OXFORD, Miss. – A scholarship endowment paying tribute to the lives of three University of Mississippi students has grown to more than $480,000, and three new recipients say they feel honored to represent the men for whom the scholarship is named. The Charles Walker Kelly, Samuel Clayton Kelly and Bryant Mason Wilbanks Memorial Scholarship EndowmentRead the story …
Three Students Awarded Memorial Scholarships
Scholarship recipients carry on legacies of lifelong friends, fraternity brothers
June 22, 2023 by
Food, Science and Art on the Menu at Museum Summer Camps
Programming highlights interdisciplinary learning for children
June 20, 2023 by
OXFORD, Miss. – This summer, the University of Mississippi Museum is offering a variety of learning opportunities for children in first through fifth grades during June and July. “With all of our camps, I’m trying to connect them to some cross-curricular content,” said Rosa Salas Gonzalez, museum educator. “We want to let them do thingsRead the story …
Former Professor’s Estate Supports Science Teaching at Ole Miss
St. Amand gift provides funding for lab equipment and teaching awards
June 17, 2023 by
OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi biology professor Wilbrod St. Amand loved his students and recognized the importance of resources in higher education, whether they support laboratories or professors and instructors. In his estate, St. Amand left some $1 million to ensure there is support for all three. The largest part of the gift isRead the story …
Regions Foundation, UM Join Forces to Support Delta Economy
$150,000 grant expands resources of the Mississippi Delta Small Business Development Center
June 15, 2023 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The Regions Foundation and the Mississippi Small Business Development Center at the University of Mississippi have established the Mississippi Delta SBDC to encourage entrepreneurship and small business success specifically in the Delta region. Housed within CompuRecycling Center Inc., in Greenville, the Mississippi Delta SBDC began serving small-business owners and entrepreneurs in theRead the story …
Gift Supports University’s Medical Center, Libraries
Bequest from Coles promises long-lasting impact on health care and education
June 10, 2023 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A longtime Jackson physician and his wife left an estate gift of $640,000 to the University of Mississippi and the University of Mississippi Medical Center to provide library resources, support the training of pediatricians and strengthen allergy-immunology education, patient care and research. The late Dr. Wilfred Q. Cole Jr. found studying medicineRead the story …
FedEx Corp. Expands Strategic Partnership with University
Collaboration supports data science, diversity and leadership programs, and student success
June 6, 2023 by
OXFORD, Miss. – FedEx Corp., a longtime industry partner of the University of Mississippi, is advancing that relationship with a major new commitment that promises to have an impact across the university. The expanded partnership established endowed funds to expand the data science program in the Department of Computer and Information Science and support theRead the story …
Educator Provides for Future Teachers
Retired alumna leaves gift to help Ole Miss education majors
June 3, 2023 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Teaching and learning were Dorothy Wayne Blackwell’s lifelong passions. The daughter of educators, it came as no surprise that Blackwell pursued a teaching career. Neither was it a surprise that she ultimately chose to leave an estate gift of more than $153,000 to the University of Mississippi School of Education, where sheRead the story …
Decade of Donated, Community-Funded Work on Display at UM Museum
'Recent Acquisitions' exhibit highlights breadth, variety of art collection
May 24, 2023 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Museum‘s newest installation, “Recent Acquisitions,” highlights the varied and expansive collection of artworks that have been donated or funded by the community in the last 10 years. Among the selected works are wood carvings, watercolor and oil paintings, pieces that blend the line between painting and sculpture, andRead the story …
Lott Institute Offers Future Leaders Summer Experience of a Lifetime
Lott Rising 12th grade program to take students to D.C., community service and the classroom
May 21, 2023 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Eighty high school students will flock to the University of Mississippi’s Trent Lott Leadership Institute this summer to learn leadership, earn school credits and set them on the path to achieve their goals. The Lott Leadership Institute for Rising 12th Graders, which began in the late 1990s as a way to promoteRead the story …
Mauldin Gift Aims to Bolster Baseball
Alumnus and wife donate to benefit university's sports facilities
May 6, 2023 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The donors of a major gift to the University of Mississippi hope to help the Ole Miss baseball team continue to swing for the fences. UM alumnus Mick Mauldin and his wife, Patty, made a $125,000 gift to Champions. Now., the Ole Miss Athletics Foundation‘s fundraising campaign focused on improving facilities forRead the story …