilitation center for wounded soldiers. Loenneke said he helped explain how to best apply blood flow restriction for rehabbing soldiers with blast trauma.

“The problem is that a lot of these injuries cannot be trained with normal exercise intensities,” Loenneke said. “Blood flow restriction is a potential utility that clinicians are using a lot in clinical trials or hospital settings.”

At Ole Miss, Loenneke has six doctoral students working alongside him, as well as Takashi Abe, a visiting professor and longtime friend.

“We are lucky here at Ole Miss, because Dr. Abe has been studying blood flow therapy for a long time,” Loenneke said. “I first began reading his literature in 2007, and now he works with our group. We are one of the groups that is more known for blood flow restriction literature in the United States.”

At the Danish symposium, Loenneke focused on blood flow restriction exercise after surgery or disease. Clinicians are interested in focusing on immediate post-surgery recovery because there is a short window of time after surgery for a person to regain muscle strength, he said.

As an academic, Loenneke’s role at the meeting is to educate clinicians on how this therapy works within a laboratory setting so they can use their best judgments in considering the use of this therapy and making the proper adjustments to apply it to post-surgery patients.

To gather data at UM, Loenneke and his team study the effects of blood flow therapy on healthy people, ages 18-35, by applying the cuff and measuring what happens in different situations.

“Sometimes we study the effects of this therapy with no exercise at all, and sometimes we do it with exercise and training,” he said. “We get the data, write it up and publish it. Our work is primarily published within sports medicine-related journals.”

Blood flow restriction therapy benefits normal, healthy people in many ways, Loenneke said. While researching the methods, the team wanted to create a practical model using equipment that most lifters already have or could easily get, he said.

He has seen Ole Miss students using blood flow restriction therapy.

“I’ve seen people doing it upstairs in the Turner Center,” Loenneke said. “I don’t think they know that a lot of the work put in creating those methods was actually done by people who are now here. It’s a really cool thing to see.”

Minsoo Kang, chair of the Department of Health, Exercise Science and Recreation Management, expressed his excitement for the lab’s research to be seen on an international stage.

“Dr. Loenneke and his research students have earned national attention for their work with blood flow restriction exercise over the past three years,” Kang said. “It is quite significant of him presenting at an international stage, which I believe will increase the visibility of our department, school and university.”

For more information about the UM Department of Health, Exercise Science and Recreation Management, visit http://hesrm.olemiss.edu/.

OXFORD, Miss. – Students and faculty from the University of Mississippi Department of Legal Studies recently joined forces with the Marshall County Correctional Facility in Holly Springs to pack more than 100,000 meals in one day for an organization that helps needy children.

Feed My Starving Children is a Christian nonprofit working to eliminate starvation and hunger worldwide.

“Our partnership with the Marshall County Correctional Facility is unprecedented,” said Lisa Stueckemann, development officer for Feed My Starving Children. “We are thrilled to be working with 150 offenders, plus students and faculty from Ole Miss to work to pack meals to send to children who are dealing with severe malnutrition and starvation.”

Linda Keena, interim chair for the Department of Legal Studies, teaches restorative justice and entrepreneurship courses to a group of maximum-security inmates at the facility, where the idea for the project got its start. Over the course of eight hours, the group packed enough meals to feed 277 children every day for an entire year.

“Part of what we try to do is find ways to repair harm that their behavior has caused to the community, so we decided we would try to put together this project,” Keena explained. “It has been a really rewarding day.

“The offenders who graduate from these classes feel a great sense of pride and accomplishment. They feel validated that their time has been of real value to others, and that is really what we want to accomplish from it. At the end of this day, they feel like they have made a difference in someone else’s life in a positive way.”

For Keena, this project was a valuable service-learning experience for her criminal justice students.

“We’ve had a number of student volunteers who came here,” She said. “They have an opportunity to put into place the things they’re learning in the classroom; to engage with the offenders, staff and administrators, and to come back to volunteer. That helps them as they prepare for their careers in corrections.”

