Ole Miss Alumni Review - Winter 2022

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‘A God Wink’

SAM HASKELL FULFILLS 55-YEAR-OLD PROMISE TO WIN AN EMMY

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Departments 2 | Chancellor’s Letter 4 | President’s Letter

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6 | From the Circle 22 | Calendar

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44 | Ole Miss Sports Shakira Austin named to Wooden watch list Gonzalez, Elko tabbed preseason All-Americans

Features

48 | Just Published

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24 | T his is for Now. This is for Ever.

This is for Ole Miss.

50 | Rebel Traveler

By Tina H. Hahn

54 | Alumni News

30 | ‘ A God Wink’

Sugar Bowl party highlights

Sam Haskell fulfills 55-year-old promise to win an Emmy

Pat Williams Stubbs celebrates 100th birthday

By Annie Rhoades

36 | S alt Shakedown Managing sodium intake for better heart health

By Gary Pettus

40 | Empowering Research Study of how cancers spread promises treatment options

By Shea Stewart

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Alumnus Sam Haskell (BA 77) sees a dream come true, as he and singer/songwriter/ actress Dolly Parton win Emmys for the television movie ‘Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square.’ | Photo by Steve Summers

Ole Miss Alumni Review PUBLISHER Kirk Purdom (BA 93) EXECUTIVE EDITOR Jim Urbanek II (BA 97) jim@olemissalumni.com ASSOCIATE EDITOR AND ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Annie Rhoades (BBA 07, MBA 09) annie@olemissalumni.com CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Benita Whitehorn ART DIRECTOR Amy Howell CONTRIBUTORS Kevin Bain (BA 98), Kaitlin Childress (BS 18), JB Clark (BA 10), Marlee Crawford (BAJ 18), Ruth Cummins (BA 82), Bill Dabney (BA 89), Jacquelyn Delavaldene, Mitchell Diggs (BSJ 82), Joe Ellis, Kirsten Faulkner, Sydney Gibson, Thomas Graning (BAJ 17), Tina Hahn, Leigh Ann Hubbard, Robert Jordan (BA 83, MA 90), Logan Kirkland (BAJ 16), Mary Stanton Knight (BA 00, MA 13, MFA 19), Joshua McCoy, Gary Pettus, Mark Rich, Lauren Rogers, Jon Scott (BA 82), Alex Sims, Edwin B. Smith (BA 80, MA 93), Christina Steube (BAJ 11, MA 16, MA 18), Michael G. Stewart, Shea Stewart (BA 00), Jordan Straus, Melanie Thortis, Mark Von Holden OFFICERS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Dr. Bob Warner (BA 79, MD 83) president Bill Reed (BA 72, JD 77) president-elect Karen Moore (BS 82) vice president Johnny Maloney (BBA 78) athletics committee member Bruce Ware (BBA 99) athletics committee member ALUMNI AFFAIRS STAFF, OXFORD Kirk Purdom (BA 93), executive director Joseph Baumbaugh, assistant director for information services Sunny Brown (BSFCS 09, MA 11), assistant director Clay Cavett (BBA 86), associate director, campaigns and special projects Junae Johnson (BBA 15), assistant director Brian Maxcy (BA 00), assistant director Steve Mullen (BA 92), assistant director for marketing Annie Rhoades (BBA 07, MBA 09), assistant director for communications Scott Thompson (BA 97, MA 08), associate director, engagement Jim Urbanek (BA 97), associate director, communications and marketing Rusty Woods (BBA 01), associate director for information services The Ole Miss Alumni Review (USPS 561-870) is published quarterly by the Ole Miss Alumni Association and the Office of Alumni Affairs.

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from the Chancellor Dear Alumni and Friends, I’m excited to write to you as we get 2022 underway! We’ve celebrated many recent successes, but one in particular in which Rebels everywhere can take great pride and eagerly participate is Now & Ever: The Campaign for Ole Miss. Below and in this issue of the magazine, you can learn more about this historic $1.5 billion fundraising initiative that will enhance Ole Miss today so that we are ready to take on the challenges of tomorrow.

With a name drawn from the last line of our alma mater, the Now & Ever campaign enables us to invest in the education, experiences and opportunities that current and future generations of students need to lead fulfilling, successful lives. With $1.12 billion already secured during the silent phase, the proceeds of this campaign create new scholarships and expanded learning opportunities. Plus, Now & Ever makes possible transformational facilities such as the Jim and Thomas Duff Center for Science and Technology Innovation, a new home for the Patterson School of Accountancy, and an expanded Olivia and Archie Manning Athletics Performance Center.

As part of Now & Ever, the accompanying Champions. Now. effort, we will enhance our legacy as one of the nation’s most storied athletics powerhouses. Competition is fierce in the SEC and becoming more so all the time. We must elevate and expand our athletics facilities and programs to continue recruiting exceptional athletes and coaches, ensure that they train and compete in a world-class environment, and bring home more championships. This effort will benefit all student-athletes.

As the largest comprehensive campaign in Mississippi history, is it ambitious? You bet.

We are Ole Miss, and we embrace lofty and ambitious goals. By focusing our efforts, resources and support, we will build leaders, empower academic excellence, fuel research and innovation, and create economic opportunity. Gifts to the campaign will support our students and strengthen Ole Miss now and for years to come.

As alumni and supporters, you’re familiar with the opportunities and experiences we offer students to start building their legacies. We want to ensure that future generations of students continue to enjoy an outstanding education and signature experiences. To do that, we need to invest in the programs, facilities, capabilities and people that make the Ole Miss experience distinctive.

We’re excited for how the Now & Ever campaign is unifying all Rebels in a common cause to strengthen our beloved university. Now & Ever will cultivate new and diverse generations of givers, inspire more alumni and friends to engage in how we offer transformational opportunities that create lifelong connections, and increase pride in Ole Miss.

We all have a role to play in supporting the next generation, and I’m deeply appreciative to the campaign’s co-chairs: retired Maj. Gen. Leon Collins (BBA 82) and Debra F. Collins of Madison, and Sean (BBA 85) and Leigh Anne Tuohy (BS 82) of Memphis, Tennessee. These outstanding four individuals are supported by a 44-member Campaign Steering Committee of alumni and friends.

It will take all of us. Emily and I are committed to this noble cause, and I hope you’ll join us. This is for now. This is for ever. This is for Ole Miss.

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Fall 2021 at Ole Miss was marked with amazing successes, incredible fun and unprecedented challenges. Highlights include the second-ever ESPN “College GameDay” on campus; a major opera production: “The Light in the Piazza,” featuring Ole Miss alumna Mary Donnelly Haskell and students; and recognition of the University of Mississippi Museum as one of the state’s best for art by Mississippi Magazine. This honor comes one year after the magazine named William Faulkner’s Rowan Oak, which the museum maintains, as the state’s best historic site.

We have also seen multiple successes for Ole Miss Athletics with a historic 10-win football season (including an Egg Bowl victory) and a Sugar Bowl appearance. In New Orleans, the Ole Miss Athletics Foundation announced the Champions. Now. capital campaign with the aim of vastly improving the Ole Miss Athletics facilities and raising the standard among SEC programs. The transfer portal, NIL (name, image and likeness), coaching changes and other issues continue to create challenges that our administrators are traversing to find success.

On Nov. 12, alumni and friends gathered to celebrate the kickoff of Now & Ever: The Campaign for Ole Miss. This is the largest fundraising initiative in Mississippi history with the goal of raising $1.5 billion in private support.

Ole Miss Chancellor Glenn Boyce says the Now & Ever campaign represents a transformational time in the university and in the state. “This is the perfect moment in history for us to do something that this university has never, ever seen before or experienced,” he says. “And for us to be part of one of the most powerful purposes that could surround the love we have for everything this university means to us.”

A key component to this fundraising is the Alumni Association’s campaign to replace the existing Triplett Alumni Center, which also includes renovations to The Inn at Ole Miss. Please be a part of it!

The Ole Miss Alumni Association Executive Committee met in December and heard reports from the chancellor, Athletics Committee and from OMAA CEO Kirk Purdom.

Included in the agenda were appointments of several committees including Inn Operations, McCormick’s Operations, Membership/Networking, and Strategic Planning.

