by Associated Press Published: April 29,2013
Tags: automaker, charitable giving, donate, donation, education, gift, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, philanthropy, plant, public education, public school, school, school district
CANTON — Canton school officials say a gift from Nissan North America will be used to help at-risk students. Superintendent Dwight Luckett tells The Clarion-Ledger the district will hire specialists to work one-on-one or in small groups with students to help them catch up to grade level in reading, language arts and math. The $500,000 [...] [...]
STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University has officially concluded the university’s four-year initiative known as “StatePride” with more than $118.3 million in private gifts. “StatePride: An Initiative for Student and Faculty Support” officially began in 2009 with a $100-million goal. “StatePride” was launched with the investiture of Mark Keenum as MSU’s 19th president and over its [...] [...]
DESOTO COUNTY — Officials say a dirty gift will save DeSoto County tens of thousands of dollars. A contractor working near the new jail just south of Hernando offered 5,000 cubic yards of dirt — about 400 truckloads, the Commercial Appeal reported. The Board of Supervisors endorsed the plan unanimously last week after Sheriff Bill [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 15,2012
Tags: agriculture, alumnus, donation, education, farm, farmer, farming, gift, higher education, philanthropist, philanthropy, university
LEFLORE COUNTY — Willis Durden “Dan” McGeary left Mississippi to follow his dream of becoming a pilot, but he never forgot his connection to his home state or his alma mater, Mississippi State University. The last surviving member of a prominent Delta family, McGeary willed Sidon Plantation in Leflore County to Mississippi State University. The [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 14,2012
Tags: bank, banker, banking, building, donation, education, endowment, facility, finance, gift, higher education, learning, philanthropy, technology, university
MERIDIAN — A $150,000 gift from BankPlus is assisting Mississippi State University-Meridian in advancing education for business majors by helping ensure facilities and technology updates for the downtown location. The gift establishes an endowment to maintain, in perpetuity, the Newberry Building and its instructional technology. A historical landmark adjacent to the MSU Riley Center, the [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: July 19,2012
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STARKVILLE — The Mississippi State University Foundation is marking the largest private giving year in the land-grant institution’s history. Campus officials announced more than $86 million was raised during the just-ended 2012 fiscal year, an increase of more than $6 million from the previously held record of FY 11′s over $80.3 million total. A major [...] [...]
JACKSON — Millsaps College has received an anonymous $1 million endowment gift from the parents of a class of 2012 graduate. Dr. Robert W. Pearigen, president of Millsaps. “The gift was made by parents in honor of the professors and mentors who have changed their child’s life forever and in appreciation of the inspiring experiences [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 8,2012
Tags: administrator, colleges, donation, education, educators, engineering, engineers, gift, higher education, professor, research, researchers, scholarship, universities
OXFORD — An educator, hydroscience and engineering researcher and administrator whose work has brought international attention to the University of Mississippi for more than four decades has contributed $100,000 to create an endowment encouraging other university professionals in their work. Sam S.Y. Wang — the founding director of UM’s National Center for Computational Hydroscience and [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: April 12,2012
Tags: alumna, Alumni, colleges, donation, drugs, education, endowment, gift, higher education, medinice, pharmaceutical, pharmacist, pharmacy, scholarship, universities
OXFORD — The University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy is offering a new scholarship thanks to the generosity of the late Madeline O. Sciacca of Slidell, La., who remembered her alma mater in her will. Sciacca, who obtained her pharmacy degree from UM in 1953, left $400,000 to the Ole Miss School of Pharmacy to [...] [...]
LORMAN — Alcorn State University announced the United States Department of Education recently notified the university of the availability of $4.2 million from the maturity of two $500,000 endowments made through its Title III Endowment Challenge Grant Program by the school’s 15th president, Dr. Walter Washington in 1986. Today, the endowments have matured to $2.125 [...] [...]
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