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Longtime Supporter Makes New Gift to Impact UM Academics, Athletics
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| Bill F. Cossar (center) with Chancellor Dan Jones (left) and UM Foundation President and CEO Wendell Weakley |
06/04/2010
(OXFORD, Miss.) – Bill F. Cossar said that since his retirement from Entergy seven years ago he “makes every event” at his alma mater. Although those events are mostly sporting in nature, Cossar recently made the 40-mile trip from his Charleston ranch to formalize a $125,000 donation to the University of Mississippi.
The gift establishes the Bill Cossar Ole Miss First Scholarship, which will support students from Tallahatchie County. Inaugural scholarship recipients are Susie Tucker of Strider Academy and Jasmine Turner of Charleston High School, both valedictorians of their graduating classes and presidents of their respective National Read more . . .
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Gift means no tuition worries for 2 students
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| Yvonne and Clyde Edwards |
06/15/2009
OXFORD, Miss. - Meeting four students who were University of Mississippi scholarship recipients several years ago proved to be a seminal event for UM alumni Clyde and Yvonne Edwards. As a result, the Edwardses recently created two Ole Miss First scholarships and provided further funding to supplement existing scholarships.
“Meeting those four young people gave us insight into how much scholarships can help when you can’t afford to go to school,” said Clyde Edwards.
The Clyde and Yvonne Edwards Ole Miss First scholarships will award full tuition for four years for two students Read more . . .
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Alumnus Reconnects with Childhood Friend Through Fourth UM Scholarship
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| Jahmai Hodges with parents Eddie and Lisa Hodges |
05/19/2009
OXFORD, Miss. - When University of Mississippi alumnus Larry Johnson created a new scholarship to honor his parents, he had no idea it would also reconnect him with a childhood friend. But that’s just what the Landmark Foundation Ole Miss First Scholarship in Memory of Swede and Alleene Johnson has done.
A 1960 graduate of UM’s business school and a 1962 graduate of the law school, Johnson said that Jahmai Hodges, the recipient of the four-year, full-tuition scholarship “turned out, to my surprise, to be the grandson of a childhood playmate, Prentiss “Sonny” Robins, whom I’ve not Read more . . .
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