These committees will present recommendations at the February executive meeting.

In closing, our flagship university continues to move forward on a broad front.

We lead nationally and regionally in academics, athletics, research, health care and culture. As alumni, we continue to set a high standard and contribute to all these efforts. Through your alumni membership, you are an integral part of these initiatives. Thank you for your involvement.

If you have not joined, please consider a membership in the Ole Miss Alumni Association. We need 30,000 members, and with your involvement, we can have continued success for Ole Miss.

I wish y’all a prosperous, healthy year, and please make every effort to keep you and yours safe during this new COVID-19 challenge.

Bob Warner (BA 79, MD 83) President Ole Miss Alumni Association

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THE L ATEST ON OLE MISS STUDENTS, FACULT Y, STAFF AND FRIENDS

Guidance for Success WOMEN’S COUNCIL SCHOLARSHIP PROVIDES TRANSFORMATIONAL EXPERIENCE

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hen University of Mississippi junior Alexandria former chair of the OMWC. “The Women’s Council wants our Seals, of Laurel, wanted an internship, her Ole Miss students and all students at the university to have enriching Women’s Council for Philanthropy mentor sug- experiences beyond the borders of the state — to grasp other gested a life-changing experience and funding through the opinions and be exposed to other cultures or ways of life. council’s Global Leadership Circle.

“Because Alexandria secured this amazing internship, she “I applied for an Amazon internship because my mentor, wisely used her GLC monies and discovered Seattle, Washingthe late Jacqueline Certion, recommended it,” says Seals, a ton, where she will begin her Amazon career. We are overjoyed student in the Patterson School of Accountancy and recipient for her and this new opportunity.” of the Marion Mullin Kelly Gordon Council and the Edith Kelly Green (BBA 73), OMWC’s founding Christine Hickonbottom Council scholarships, chair, established the Marion Mullin Kelly Gorboth OMWC programs. don and the Christine Hickonbottom Council Certion’s guidance resulted in Seals’ scholarships and is also a mentor to Seals. completing a recent internship at Ama“I’ve seen Alexandria grow from being zon’s headquarters and being offered a uncertain about exactly what she wants to full-time position with the Seattle-based being confident in what the future holds company following graduation. for her,” says Kelly Green of Memphis. “I “During my internship, I worked was so proud that she received the Amawith the intercompany funding team zon internship, that she took off to Seattle where I helped manage a loan portfolio,” alone and that she was not disappointed Seals says. “The most interesting part nor did she disappoint. of my experience was my visibility into “Receiving an immediate job offer after international business relations as it relates to completing the fellowship is proof that this financing activities.” young lady has it together and is the ideal repreAlexandria Seals She credits the OMWC and its Global Leadership sentative of the Ole Miss Women’s Council as well as Circle for her success. the University of Mississippi.”

“For me, the GLC support reminded me that I have the Each OMWC scholar meets weekly with staff mentors support of the Ole Miss Women’s Council no matter how far and is assigned life and career mentors from the Ole Miss I go,” Seals says. “It is amazing to know that the council is and Oxford communities. Many mentors are members of invested in my future beyond what I do on campus.” the council who guide the student in developing a career The GLC enables students to expand their horizons by cov- path, as well as helping them network with alumni and other ering expenses for study abroad or internships on the national professionals. and international level.

Besides receiving a $40,000 scholarship, OMWC scholars “Alexandria is the perfect example of why the GLC was benefit from leadership training, monthly gatherings for formed,” says Karen Moore (BS 82) of Nashville, a member and intellectual enrichment, and cultural and travel opportunities.

For more information about establishing a scholarship or joining the Global Leadership Circle, Rose Society or Rosebud Society to support students, contact Suzanne Helveston (BA 02) at shelveston@olemiss.edu or 662-915-2956 or visit omwc.olemiss.edu.

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12 Named UM Stamps Scholars for 2021 OLE MISS RANKED SECOND-LARGEST PROGRAM IN NATION

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ith the arrival of 12 incoming freshmen, the Stamps Scholars Program at the University of Mississippi is maintaining its growth.

UM is the only Mississippi university and among only six Southeastern Conference schools that awards Stamps scholarships to selected students.

The Class of 2025 Ole Miss cohort is among 229 incoming freshmen at the 37 Stamps Scholars partner universities.

The new class brings the total number of Stamps Scholars at UM to 51, making Ole Miss the second largest across the U.S. and the United Kingdom in the program.

Stamps Scholars are chosen based on academic excellence, leadership experience and exceptional character.

“The accomplishments and outstanding performance of the students make us most proud of this program,” says Noel Wilkin, provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs.

“These students have elevated the quality of instruction and faculty engagement through increased expectations on the part of students and faculty.

“Our maturity has resulted in better campuswide recognition and an increased level of support for the students in the scholars program.”

Incoming UM freshmen Stamps Scholars are:

• C hristian Boudreaux, a biological science major from Oxford • Meghan Curry, a public health and health sciences major from Picayune • James Douglas, an entrepreneurship major from Laurel • M egan Hughes, an international studies major from Sumneytown, Pennsylvania • Anna Kang, a public health and health sciences major from Oxford • Jamiya Mason, a biological science major from Macon • Elizabeth “Emmy” Miller, a biomedical engineering major from Mandeville, Louisiana • Janelle Minor, a public policy leadership major from Oxford • Justice Rose, a journalism major from Madison

UM freshmen in the latest cohort of Stamps Scholars are (front, from left) Anna Kang, Mabrie Woods, Adam Soltani and Jamiya Mason; (second row) Meghan Curry, Janelle Minor, Christian Boudreaux, Jada Smith and Megan Hughes; and (third row) Emmy Miller, James Douglas and Justice Rose. | Photo by Bill Dabney

• Jada Smith, a biological science major from Clinton • Adam Soltani, an international studies major from Washington, D.C. • Mabrie Woods, an international studies major from Louisville “The Stamps Scholars Program at the University of Mississippi does a phenomenal job of helping talented, driven students reach their potential as globally aware leaders,” says Randy McDow, executive director of the Stamps program. “The faculty and staff support a diverse range of student leaders who seek to develop their own leadership abilities as they prepare for meaningful careers in a wide range of fields.”

Nationally, the 16th class of 229 Stamps Scholars was selected from more than 320,000 applications. Collectively, the scholars cite a passion for tackling national and global challenges while making impacts on their campuses and local communities.

At UM, each scholarship covers the full cost of attendance, along with a $12,000 stipend for unique educational pursuits, including study abroad, research internships and academic conferences.

“Through our partnerships with these great universities and colleges, we are able to support some truly outstanding young people as they pursue their goals,” says Roe Stamps, founder and chairman of the Stamps Scholars Program. “By creating community among them via our conventions and networking, we are helping them connect with others across the country and around the world with similar goals and aspirations.”

For more about the 2021 Stamps Scholars, visit stampsscholars.org. To learn more about supporting scholarship programs at UM, contact Katie Morrison (BA 01) at katie@olemiss.edu.

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The Impact of an Idea APP FOUNDER DISCUSSES RESILIENCY AT REDe ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT

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he entrepreneurial spirit is like the Ole Miss spirit; it demands a commitment to excellence and signifies a passion for one’s pursuit,” University of Mississippi Chancellor Glenn Boyce (BAEd 81, EdD 96) told a packed room of students at the annual REDe Entrepreneurship Summit.

Boyce opened the fourth annual summit, which featured entrepreneur Marcus Bullock as the keynote speaker. The Nov. 11 session, hosted by the UM Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, was aimed at inspiring students with varied academic backgrounds to engage in entrepreneurship.

“Life after prison can be one of success,” says Bullock, founder of Flikshop Inc., an app that allows inmates around the world to stay in contact with their loved ones.

He saw an opportunity to create Flikshop after spending eight years of his own life in prison.

“I was able to see the world through my mother’s lens, and that gave me a clear vision of what my life would look like after prison,” he says.

Bullock’s mother played an essential role in the individual he has become as she continued to write letters and send pictures of what his life would look like once he got out. Upon his release in February 2004, Bullock was ready to adapt to the new changes and challenges that would come his way.