Kornisha Johnson, a senior criminal justice major from Sallis, described the experience as a blessing.

“This project has meant a lot to me,” Johnson said. “Back home, there is little opportunity and I’m surrounded by poverty, so to be able to give back to so many children is amazing.

“Also, being able to work alongside the inmates has been a positive thing – just letting them know that they are not what people say they are. They are not their crimes. It has been a beautiful and rewarding experience to help fundraise and put this together.”

Lexi Caviness, a sophomore criminal justice minor from Ripley, said the experience has changed her perspective of the incarcerated.

“Before coming into the class I had a different idea of them,” Caviness said. “Just getting to talk with them and realize most of them are trying to better themselves. It is really nice to see how they are still trying to give back, even though they are in here for a long time.”

Many of the offenders, including Richard Moore of Walls, expressed gratitude for getting to do something positive in reparation for their past wrongdoings.

“We’re all in here for doing something destructive, and society looks at us like we are throwaways,” Moore said. “This gives us an opportunity to show that we have changed and that we are capable of doing something good.

“It is impressive to me, because prison is a place associated with hopelessness, but here we are boxing up hope to send to other countries, to children.”

The inmates first had to pass the Ice House Entrepreneurship class as a prerequisite to the restorative justice class to participate in the food-packing event, Keena said.

“The Ice House Entrepreneurship class teaches them to look at how to solve other people’s problems instead of looking at how they alone can benefit, because that is what successful entrepreneurs do,” Keena said. “It was actually one of the offender’s capstone projects from the class that sparked the idea for the event as a social entrepreneurship endeavor.”

Gary Schoeniger, founder and CEO of Entrepreneurial Learning Initiative and co-author of the Ice House Entrepreneurship book, flew in from his headquarters in Ohio for the packing event. Schoeniger and Keena have spoken at venues across the country, sharing the effective use of the Ice House Entrepreneurship program in prison systems.

Students in the Department of Legal Studies’ criminal justice program can declare an emphasis in corrections. They are taught the skills they will need to manage prisoners, interact with adult parolees and probationers, and supervise juveniles in the community or secured juvenile facilities.

Students learn how courts and prisons work and different strategies for dealing with inmates, probationers and parolees, including rehabilitation efforts and counseling.

For more information about programs on study in criminal justice, email legalstu@olemiss.edu or visit http://legalstudies.olemiss.edu/.

OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi’s School of Applied Sciences at the University of Mississippi has named Elise Smith, of Brandon, as the Thomas A. Crowe Alumnus of the Year for her outstanding contributions in the field of dietetics and nutrition and her ongoing support of students in the school’s Department of Nutrition and Hospitality Management.

Smith is a registered licensed dietitian who has worked in both clinical and food service management positions for more than 30 years. As a founding member of the management team and director of consulting services for Nutrition Systems, Inc., she supervised more than 15 registered dietitians, providing consulting services in 95 health care facilities in the Southeast.

She also served as director of the Food Service Department for St. Dominic Hospital. She is retired but continues consulting for Nutrition Systems Inc.

“Elise was an entrepreneur before many in our profession were choosing that path,” said Kathy Knight, associate professor of nutrition and hospitality management. “Not only has she helped to grow one of the largest dietetics services consulting firms in the state, she has mentored many young dietitians and dietetics students.”

Nutrition Systems Inc. is a family of branded companies, each dedicated to optimizing food services with expert management. The seven brands of Nutrition Systems – purchasing, consulting, wellness, contracting, menus and purchasing alliance – operate independently but share a commitment to diligence, consistency and a legacy of seamless service for clients served.

“As part of her commitment to the fields of nutrition and dietetics, her firm serves by educating post-graduate dietetics students in their practica/rotations needed to become a registered dietitian nutritionist,” said David H. Holben, professor of nutrition and hospitality management. “In addition, Ms. Smith has hired many UM alumni and mentored them to a successful career.”

