by Clay Chandler Published: November 6,2011
Tags: athletics, fundraising, Ole Miss, sports
Not much has gone right recently for the Ole Miss athletic department. The Forward Together Campaign is an exception. The campaign to raise money for new athletic facilities and to expand and improve existing ones kicked off Aug. 9. As of Nov. 1, it had raised $43.8 million of its overall $150 million goal. >> [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: September 25,2011
Tags: advertising, candy, education, fundraising, marketing, public relations, schools, world record
Since founding Broadcast Media Group Inc. in Starkville in 1996, Robbie Coblentz has worked numerous marketing/PR campaigns all over the state and nation. The production company has won numerous awards for its work, including an international Telly Award just this past summer. But he and his team recently completed work on the promotion of a [...] [...]
by Clay Chandler Published: August 21,2011
Tags: booster, booster clubs, fundraising, high school, prep football
Mississippi’s high school football season started last week. The financial planning for it never stopped. Before toe met leather last Thursday and Friday nights, the booster clubs that pay for everything from Gatorade to field houses had spent months raising money to carry out their missions of providing private financial support to their respective programs. [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 11,2011
Tags: education, fundraising, higher education, sports
OXFORD — Ole Miss officials have announced a $150-million fund raising campaign, along with plans to replace the university’s basketball facility and improve Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Ole Miss athletic director Pete Boone announced the “Forward Together” program Tuesday. The university said $100 million come form premium seating charges in both venues and $50 million from philanthropic [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 3,2011
Tags: construction, donations, drugs, education, fundraising, grants, higher education, medicine, pharmaceuticals, pharmacy
JACKSON — Gifts to the “Promises to Keep” campaign and two federal grants have provided the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy with more than $10 million to construct a building at the university’s Medical Center and endow scholarships and faculty support. The campaign’s lead gift was a pledge of more than $350,000 from Medical [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: July 21,2011
Tags: donations, education, fundraising, gifts, higher education
STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University is announcing a new milestone of $80.3 million in outright private gifts and pledges of future support during the just-ended fiscal year. A 23 percent increase from FY 10, the record number represents the highest single-year giving total in the university’s 133-year history. John P. Rush, vice president for development [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 12,2010
Tags: education, fundraising, higher education
SUMMIT — Southwest Mississippi Community College officials hope a capital fundraising campaign will provide the college with money to help fund new dormitories, programs and equipment for the school. SMCC President Dr. Oliver Young said plans are ongoing for the fundraising effort, which is expected to begin in early 2011. A target amount has not [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 14,2010
Tags: education, fundraising, higher education
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Alumni groups at some of Mississippi’s public universities are ramping up their private fundraising in hopes of decreasing the impact of state budget cuts. New initiatives have been planned at Jackson State and Mississippi Valley State, and others such as Mississippi State and the University of Southern Mississippi have set records for [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: August 23,2010
Tags: community development, economic development, fundraising
HATTIESBURG — The Area Development Partnership (ADP) has launched Competitive Edge, the new fundraising initiative to underwrite an economic and community development program in the Greater Hattiesburg Area over the next five years. Competitive Edge, which is the third program of its kind for the ADP, will provide funding for economic development services, marketing for [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: April 19,2010
Tags: education, fundraising, higher education
HATTIESBURG — University of Southern Mississippi (USM) officials are working with the newly appointed University of Southern Mississippi Research Foundation board of directors and the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) on a review of some actions approved by the previous Research Foundation Board. In a statement, USM president Martha Saunders [...] [...]
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