He applied for 41 jobs and was turned away from them all before he landed his first job at a local paint shop. Bullock then began a project that would change his life, hiring individuals who had similar backgrounds to develop and build Flikshop.

He found his vision by harnessing his hardships and

experiences to help inmates around the world.

This service gives inmates “access to the Flikshop School of Business, a program Marcus created that teaches returning citizens entrepreneurship using coding and software development,” says Liza Cirlot Looser, chair of the CIE advisory board.

Using a blend of resilience, empathy, storytelling, community and systems, Bullock launched a brand he is proud of and that provides hope.

“All 170,000 that we’ve connected today are able to tell a story,” he says. “It tells an amazing story of love and empathy inside of places you think it wouldn’t exist, and it’s all led by a community of people who simply love their children, just like my mom did for me.”

Bullock’s marketing strategy was unusual, as he had a significant knowledge gap after being sentenced to prison during his sophomore year of high school. He took what he already knew about the jails, began marketing his brand by leaving postcards out during visitation hours and created Facebook ads that continued to grow.

“Marcus’ message of using entrepreneurship to not only better his own life, but also to create positive change in his and other communities around the U.S., is a tremendous takeaway,” says Clay Dibrell, UM professor of management and co-director of the CIE. “The power of entrepreneurship for affirmative social transformation resonates strongly with Ole Miss students.”

Since August 2014, the CIE has assisted roughly 60 studentled startup businesses.

Marcus Bullock, keynote speaker for the fourth annual REDe Entrepreneurship Summit, speaks to Ole Miss students about adapting to challenges and using business to make a difference in the world. Bullock spent eight years in prison before founding the Flikshop app to help inmates stay connected with their families. | Photo by Kevin Bain 8

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Rich Gentry (left), co-director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, presents UM mechanical engineering graduate student Parker Brewster with a check for $10,000. Brewster won the Mid-South Business Model Competition for his medical device, Plaquectomy. | Photo by Thomas Graning

Path to Achievement MEDICAL DEVICE CONCEPT WINS MID-SOUTH BUSINESS MODEL COMPETITION

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proposed arterial plaque-removing device, developed by a University of Mississippi mechanical engineering graduate student and founder of Innovative Heart Technologies LLC, earned first place in the 2021 Mid-South Business Model Competition.

Plaquectomy is designed to safely remove plaque from the arterial walls to create a larger arterial wall volume. Parker Brewster (BE 20), of Flowood, developed the product concept and received $10,000 as the winner of the competition.

The device creates an isolated environment around arterial plaque, and then removes the plaque by dissolving it and removing that dissolution from the body entirely while allowing blood to continue circulating.

“This has been a process three years in the making,” Brewster says. “I started off with an idea, moved into sketches, then CAD/3D rendering and then continued into advanced simulation with a multitude of software/packages.

“I have created simplified models and scaled-up 3D prints.”

Brewster participated in two accelerators: one focusing on business development in the medtech space, and the other focusing on customer discovery and product validation. He has also spoken with more than 500 professionals in the medical field to continue perfecting the device.

He has filed a provisional patent application and is working on the follow-up utility patent. He also has filed for copyrights and trademarks and created a website and a limited liability company.

All participants in the Mid-South BMC were evaluated by a panel of five judges. Rich Gentry, the Founders Chair of Entrepreneurship and co-director of the university’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, moderated the event.

“The Business Model Competition is a great way for students to get exposed to the process of starting a company,” Gentry says. “We spend a lot of time getting students comfortable finding and talking to customers, which is a job skill that they can use to launch their venture or build value for an employer.

“We are so fortunate to have the support we do from the donors, students and the community.”

Besides Ole Miss, this year’s competition featured students from the University of Georgia and John Brown University. All six finalists who competed Nov. 11 were awarded prize money of $500.

As winner of the BMC, Brewster has gained a spot to compete in the spring Gillespie Business Plan Competition for a chance to win a $10,000 prize.

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Portal to Partnerships UNIVERSITY LAUNCHES NEW INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT WEBSITE

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he University of Mississippi has launched its new Industry Engagement Hub, a website aimed at building partnerships, preparing students and assisting communities throughout the region and beyond.

This online portal showcases ideas, resources and success stories, inspiring industry leaders to partner with the university in innovative ways.

“Through its people and programs, the University of Mississippi helps industry solve challenges,” says Hughes Miller, director of industry giving and engagement in the Office of University Development. “At the same time, industry partners help the university prepare students for post-college success and augment the research our faculty lead while supporting economic development and community engagement.”

The Industry Engagement Hub was developed in partnership with the UM Industry Engagement Council, a group formed in 2019 to help create s t r at e g i c a l l i an c e s between the university and industry.

As the first centralized online resource to aid industry, the website helps industry partners to quickly identify how they can engage with Ole Miss.

Industry partnerships have a far-reaching influence on many stakeholders, Chancellor Glenn Boyce (BAEd 81, EdD 96) says.

“We believe industry-university partnerships are truly

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win-win, and they can produce long-term relationships that bring many positive outcomes,” he says. “Our university wants to share our academic and research work to help industries adapt and succeed in an evolving marketplace.

“Also, the university strives to be an economic driver, producing highly prepared graduates, stronger job opportunities and new innovations — all combining to have a positive impact on society.”

The hub is built on the four pillars of industry engagement developed by the IEC: economic empowerment, student engagement, research and innovation, and thought leadership.

The hub provides examples of strategic industry partnerships that have developed into mutually beneficial relationships that support company goals while also supporting university students, faculty and programs.

The new hub offers a digital point of engagement for all prospective industry partners, Miller says.

“Ole Miss’ academic community offers the expertise and resources to engage with all sectors, from Mississippi-based companies to international corporations,” he says. “It also supports small businesses and entrepreneurs around the state.”

Visit the Industry Engagement Hub at industry.olemiss.edu to learn more about strategic partnership opportunities that help businesses meet their goals, inspire innovative research, develop the next generation of leaders and entrepreneurs, and ways to give back to communities.

Students from the Haley Barbour Center for Manufacturing Excellence work at Viking Range LLC in Greenwood to advise company leaders on improving the factory’s operational efficiency. The university has launched a new Industry Engagement Hub aimed at inspiring industry leaders to partner with the university innovatively. | Photo by Logan Kirkland 10

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Academic Innovation ENGINEERING DEAN INDUCTED INTO NATIONAL ACADEMY OF INVENTORS

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avid A. Puleo, dean of the School of Engineering and outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on professor of biomedical engineering at the University quality of life, economic development and the welfare of society. of Mississippi, was inducted as a fellow of the National The 2020 NAI class, which has made a notable impact in Academy of Inventors in November. a variety of fields, represents 125 research universities and Puleo is among 115 inventors elected as 2020 fellows by the governmental and nonprofit research institutes worldwide.

NAI, which recognizes and encourages inventors with The inductees are named inventors on nearly 4,000 issued patents issued from the U.S. Patent and Trademark U.S. patents.

Office, and one of 11 chosen from the SoutheastPuleo’s inventions provide improvements in ern Conference. The new fellows’ ceremony the repair and regeneration of tissues, such as took place Nov. 3 during the academy’s 10th bone, cartilage and tendons. annual meeting in Tampa, Florida.

One of his technologies is intended to “I am flattered that my colleagues nomitreat large defects in bone caused by trauma, nated me for fellowship in the NAI, and my whether a warfighter injury or a civilian car induction is a great reflection of the efforts accident. “Polymeric Prodrug” (U.S. Patent of my students and collaborators during my No. 9,433,638) provides a polymer that is career,” Puleo says. “My membership provides composed of a bone-promoting drug and that the opportunity to bring recognition to some of can be formed into solid implants or 3D scaffolds.

David A. Puleo the outstanding innovators and their work at Ole While the biomaterial slowly degrades following Miss. placement in the defect site, the released drug mole“I look forward to seeing my Ole Miss colleagues rec- cules encourage healing of the injury. ognized for their impressive technological innovations that Puleo’s time in higher education includes 27 years at the positively affect lives across the state, nation and world.”