Smith has played a significant role in shaping nutrition policy across the region, having served in numerous positions in state and national dietetic associations, including president of the Mississippi Dietetic Association, chair of the Nutrition Care Process/Standardized Language Committee, Mississippi’s affiliate delegate in the House of Delegates, House of Delegates director and a member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics board of directors.

She also is past speaker of the academy’s House of Delegates and is chair-elect of the its Political Action Committee.

Janie Cole, senior registered dietitian and director of the coordinated program in dietetics, described Smith as the epitome of what the university stands for.

“When I first met Elise, I quickly realized that she was an ‘outside the box’ thinker,” Cole said. “Her ‘can-do’ attitude and her love for people are certainly impressive. She has mentored countless students and volunteered for numerous organizations.

“She continued to help others while she fought and won her own battle with cancer. Elise has worked effortlessly to not only promote the dietetics profession, but to move it forward.”

Smith holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Ole Miss. She was married to the late Glenn Smith, and they have one son, Eric, who lives in Austin, Texas. She attends St. Marks United Methodist Church.

The School of Applied Sciences offers professional preparation programs that integrate academic study, clinical training, creative research, service-learning and community outreach, leading to the development of leaders whose professional endeavors will improve health and well-being. The school’s vision is for academic excellence – that each department will be recognized by their respective scientific, professional and community organizations as a hub for scholarly thought, professional development and community impact.

For more information about the School of Applied Sciences or the Thomas A. Crowe Alumnus of the Year Award, visit http://sas.olemiss.edu/.

OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi’s School of Applied Sciences has named Kirby Rhodes, of Bay St. Louis, as its Graduate Student of the Month and Janice DeWitt, of Seattle, as the Undergraduate Student of the Month for February.

Having completed her undergraduate degree at UM, Rhodes is in her last semester of graduate school in criminal justice in the Department of Legal Studies.

“Kirby recently presented research on a faculty panel at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences in New Orleans,” said Linda Keena, interim chair of the Department of Legal Studies. “She delivered her presentation professionally and fielded questions from audience members in a confident manner. I was pleased to have her represent our department and school.

“In addition, she participated in the Alpha Phi Sigma 2018 Honor Society Conference, where she received a $250 scholarship for earning second place in the graduate student criminology knowledge scholarship test.”

Rhodes said she initially gained interest in Ole Miss after attending a summer program for high school students.

“I fell in love with the program and the campus, and that is what finalized my decision to come here,” she said.

After graduation, Rhodes will return to Washington, D.C., where she interned as an undergraduate for the Naval Criminal Investigative Service – this time to work full-time for a private security company.

DeWitt plans to finish her undergraduate study in criminal justice with an emphasis in corrections in December and is strongly considering graduate school at Ole Miss.

“I’m doing my second internship right now, just trying to get as much experience as possible,” DeWitt said. “I interned last semester with the Mississippi Bureau of Investigations with the Cold Case Unit, where I learned how to run an investigation.

“Right now, I’m interning with the Mississippi Department of Corrections with the probation and parole office for Lafayette County in Oxford.”

Like Rhodes, DeWitt presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, but in an open category that included graduate students and professors.

“She represented our department and school in an exemplary manner and was acknowledged for best poster for an undergraduate student,” Keena said. “An active member of our Alpha Phi Sigma Honor Society, Janice has been awarded the chief Richard Michael Popernik Endowed Scholarship for the 2018-19 school year.”

After researching colleges across the country, DeWitt visited UM and was hooked.

“Ole Miss is the only college I toured,” she said. “I wanted something out of state. I’m the first one in my family to go to college. I don’t have any family in Mississippi, but the first time I came and visited the campus I absolutely fell in love with it.

“I knew I wanted to do criminal justice in high school and heard the (UM) program was great.”

The School of Applied Sciences calls for nominations by faculty and staff throughout the school to recognize students for extraordinary scholarship, leadership and service. Nominations should be emailed, along with a nomination form, by the fifth of each month to mloftin@olemiss.edu.

For more information about the School of Applied Sciences, visit http://sas.olemiss.edu/.