University of Kentucky before joining the UM engineering Election to NAI fellow status is the highest professional school in 2018. He is a renowned biomedical engineer with distinction accorded to academic inventors who have demon- research expertise focused on using biomaterials for tissue strated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating regeneration in dentistry and orthopedic surgery.

UM CIVIL ENGINEERING PROFESSOR NAMED MISSISSIPPI ENGINEER OF THE YEAR

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ristiane Surbeck, chair and professor of civil engineering at people feel the impact of your work. I really treasure this award.” the University of Mississippi, has been named Engineer of Surbeck was nominated by Matthew Hosey (BSCvE 11). Hosey is the Year by the Mississippi section of the American Society of project manager for the Jackson County Board of Supervisors and a Civil Engineers. former officer of the Mississippi section of ASCE. Surbeck is a published author and part of the team “Her work in academia has included sustainability completing research on green stormwater infrastrucevaluations of water bodies, pollutant transport in ture funded by the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant surface waters and engineering education,” Hosey Consortium. She was president of the ASCE’s writes in his nomination letter for Surbeck. “As Environmental and Water Resources Institute part of her doctoral research, she determined and featured as the Mississippi Board of Licensources of pathogens in urban rivers in Southern sure for Professional Engineers and Surveyors California through field and laboratory studies.

August 2021 Engineer Spotlight.

“She has been the faculty adviser of the UM She has been licensed in the state since 2012. chapters of Chi Epsilon and Engineers Without “It’s an honor and humbling that a former Borders. For EWB, she has led projects in a rural student who graduated 10 years ago thought about village in Togo. She is the recipient of three UM me and my work and went through the effort to nominate School of Engineering awards: Junior Faculty Research Cristiane Surbeck in 2014, Excellence in Teaching in 2010 and Faculty me for the award,” Surbeck says.

“I think most of us go through our days, months and Service in 2015.” years working hard and trying to make a difference. But winning an A member of the Ole Miss faculty since 2007, Surbeck is a former award for all these efforts tells you you’re on the right track and that associate dean of the School of Engineering.

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A Decade of Growth UM INTEGRATED MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM TURNS 10

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cott Fiene remembers watching the people we hired who have had very to campus to expose students to realthe first handful of integrated successful careers and now want to teach world work while providing networking marketing communications stu- because they have an absolute passion opportunities with the industry’s best. dents walk across the commencement for this.”

Similarly, the faculty places stage in 2013, completely unaware Jackson Sepko, a senior an emphasis on turning that in less than a decade, he would be IMC major from Colclassroom theory into watching hundreds of IMC graduates lierville, Tennessee, practical application. cross the stage each year. first encountered “We send stuThe University of Mississippi’s IMC the IMC faculty’s dents out to work program began with 51 students in the ent husiasm t he w it h c l i e nt s i n School of Journalism and New Media spring before his the community,” in 2011, and has since boomed to just f reshman ye ar.

Fiene says. under 1,200 enrolled.

After his tweet “ We’ v e t a u g h t The unprecedented growth is thanks ab out Ole Miss campaign classes, in large part to the passion of the faculty baseball went viral an d w e p ar t n e r members and IMC professionals who within the Ole Miss with organizations take students out of the classroom and sports online commui n t h e c om mu n it y into the ever-changing world of market- nity, he received a direct so our kids can put ing and communications message from IMC professor together a full IMC camScott Fiene Debora Wenger, interim dean of the Debbie Hall asking if he was an paign and pitch to clients.” journalism school, was the administra- IMC major.

The IMC faculty also tor tasked with being the “paper pusher,” Sepko had already signed up to be encourages students to engage in the as she describes it, shepherding the pro- an IMC major, but it was a series of many media opportunities on campus, gram through the creation and approval continued positive, affirming and pro- including the Student Media Center process, but she credits Fiene with being active interactions like the one he had and the program-run HottyToddy.com, IMC’s greatest advocate and promoter on Twitter that gave him the confidence where many students get daily multimeon campus. Fiene was assistant dean of to pursue more and more competitive dia publishing experience. curriculum and assessment for the opportunities. During his fresh“ These students are ver y wellprogram during its unpreceman year, Hall encouraged rounded — they learn writing, design, dented growth.

Sepko to pursue a PGA market research, campaign building,” “Scott really internship reserved Fiene says. “But it’s those real-life nur ture d it,” she f o r j u n i o r s a n d experiences students get that matter, says. “The program seniors. so that when they get a degree, it’s grew because of “Every single not just academic. It has real-world S cott’s passion p r o f e s s i o n a l relevance.” and dedication. opportunity I’ve Jason Cain, who succeeds Fiene as He has incredible h a d h a s b e e n the program’s leader, is excited about enthusiasm for the b e c a u s e o f a n IMC because the future of business, program, and his IMC profess or,” media and communications is all passion is infectious.

Sepko says. “Once a intertwined.

“Students would professor understands Whether preparing for careers in take his class and then a student’s passions, they advertising, journalism or PR, graduates switch majors because he plug them into the classes are finding themselves more and more Debora Wenger made it so engaging for them.” and experiences and introduce in integrated roles, Cain says.

Fiene passes that credit on those students to the people “This is where the action is in a lot of to the faculty the program has been able who are doing it in the real world.” ways,” he says. “While more traditional to assemble over the past decade.

In its early days, the IMC program departments are grappling with how “Our faculty really care and put took a few plays out of the journalism to address the future within their silos, students first,” Fiene says. school’s playbook. The faculty fre- IMC is ready-made for straddling all “A lot of it is simply the attitudes of quently invites successful practitioners these different channels.”

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Larry Hoffman works on a composition at his home in Baltimore. | Photo by Michael G. Stewart

Musical Gift COMPOSER DONATES SCORES TO BLUES ARCHIVE

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altimore composer Larry Hoffman recently donated a dozen of his musical scores to the Blues Archive at the University of Mississippi.

While Hoffman has written many more works, the award-winning composer chose his blues- and American folk-infused classical compositions for the acclaimed collection.

“It is with great pride that I donate these scores to the Blues Archive at the University of Mississippi,” Hoffman says. “It is at once an honor, a vindication and a great encouragement.”

Greg Johnson, professor and curator of the Blues Archive at the J.D. Williams Library, has been familiar with Hoffman’s work for several years.

“I first discovered Larry’s music on a compilation album from the late 1980s called ‘Prelude in Blue,’” Johnson says. “The album caught my eye because it was a classical music LP in one of the Blues Archive collections. I don’t remember the other pieces on the record but was struck by Larry’s ‘Blues for Harp, Oboe and Violoncello,’ as it featured world-famous harpist Yolanda Kondonassis and oboist John Mack.”

Besides his work as a composer, Hoffman has written about the blues in publications such as Guitar Player, Living Blues, Blues Revue and the Baltimore Sun. He was the principal writer for the liner notes to 2003 “Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues” box set (Sony/Universal), which won Grammy Awards for “Best Liner Notes of the Year” and “Best Historical Compilation of the Year.” He was also nominated for a Grammy for his writings in the “Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940-1994” (Smithsonian) box set.

As a producer, Hoffman has received three Living Blues Critics’ Awards for “Best Producer of the Year: New Recordings” (1998), “Best Producer/Compiler of the Year: Historical Recordings” (1997) and “Best Liner Notes: Blues Releases”

(1996). He also received a W.C. Handy Award for producing the “Best Acoustic Record of the Year” for Corey Harris’ “Fish Ain’t Bitin’” (1998).

The scores donated by Hoffman are valuable additions to the archive, Johnson says.

“When I’m introducing new audiences to the blues, I often speak about its influence on other styles of music,” he says.

“I think Larry’s compositions provide an interesting point of connection in speaking to some music students who have mostly been immersed in classical training. I think these compositions help demonstrate the reach of the blues outside typical spheres of influence.

“I also hope we can get some faculty and students in the Department of Music to program some of these pieces in future performances.”

Greg Johnson, professor and curator of the Blues Archive, examines the score to Larry Hoffman’s ‘American Overture,’ one of several the composer has donated to the archive at the J.D. Williams Library. | Photo by Lauren Rogers W I N T E R 2022

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Children’s of Mississippi patient William Currie enjoys singing ‘We Are the World’ for the palliative and complex care team: registered nurses Shanna Kennon (left) and Renee Tucker and nurse manager Brandy Wilson. | Photo by Melanie Thortis

National Honors CHILDREN’S OF MISSISSIPPI’S PALLIATIVE CARE PROGRAM WINS IN COMPETITION

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alliative and complex care for patients in Mississippi’s only children’s hospital won a bronze award in the Tipping Point Challenge, a national competition sponsored by the Center to Advance Palliative Care and the John A. Hartford Foundation.

Children’s of Mississippi’s entry, “From Service to Center: Leading Palliative Innovations for Complex Populations,” was one of more than 100 initiatives submitted from hospitals, health systems and clinics around the country.

The goal of the Tipping Point Challenge this year was to spark innovation that will result in positive change in the care of serious illnesses.

“High-quality care for the millions of people living with serious illness means that clinicians from all specialties and disciplines must provide effective, patient-centered communication and pain and symptom management, and that patients with the most complex needs must have access to palliative care specialists,” says CAPC CEO Brynn Bowman. “The Tipping Point Challenge is helping us reach this tipping point of change in U.S. health care.”

Each submission was peer-reviewed by an expert panel and evaluated using five criteria: impact, evidence-based, feasibility, scalability and sustainability.

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Terry Fulmer, president of the John A. Hartford Foundation.

“Because of their work, patients and families will experience improved interactions with better-trained health care providers, resulting in better quality of life.”

Dr. Mary Taylor (MD 91), Suzan B. Thames Chair and professor of pediatrics, says palliative and complex care at Children’s of Mississippi is focused on patients and families.

“At Children’s of Mississippi, our palliative and complex care team is proudly spearheading initiatives in the coordination of care for medically complex children, supporting our belief in the power of patient- and family-centered care and the importance of hope and joy, even in the midst of serious illness,” she says.

Palliative care is specialized medical care that focuses on relief from symptoms of a serious illness regardless of the stage of disease. Patients who see two or more specialists benefit from complex care, which focuses on care coordination and collaboration among care team members.

Pediatric palliative care initiatives at Children’s of Mississippi include a home ventilation team that cares for more than 80 patients living with mechanical ventilation, synchronizing multiple subspecialties, therapies, disciplines and technologies and building a population health coordination center.

Children’s of Mississippi CEO Guy Giesecke (DHA 15) congratulated the palliative and complex care team.

“They are leaders in comprehensive coordination, compassionate care and the palliative promise that every moment matters.”

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Telemedicine Triumph NEW STUDY HIGHLIGHTS SUCCESS OF REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING

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hen Will Townes’ blood pres- patients who live with chronic illnesses considered low income. sure needed managing, he such as hypertension, diabetes and “There have been gaps in the literstarted on a prescription drug heart disease. It’s conducted at UMMC ature on whether these type telehealth but wasn’t getting the results he wanted through the Center for Telehealth, interventions would be as beneficial in to be his healthiest self. where a dedicated team monitors the this population,” Clark says. “Our find“It was not regulating my blood pres- health of hundreds of patients who cope ings demonstrate that it is, and pretty sure at all, and it was making it worse,” with those conditions. convincingly so. That is the population says Townes, the married dad of Results of UMMC’s study, most impacted by hypertension, so it’s two girls and fleet manager which concluded in June the population that stands to benefit the for Madison-based 2020, app e are d Nov. most from interventions like this.”

Eutaw Construction 10 in Hyper tension, Nurses such as RN care coordinator Co. “My mom told t h e j ou r n a l of t h e Shirley Stasher are the backbone of the me I needed to go A m e r i c a n H e a r t RPM program. Stasher might never to a specialist, and Association. physically see her patients, but she builds that’s why I contacted “ We’ v e n e v e r a relationship with them and troubleDr. (Donald ‘Trey’) published clinical shoots barriers that could keep them Clark.” o u t c o m e s f o r t h e from adhering to RPM. Townes’ wife, Tifremote patient monWhen patients begin the program, fany, accompanied him to it or i n g hy p e r t e n s i on Stasher says, “we educate them on taking his appointment with Clark, program,” says Clark, who their blood pressure measurements Will Townes a cardiologist and associate also serves as medical director using the correct technique. If it’s greater professor in the University of of R P M . “ T he m aj or t a ke than 180/120, we give them a call, and Mississippi Medical Center’s Division of home is that this study demonstrates we send information to our pharmacist Cardiology. “The first thing he told me that telehealth treatment strategies for to help patients get their blood pressure was that I was on the wrong medicine,” hypertension are effective in under- under control.”

Townes remembers. served populations.”

Patients are required to submit their Clark (BA 06, MD 10) asked Townes What sets the UMMC study apart, readings at least 16 days of the month if he’d like to join a UMMC telehealth Clark says, is the broad population and to set goals for a reduction in their program that monitors hypertension studied: Of the 120 participants, 27% blood pressure. patients remotely, with providers regu- live in a rural area and 56% are African “We do whatever it takes to make it larly communicating with participants American. An additional 46% were work,” Stasher says. to keep tabs on their blood pressure and work with them to bring it to a more healthy level.

“My wife said, ‘You’d better,’” Townes jokes. “I was the first person enlisted in the program.”

He focused on his hypertension by taking part in a six-month study that examined how monitoring blood pressure levels through telemedicine results in better outcomes for patients.

One of 120 people in the study, Townes used a blood pressure cuff to get regular readings that were transmitted from an iPad into his UMMC medical record through Bluetooth technology.

UMMC is a national leader in remote patient monitoring, or RPM, a docu- Registered nurse care coordinator Shirley Stasher reviews blood pressure data collected remotely mented way to improve the health of using Bluetooth technology from a Center for Telehealth patient. | Photo by Melanie Thortis W I N T E R 2022

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University of Mississippi business professor has been elected Reithel was previously elected to the Be The Match board of as chairman for the National Marrow Donor Program. directors in 2014 in an effort to guide the organization’s information Brian Reithel, professor of management information technology and corporate strategy. systems, will begin his service at Be The Match as chair-elect Amy Ronneberg, CEO of the National Marrow Donor Profor the 2022 fiscal year before stepping into the board gram/Be The Match, says she is thrilled to have Reithel chairman role for the following two years. as chair-elect.

“This is a big opportunity to serve, and I’m “I know that patients everywhere will benefit from grateful for the chance to play an important role Brian’s leadership over the next few years,” Ronnewith a nationally and globally significant lifesavberg says. “Brian brings a wealth of knowledge, in ing organization,” Reithel says. not only the IT space but around our business as a Reithel has held a number of leadership roles whole, and a strong passion for what we do.” at the university and has continually used his For people with life-threatening blood skills and expertise to serve people and programs cancers — such as leukemia and lymphoma — or around him. other diseases, bone marrow transplants offer a “Having Dr. Reithel serve as the chair of the possible cure. Be The Match connects patients with National Marrow Donor Program is a high honor and their donor match for a lifesaving marrow or umbilical Brian Reithel helps not only the outreach of the university, but also cord blood transplant. illustrates the service aspect of what we do,” says Ken “My involvement with Be The Match for the last seven Cyree, dean of the Ole Miss business school. “It is encouraging years has powerfully illuminated the staggering depth of need for to see our faculty being so committed to bettering society and more people to share their experience and energy with such importengaging in a cause like this.” ant lifesaving organizations,” Reithel says.

Special Election UM LAW PROFESSOR ELECTED TO AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE

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arish Percy, a University of Mississippi professor of law, courts and scholars alike, making her a wonderful addition is one of 24 newly elected members across the nation to to ALI.” the American Law Institute.

Percy teaches torts, civil procedure, insurance and eviThe American Law Institute, or ALI, is a national inde- dence. Her research and scholarship focuses primarily on pendent organization that works to produce scholarship to removal of cases from state to federal courts. She says she improve upon and clarify the law. According to ALI’s is most looking forward to participating in projects website, the work of its members has become within the scope of her expertise. influential in courts, legislatures, legal scholarTo become a member of ALI, an individual ship and education. first must be nominated by a member familiar “I am extremely honored to join the diswith the nominee’s work and then supported tinguished lawyers, judges and law professors by two additional members. New members who are members of the ALI and who share are ultimately selected by demonstrating the ALI’s mission to clarify and simplify the excellence and outstanding professional law so as to improve the administration of achievement in their area of legal expertise. justice,” Percy says.