OXFORD, Miss. – Results are in for last year’s Farm-to-YOUth! project at the University of Mississippi, a program that brought fresh produce into rural elementary schools and introduced healthier options to more than 1,100 children and their families.

Global agriculture company Monsanto provided $200,000 in 2016 to establish the Food and Nutrition Security Support Fund at UM that was used to implement the produce distribution program as faculty and graduate students conducted nutrition research. In 2017, the company donated an additional $250,000 to the UM Foundation for phase two of the program, which is underway.

Led by David H. Holben, professor of nutrition and hospitality management and Gillespie Distinguished Scholar, Farm-to-YOUth! partnered with the Piggly Wiggly in Bruce to procure and prepare fresh fruits and vegetables for the children to taste, both in their natural form and prepared in recipes. The program also sent home produce and accompanying recipes each Friday to more than 260 youth and their families to incorporate into their diets.

“I’m thrilled to report the success of last year’s program in that the data showed a positive impact on some of the eating patterns in households for participants in the take-home produce program,” Holben said.

Second-year graduate student Michelle Weber of Cincinnati, Ohio, was on the front lines of produce preparation and distribution during last year’s project. She has continued the work this academic year at Bruce, Calhoun City and Vardaman elementary schools.

“This year, we are going to the same schools, but we are giving them produce vouchers to take to the grocery stores,” Weber said. “For every $10 families spend on fresh produce, they get 11 more dollars from the voucher to spend on produce.

“The overall goal is to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in children and their families and ultimately try in any way we can to reduce food insecurity.”

Weber said that connecting with students has been very rewarding.

“Last year, I was in Bruce Elementary three times a week, and getting to see the children try new fruits and vegetables that they’ve never had an opportunity to try before was an experience I’ll never forget,” she said. “This year, I’ve been able to reconnect with all of those children. It’s taught me a lot about food insecurity in areas that I never knew about before.”

First-year graduate students Tiffany Shirley, of Corinth, and Marta Dees, of Oxford, joined the Farm-to-YOUth! team this fall.

“I knew that food insecurity was an issue for families in Mississippi, but before this project, I didn’t realize just how prevalent it was,” Shirley said. “Just because communities in this area and where I grew up don’t talk about it, it doesn’t mean it isn’t a problem. This research project has really opened my eyes to that.

“We’ve given the families the chance to get fresh fruits and vegetables that they might not have had before, and that I had growing up, but some of these kids haven’t been able to experience as much. All they have to do is use the vouchers, pick out what they want and make their own creations at home with that food.”

Dees appreciates the hands-on approach to studying food insecurity that Farm-to-YOUth! has provided as she and fellow researchers executed pre- and post-surveys in the schools.

“Instead of sitting in front of a computer reading article after article, we really had an experiential learning process,” Dees said. “We were a part of every single paper, every paper clip, every envelope, and we got to see every teacher and every kid. That, to me, is more important than just reading it on a page.

“We really want to understand what kind of access they have to food, what kinds of food they are eating, what kinds of food they are feeding their children, but most importantly, the need. What kind of need do they have and what do they want?”

Piggly Wiggly owner Becky Wright noticed a rising interest from community members in recipes featuring the produce items sent home with the children.

“There was a lot of chatter on Facebook in our communities,” Wright said. “Like ‘What do I do with this butternut squash?’ People were sharing their recipes and telling what their kids came home with.

“The parents would come in weeks later saying that they never knew they liked Brussels sprouts, and they’d found new ways to prepare Brussels sprouts. They were sharing it all on social media to see what other people were doing.”

While surveys are still being collected from this year’s project, the data from last year’s study indicate Farm-to-YOUth! had real influence in the lives of its participants.

Teresa Carithers, interim dean of the School of Applied Sciences, praised Monsanto for its contribution to food insecurity research.

“Thirteen percent, on average, of households nationally and 18.7 percent of households in Mississippi are facing low or very low food security,” Carithers said. “This tremendous gift from Monsanto allows us to examine best practices in community-based outreach while providing healthy food to families in our more rural, neighboring towns.”