Besides Percy, Tucker Carrington, the Ole Percy joined the university’s law faculty in Miss law school’s associate dean for clinical pro2001 after practicing law for eight years in tort litigagrams and director of the Innocence Project, is an Farish Percy tion, commercial litigation and appeals. During that ALI member. time, she tried cases in state and federal courts in Mississippi “Our restatements, principles and model codes continue and argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth to guide American lawyers, courts and legislatures, and that is Circuit and the Mississippi Supreme Court. due in great part to the continuing dedication of our member“Professor Percy’s election to ALI is a great honor and a ship,” David F. Levi, ALI president, says. testament of her fantastic work,” says Susan Duncan, dean For more information about ALI, visit ali.org. To learn of the School of Law. “Her journal articles are cited by more about the UM School of Law, visit law.olemiss.edu.

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The University of Mississippi Museum’s collection of Greek and Roman antiquities contains more than 2,000 sculptures, terra cotta and bronze artworks, decorated pottery and coins, and a variety of artifacts that date from 1500 B.C. to A.D. 300. | Photo by Marlee Crawford

More Treasures on Display NEW HOME FOR GREEK, ROMAN ANTIQUITIES DEDICATED

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lizabeth and Will (BA 74, MPA 76) Galtney’s generous spirit and passion for the arts, culture and all aspects of the University of Mississippi were celebrated recently at the dedication of the Elizabeth and Will Galtney Greek and Roman Art Wing at the UM Museum.

The museum’s oldest artifacts have a new home, thanks to the Galtneys’ 2018 gift that established the Elizabeth and Will Galtney University Museum Greek and Roman Antiquities Fund.

The Galtneys, who live in Houston, Texas, and have a home in Taylor, were joined at the Oct. 22 dedication ceremony by family and friends, including members of the Friends of the Museum, and UM Chancellor Glenn Boyce and his wife, Emily.

The Galtneys’ support makes it possible for the museum to reinstall and reinterpret the renowned David M. Robinson Memorial Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities.

The Robinson Collection is recognized as “one of the finest university collections of its kind in the nation,” Boyce says.

Much of the material was brought to the university as the personal collection of Robinson, a world-renowned archaeologist and professor who first taught at Johns Hopkins University and later Ole Miss. The Robinson Collection contains more than 2,200 sculptures, terra cotta and bronze artworks, decorated pottery and coins and a variety of artifacts from 1500 B.C. to A.D. 300.

Due to space constraints at the museum, the collection has been something of a hidden treasure.

“Only 5-10% of the collection has been open for public viewing at any given time,” Boyce says. “Because of the Galtneys’ generous support, the University Museum will be able to increase access to the collection at least threefold.”

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Chancellor Glenn Boyce (left) and his wife, Emily, greet Elizabeth and Will Galtney, of Houston, Texas, at a reception at the UM Museum.

The event celebrated the dedication of the museum’s Elizabeth and Will Galtney Greek and Roman Art Wing. | Photo by Kirsten Faulkner

the public, the massive project to reinstall and reinterpret the antiquities continues, says Robert Saarnio, director of the UM Museum and Historic Houses.

The project is expected to be substantially completed by late 2022.

“The new wing and symposium enrich our university’s research and academic excellence, elevate our institution and enliven the academic discourse on our campus,” Boyce says.

Will Galtney, a Jackson native, says he and his family proudly support the university’s arts and museum.

“The UM Museum contains some incredible collections, and we hope others will join us in supporting the arts at Ole Miss,” he says.

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Leading by Example UNIVERSITY’S HEAD LANDSCAPER HONORED BY PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY

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he Professional Grounds Management Society has recognized the University of Mississippi’s director of landscape services for his efforts to develop and launch educational offerings for the society and for his work to increase the society’s membership.

Jeff McManus received the society’s Award of Distinguished Service at the 2021 School of Grounds Management Conference & Green Industry Equipment+Expo in Louisville, Kentucky. The PGMS was established in 1911 as an organization focused on education and professional advancement.

“Jeff McManus truly exemplifies the outstanding service that this award recognizes,” says Mark Feist, the society’s immediate past president. “I have served with Jeff for many years on committees, the board and under his leadership as PGMS president.

“In addition to his busy position as director of landscape services and his roles as an author and professional speaker, Jeff is still able to dedicate time to serving as chair of the PGMS Webinar Task Force producing bimonthly webinar content. Jeff also serves as chair for a subset of the Education Committee, developing education offerings for the PGMS School of Grounds Management.

“Jeff has helped me understand the true meaning of leadership through the example he sets in cultivating people and, in my case, cultivating friendship.”

McManus, who also oversees airport and golf course operations at Ole Miss, joined the university in 2000. Under his leadership, the university has won the Grand Award in the PGMS’s Green Star Awards twice, in 2002 and 2013, and has been named among the nation’s most beautiful campuses by several other organizations.

He oversees a staff of 32 full-time employees, who maintain more than 1,000 acres on the central campus in Oxford. Staff members plant an average 20

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of 20,000 seasonal color plants, 10,000 tulip bulbs and 10,000 daffodils annually, as well as more than 200 new trees.

Being honored for the team’s work is greatly appreciated, but being recognized for education and people-building is special, McManus says.

“Over the last 21 years, Ole Miss has been a landscape industry leader both in campus beautification as well as people

working in nature at a major university.”

A certified arborist and acclaimed leadership speaker, McManus also has authored several books, including Growing Weeders into Leaders (Morgan James Publishing, 2017), Pruning Like a Pro (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015) and the forthcoming Cultivate: A Landscape Leaders’ Guide to Empowering Teams.

Jeff McManus, UM director of landscape services, shares some of the leadership lessons he has learned over his career as a manager and administrator. | Photo by Robert Jordan

development,” he says. “The Department of Landscape Services tries to emulate the leadership style from Dr. Robert Khayat (BAEd 61, JD 66) by leading by example.

“His passion for excellence, having pr i d e of ow ne rsh ip and hav i ng a winner’s mindset has inspired our daily hard-work ethic. Our staff does an amazing job adapting to and overcoming the challenges they face when

The university is blessed to have leadership that supports excellence across campus, he says.

“Chancellor Glenn Boyce (BAEd 81, EdD 96) and Steven Holley (BAccy 90, MAccy 92), our vice chancellor for administration and finance, show tremendous support to our department by cultivating greatness on the Ole Miss campus,” McManus says.

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Through May 28 Exhibition: “Theora Hamblett: Holy Symbols.” The exhibit showcases a range of her paintings, drawings and mosaics that depicts the symbols that were so important to her and her faith. UM Museum. Visit museum.olemiss.edu.

Through Aug. 20 Exhibition: “Jacob Hashimoto: The Other Sun.” Jacob Hashimoto playfully balances the dichotomies he observes in landscapes and constructed virtual worlds.

UM Museum and Rowan Oak. Visit museum.olemiss.edu.

Through Sept. 20 Exhibition: “Immaginazioni Fantastiche: The Ancient World of Piranesi.” The exhibit explores the 18th-century etchings

by Italian architect, archaeologist and artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi. UM Museum. Visit museum.olemiss.edu.

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Baseball: Ole Miss vs.

Charleston Southern.

Oxford-University Stadium, 4 p.m.

Friday; 1:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Visit olemisssports.com.

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Ole Miss RMI Spring Career Fair: The Inn at Ole Miss, 10 a.m.noon. Visit olemissalumni.com/events.

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Baseball: Ole Miss vs. Arkansas State. Oxford-University Stadium, 4 p.m. Visit olemisssports.com.

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Softball: Ole Miss vs. Southern Mississippi. Ole Miss Softball Complex, 6 p.m. Visit olemisssports.com.

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Women’s Basketball: Ole Miss vs.

Texas A&M. The Pavilion, 8 p.m.

Visit olemisssports.com.

Museum Milkshake Mash-ups: Grades 5-8. UM Museum, 4:155:15 p.m. Visit museum.olemiss.edu.

Softball: Ole Miss vs. St. Louis.

Ole Miss Softball Complex, 3:30 p.m. Friday, 6 p.m. Saturday. Visit olemisssports.com.

Softball: Ole Miss vs. Western Kentucky. Ole Miss Softball Complex, 6 p.m. Friday, 3:30 p.m. Saturday.

Visit olemisssports.com.

Men’s Basketball: Ole Miss vs.

Vanderbilt. The Pavilion, 5 p.m. Visit olemisssports.com.

Men’s Tennis: Ole Miss vs.

Tennessee. Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center, 1 p.m. Visit olemisssports.com.

Baseball: Ole Miss vs. Memphis.

Oxford-University Stadium, 6:30 p.m.

Visit olemisssports.com.

Softball: Ole Miss vs.

Stephen F. Austin. Ole Miss Softball Complex, 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday; TBA Saturday. Visit olemisssports.com.

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Performance: “Waitress,” national tour. This event is part of the Broadway Series. Ford Center, 7:30 p.m.

Visit fordcenter.org/events.

Men’s Basketball: Ole Miss vs.

Alabama. The Pavilion, 7:30 p.m.

Visit olemisssports.com.

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Men’s Tennis: Ole Miss vs. North Alabama. Galtney Indoor Tennis Center. Doubleheader, time TBA. Visit olemisssports.com.

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Performance: “Dog Man: The Musical.” Based on the worldwide bestselling hit series by Dav Pilkey. Ford Center, 10:30 a.m. Visit fordcenter.org/ events.

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Men’s Basketball: Ole Miss vs.

South Carolina. The Pavilion, 6 p.m. Visit olemisssports.com.

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Mini Masters: “Listen to Your World.” UM Museum, 3:454:30 p.m. Visit museum.olemiss.edu.

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Baseball: Ole Miss vs.

VCU. Oxford-University Stadium, 4 p.m. Friday; 1:30 p.m.

Saturday; 12:30 p.m. Sunday. Visit olemisssports.com.

Men’s Basketball: Ole Miss vs. Texas A&M. The Pavilion, 2:30 p.m. Visit olemisssports.com.

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Baseball: Ole Miss vs. ULM. Oxford-University Stadium, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday; 4 p.m. Wednesday.

Visit olemisssports.com.

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Black Alumni Reunion 2022: Various times and locations. Call 662-915-7375 or visit olemissalumni.com/ bar22.

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First Friday Free Sketch Day: UM Museum, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (drop in).

Visit museum.olemiss.edu.

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Women’s Tennis: Ole Miss vs.

LSU. Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center, 3 p.m. Visit olemisssports.com.

Baseball: Ole Miss vs. Oral Roberts.

Oxford-University Stadium, 6:30 p.m.

Friday; 1:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Visit olemisssports.com.

Women’s Tennis: Ole Miss vs. Texas A&M. Palmer/ Salloum Tennis Center, 1 p.m. Visit olemisssports.com.

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Women’s Tennis: Ole Miss vs.

Alabama. Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center, 3 p.m. Visit olemisssports.com.

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Women’s Tennis: Ole Miss vs.

Auburn. Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center, 1 p.m. Visit olemisssports.com.

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Ole Miss Insurance Symposium: The Inn at Ole Miss, various times and locations.

Visit olemissalumni.com/events.

Baseball: Ole Miss vs. North Alabama. Oxford-University Stadium, 6:30 p.m. Visit olemisssports.com.

Men’s Tennis: Ole Miss vs.

Auburn. Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center, 3 p.m. Visit olemisssports.com.

Performance: CORDIS: Condition Blue – The Acoustics of Aquatics, an innovative multimedia event, features the dramatic live music of CORDIS creatively affected and enhanced by the boundless properties of water. Ford Center, 7:30 p.m. Visit fordcenter.org/events.

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Ceremony: Ole Miss Alumni Association’s 40 Under 40 Awards Ceremony. The Inn at Ole Miss. Time TBA. Visit olemissalumni.com/events.

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Mini Masters: “Modern Marvels.”

UM Museum, 3:45-4:30 p.m. Visit museum.olemiss.edu.

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Performance: Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony: “Ode to Joy.” Memphis Symphony Orchestra with UM Choir and Memphis Symphony Chorus. Ford Center, 7:30 p.m. Visit fordcenter.org/events.

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Law Weekend: All law alumni and friends are invited back to campus for a weekend of fun, food and networking. The 2022 class of Law Alumni Hall of Fame recipients also will be inducted. Various times and locations. Visit olemissalumni.com/events.

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Baseball: Ole Miss vs.

Tennessee. OxfordUniversity Stadium, 6:30 p.m. Friday; 7 p.m. Saturday, 1:30 p.m. Sunday.

Visit olemisssports.com.

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Young Alumni: Young Alumni Crawfish Boil in advance of the Tennessee baseball game, behind left field.

Details TBA. Visit olemissalumni.com/ events.

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Softball: Ole Miss vs.

Missouri. Ole Miss Softball Complex. Times TBA. Visit olemisssports.com.

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Men’s Tennis: Ole Miss vs.

Kentucky. Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center, 1 p.m. Visit olemisssports.com.

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Softball: Ole Miss vs. UT Martin.

Ole Miss Softball Complex, 6 p.m. Visit olemisssports.com.

Museum Milkshake Mash-ups: Grades 5-8, UM Museum, 4:155:15 p.m. Visit museum.olemiss.edu.

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networking events and the presentation of the school’s Distinguished Alumni award. Various times and locations.

Visit olemissalumni.com/events.

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Baseball: Ole Miss vs.

Alabama. Oxford-University Stadium, Friday and Saturday times TBA; 2 p.m. Sunday. Visit olemisssports.com.

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Women’s Tennis: Ole Miss vs.

Arkansas. Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center, 3 p.m. Visit olemisssports.com.

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Baseball: Ole Miss vs. Murray State. Oxford-University Stadium, 11 a.m. Visit olemisssports.com.

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Softball: Ole Miss vs. Florida. Ole Miss Softball Complex. Times TBA. Visit olemisssports.com.

MBA Golf Classic: Benefiting the MBA Scholarship Fund. Country Club of Oxford, 11:15 a.m. registration, 1 p.m. shotgun start. Visit olemissalumni.com/ events.

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Visit museum.olemiss.edu.

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Men’s Tennis: Ole Miss vs. Georgia.

Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center, 3 p.m.

Visit olemisssports.com.

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Softball: Ole Miss vs. Arkansas.

Ole Miss Softball Complex.

Times TBA. Visit olemisssports.com.

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Women’s Tennis: Ole Miss vs. Mississippi State. Palmer/ Salloum Tennis Center, 3 p.m. Visit olemisssports.com.

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Softball: Ole Miss vs. Tennessee State. Ole Miss Softball Complex, 5 p.m. Visit olemisssports.com.

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Women’s Tennis: Ole Miss vs.

Missouri. Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center, 1 p.m. Visit olemisssports.com.

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Pharmacy Weekend: All alumni and friends of the School of Pharmacy are invited to gather in Oxford for a weekend that will include reunions, continuing education,

Men’s Tennis: Ole Miss vs.

Arkansas. Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center, 3 p.m. Visit olemisssports.com.

Men’s Tennis: Ole Miss vs.

Vanderbilt. Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center, 1 p.m. Visit olemisssports.com.

Softball: Ole Miss vs. Louisiana Tech. Ole Miss Softball Complex, 6 p.m. Visit olemisssports.com.

Baseball: Ole Miss vs. SEMO. Oxford-University Stadium, 6:30 p.m. Visit olemisssports.com.

Baseball: Ole Miss vs. Mississippi State.

Oxford-University Stadium, 6 p.m.

Thursday; 6:30 p.m. Friday; 3:30 p.m.

Saturday. Visit olemisssports.com.

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Accountancy Weekend: Details and registration information TBA. Visit olemissalumni. com/events.

For a complete and latest listing of Ole Miss sports schedules, visit olemisssports.com.

For more Oxford events, news and information, go to visitoxfordms.com or call 662-232-2477.