The School of Applied Sciences recently recognized Holben for his contributions in scholarly teaching, scholarship and research with the first Gillespie Distinguished Scholar Award.

“The success of the Farm-to-YOUth! project is a great example of Dr. Holben’s research efforts that exemplify a Gillespie Distinguished Scholar,” Carithers said. “While he has a rich and diverse research and publication record, his work in food insecurity is drawing national attention to a critical problem.

“This year he was the senior author on the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ position paper on food insecurity in the United States.”

The Food and Nutrition Security Support Fund is open to gifts from individuals and organizations who want to support food security research and outreach.

Checks supporting the fund may be mailed with the fund noted in the memo line to the UM Foundation, 406 University Ave., Oxford, MS 38655. Gifts also can be made online by visiting http://www.umfoundation.com/makeagift or by contacting Katie Morrison at 662-915-2135 or katie@olemiss.edu.

For more information about the Farm-to-YOUth! program, email nhm@olemiss.edu.

OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi hospitality management students recently spent a day making valuable connections with officials from the luxury travel industry, thanks to the efforts of a UM alumnus and his father, a prominent travel agency executive.

Jim Strong, president and owner of Strong Travel Services in Dallas, organized the 2018 Talent Engagement Pursuit, a networking and educational event at the Graduate Hotel, in partnership with the travel consortium firm Virtuoso. Strong Travel Services has been a member of Virtuoso for 30 years.

Some 50 students met with industry leaders from across the nation at the event, which provided information on internships and careers in the luxury travel industry. Jim Strong was on hand, along with son James Strong, who has worked for his father since graduating from the UM hospitality program in 2015.

“I believe this event was a huge success for us, the travel executives and the students,” James Strong said. “This was a great opportunity for students to come out and learn more about the travel industry, potential internships and job opportunities.”

The luxury travel industry provides fairly new and unique career opportunities in comparison to the typical travel industry, said Mary Roseman, professor and director of the Ole Miss hospitality management program. Luxury travel is more exotic and complex, she said, noting the importance of students experiencing networking events such as this to fully understand those benefits.

“We are very fortunate to have a premier company, such as Strong Travel, so invested in our hospitality management program and willing to provide special opportunities for our students,” Roseman said. “Today the hospitality industry, like many other industries, is all about networking.”

Cindy Choi, assistant professor of nutrition and hospitality management, advises students to focus on the uniqueness of the luxury travel industry.

“In order to find a career in luxury travel, students should understand the needs and wants of the luxury travelers, which are very different from regular travelers,” Choi said. “In order to gain the knowledge, taking classes related to luxury travel, such as Service Quality Management and Hospitality Marketing, would be a good idea.”

Virtuoso works with Strong Travel and other travel agencies to promote and market their services. Christy Green, regional sales director for Virtuoso in Fort Worth, Texas, was among the industry leaders who attended the 2018 Travel Engagement Pursuit.

Her firm, along with the entire industry, is actively seeking new talent, Green said. Every summer, Virtuoso hosts a networking event for students in Las Vegas called Virtuoso Travel Week, often relying on Strong and other industry leaders to bring new people to learn about the industry’s opportunities and programs.

Strong Travel sponsors a small group of Ole Miss students and a faculty member to attend Virtuoso Travel Week each year.

Claire McCraw, a senior hospitality management major at Ole Miss, attended last summer’s event.

“For four days we had the opportunity to interact with thousands of professionals who were helpful in giving us information about the travel industry,” McCraw said. “It was an unforgettable experience, and I am so thankful that I got to be a part of it.”

Strong Travel sells more than $50 million of travel services annually. The company’s employees constantly travel the world to build relationships and experience all aspects of trips they could potentially sell.

“The key to our success is matching the right client to the right product,” Jim Strong said. “Strong Travel takes several trips a year to go out and experience the products. I recently took four team members to London for about three days, and we saw 26 hotels.

“Being able to understand the hotel, products, ambiance, stature and location at the luxury level is huge when talking to the client making selections.”

James Strong decided to study hospitality management at UM after growing up in Dallas surrounded by the travel business. While earning his degree, he completed several internships around the world that helped prepare him for his career.

“I interned in London at the Corinthia Hotel as a junior butler for four months, which was great exposure to that side of the hotel industry,” James Strong said. He also interned at a tourism agency in Istanbul and later at the Courtyard by Marriott in Oxford.

Jim Strong said he continues to visit and support UM because is responsive to emphasizing and highlighting the sale and promotion of travel. He said he enjoys being a part of the campus life and feeds off the energy in the classrooms.

Many students are seeking internships and jobs related to luxury travel or travel agencies after being inspired by Strong’s networking events and class visits, Choi said.

For more information about the hospitality management program, email Mary Roseman at mroseman@olemiss.edu or visit http://nhm.olemiss.edu/.

OXFORD, Miss. – Three reasons inspired Jim and Cindy McGinnis, of Meridian, to make a major gift to the University of Mississippi: the desire to support the university that influenced many of their family members, to honor loved ones who served as mentors and to help offset college expenses for graduates of their high school alma mater.

The James M. McGinnis Jr. and Virginia D. McGinnis Scholarship Endowment is available to full-time students from Lauderdale County, with first preference given to graduates of Meridian High School.

“Designating the endowment to honor my parents was an acknowledgement of the important role they played in my life and that of my two older sisters, and to our extended family,” said Jim McGinnis, a 1980 UM graduate and president of McGinnis Lumber Co. in Meridian.

“A secondary, but significant, personal consideration was that my dad and I worked together for 35 years in our family business, founded by my grandfather in 1922,” he said. “The endowment was a way to honor him, in particular, for his role as not only my father but also my mentor in our business.”

McGinnis said the gift also serves as a tribute to his family’s strong ties to Ole Miss – the many relatives who attended, including his father, mother and sister; his wife’s parents and family members; two nephews and some cousins.

Two McGinnis children, Davis and Caroline, are also part of the UM family. Davis McGinnis graduated in 2014 with an exercise science degree from the School of Applied Sciences; Caroline McGinnis is a senior in the same program. Their oldest child, Menton M. Deweese, works for MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.

All three McGinnis children, as well as Jim and Cindy McGinnis and his parents, also share the distinction of being Meridian High School graduates.

“Cindy and I have been deeply involved in public school issues since the early 1990s,” McGinnis said. “So, it was a natural and logical choice to have this scholarship benefit three generations of our family’s high school alma mater.

“Our hope is that the endowment will benefit students from Meridian High, and ultimately Ole Miss, indefinitely.”

Just as McGinnis did after graduating from Ole Miss, Davis McGinnis has joined his father in the family business, one of the nation’s oldest forest product wholesalers. The company employs 14 people in sales, clerical and management positions and boasts a sales territory that extends into 40 states and four foreign countries.

“Our market focus changed many times over the years as conditions dictated, but our primary function has always been to provide a quality product at a competitive price and to transact business with a high level of integrity and trust,” McGinnis said. “As a result of this philosophy, and many good people implementing it over the years, we enjoy an excellent reputation throughout the industry.”

In their free time, the McGinnises enjoy watching tennis – they hope to one day travel to all four grand slams. Additionally, they are active at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, and Jim McGinnis enjoys an occasional round of golf.

“With their generous gift, Jim and Cindy honor their family while helping students achieve their goals,” said Denson Hollis, development director for the UM Office of Development. “It’s truly one of those gifts that will keep on giving.”

The James M. McGinnis Jr. and Virginia D. McGinnis Scholarship Endowment is open to gifts from individuals and organizations. To contribute, send checks with the endowment name noted in the memo line to the University of Mississippi Foundation, 406 University Ave., Oxford, MS 38655; visit http://www.umfoundation.com/makeagift; or contact Hollis at dhollis@olemiss.edu or 662-915-5092.