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THIS IS FOR NOW. THIS IS FOR THIS IS FOR THIS IS FOR THIS IS FOR

By Tina H. Hahn

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ith great confidence and enthusiasm, the University of Mississippi has launched Now & Ever: The Campaign for Ole Miss — a historic $1.5 billion fundraising initiative that also includes the goal of increasing the flagship university’s endowment to $1 billion, strengthening it for generations to come. The campaign’s name comes from the alma mater’s lyrics.

Celebrating a Sugar Bowl appearance in New Orleans, Ole Miss Athletics announced the $350 million campaign Champions. Now., which will enhance facilities for student-athletes and help them flourish in the powerful Southeastern Conference.

Likewise, Children’s of Mississippi — the pediatric arm of the University of Mississippi Medical Center that includes the state’s only pediatric hospital — will complete a $100 million fundraising initiative, with 85% of that goal committed.

The Joe and Kathy Sanderson Tower, honoring the Laurel couple who chaired the campaign, is the centerpiece of the seven-story expansion.

Now & Ever campaign co-chairs are (from top right, clockwise) retired Maj. Gen. Leon Collins and Debra F. Collins, of Madison, and Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy, of Memphis, Tennessee. The four are supported by a 44-member Campaign Steering Committee of alumni and friends. | Photo by Bill Dabney 24

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Gathered at the Now & Ever campaign launch are David Whitcomb (left), University of Mississippi general counsel; Carlo Scurlock; Ethel Young-Scurlock, interim dean of the UM Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College who did the voice-over for the campaign video (available for viewing at https://nowandever.olemiss.edu); UM Chancellor Glenn Boyce; and retired UM mathematics professor and administrator Don Cole. | Photo by Bill Dabney

Just as our founders placed the cornerstone in the Lyceum in 1846 with a plan for a new university, the Now & Ever campaign lays out areas of concentration that will define Ole Miss today and tomorrow: • Building leaders

• Empowering academic excellence • Fueling research and innovation • Creating economic opportunity

• Enhancing facilities for champions in every field Already, $1.12 billion has been secured toward this $1.5 billion goal during the silent phase of the campaign, and at the close of the fiscal year, June 30, the combined university endowment reached $859 million. The campaign launch took place Nov. 12, 2021, and the initiative wraps up June 30, 2025.

The Champions. Now. campaign has raised $25 million to date toward the new facility projects and has a goal to raise $350 million by June 30, 2027.

“A campaign of this magnitude is ambitious, but at the University of Mississippi, we do not shy away from lofty goals,” says Chancellor Glenn Boyce (BAEd 81, EdD 96). “Gifts to this campaign will help us keep doing what we do best — offering education, experiences and opportunities so our students can reach their fullest potential in order to build legacies of fulfilling lives and successful careers.

“When this campaign is completed, our university will look different; I don’t just mean different because of the new, incredible spaces, such as the Jim and Thomas Duff Center for Science and Technology Innovation, a new home for the nationally recognized Patterson School of Accountancy and

the expanded Olivia and Archie Manning Athletics Performance Center and other athletics facilities.”

When projecting the campaign’s impact — which will fuel the university’s strategic plan Pathways to Equity — the chancellor says there will be increased research with valuable applications to our health and well-being. Additionally, graduates will be able to stay in Mississippi with exciting jobs and a more vibrant economy.

Campaign co-chairs are retired Maj. Gen. Leon Collins (BBA 82) and Debra F. Collins, of Madison, and Sean (BBA 85) and Leigh Anne Tuohy (BS 82), of Memphis, Tennessee.

The four are supported by a 44-member Campaign Steering Committee of alumni and friends.

“Being a part of the Now & Ever campaign is more than just raising money — it’s about providing opportunities,” Leon

nowandever.olemiss.edu Collins says. “Whether securing academic opportunities for classroom and research materials, providing facilities that attract the best student-athletes in the country, moving the flagship university to higher national and international acclaim, or propelling the state of Mississippi to levels never experienced, it just makes sense to be a part of this worthwhile endeavor.”

Debra Collins spoke about her decision to co-chair the campaign.

“I see the pride so many have in their relationship with Ole Miss and the family atmosphere that is always present.

Although we are already a great university, I think we can be so much more.

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NOW. THIS IS FOR • Prioritize programs, such as the William Magee Institute for Student Wellbeing, that support students’ physical, mental, emotional and behavioral health and wellness, teaching them to build balanced and productive lives • Build global awareness through new speaker series, study abroad and internship opportunities on the national and international levels

• Seek investments in the Center for Practical Ethics to engage students in civil dialogue about important, complex issues

• Develop the Declaration of Independence Center for the Study of American Freedom to help students understand the fundamental principles of American freedom

• Reach out to young people in communities where college attendance is not traditional, especially in Mississippi, to provide guidance, pre-college experiences and scholarship resources

Ian Pigg of Clifton, Tennessee, ‘Mr. Ole Miss’ and Columns Society member; Karen Moore of Nashville, Tennessee, Now & Ever Campaign Steering Committee member; and Susan Boyette of Oxford, the university’s executive director of central development, visit at the campaign launch. Pigg is a first-generation college student pursuing a public policy leadership degree, thanks to the Karen Bell Moore Council Scholarship. | Photo by Bill Dabney

“I am committed to doing my part to move Ole Miss to even greater heights. Giving my time and energy is a small contribution considering what this university does for so many each day,” she says.

The margin of excellence Ole Miss offers depends on support from the university’s combined endowment. Having endowed funds that are held in perpetuity, with only the annual income used, is crucial, says Wendell Weakley (BBA 76), president and CEO of the University of Mississippi Foundation.

“An exciting part of our campaign goal is surpassing the $1 billion mark in total endowments,” Weakley says. “Not only would this mark our place with the country’s elite public universities, but such an endowment level would help ensure a solid financial footing for supporting generations of Ole Miss students in the years ahead.”

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“When this campaign wraps up, I believe our university will have many more scholarships to offer — awards that recognize academic achievement and those that are need based,” Leigh Anne Tuohy says. “Scholarships not only transform students’ lives but also elevate whole families and enrich communities.

Alumni and friends can ensure young people can overcome challenges and enjoy long-term success.

“Ole Miss alumni and friends who establish or help build scholarships expand their legacies. Please don’t sit on the sidelines during this vital campaign; if not scholarships, find an area you want to strengthen. One of the hallmarks of our remarkable Ole Miss family is going the extra mile for our university, for each other and for future generations.”

One who can speak to the power of scholarships is first-generation college student and public policy leadership major Ian Pigg of Clifton, Tennessee, who came to the Oxford campus on the Karen Bell Moore Council Scholarship awarded by the Ole Miss Women’s Council for Philanthropy.

Pigg became a campus leader and was elected “Mr. Ole Miss” by his fellow students for 2021-22.

“The Now and Ever Campaign is a step toward showing the rest of the SEC and the nation what we already know in Oxford: Ole Miss is one of America’s great public institutions,” says Pigg, a senior.

“This campaign reflects the ongoing efforts of so many faculty, staff, administrators, alumni and friends to see Ole Miss students have the resources to impact the world and their communities, and to make the last line of the alma mater a reality: ‘May thy fame throughout the nation, through thy sons and daughters grow.’ This campaign will tangibly impact each student at this university, and it makes me proud to be an Ole Miss Rebel and soon-to-be alum.”

Noel Wilkin, provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs, says the efforts of faculty “bring the university’s mission to life.”

EVER. THIS IS FOR OLE MISS. “They empower our students to reach their full potential, and they inspire students to reach for greater heights by providing opportunities to engage in service, research, discovery and creative achievement. It is the accomplishments of the faculty that serve as a catalyst for recruitment of graduate students and other award-winning faculty,” Wilkin says.

“This campaign will strengthen our endowment to ensure Ole Miss is able to attract and retain superior faculty well into the future, which will also advance our deep commitment to diversity. Further, it will provide support for their continued innovation, research development, creative achievements and travel that enables them to further their fields and disseminate their findings to the world.”

Together through this campaign, the Ole Miss family will EMPOWER ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE. We will:

• Increase the quality, diversity and competitiveness of graduate programs through targeted investments that expand scholarships, graduate assistantships and fellowships

• Strengthen faculty resources with endowed chairs and professorships that attract and retain top professors, enhancing current programs and establishing new expertise • Advance our commitment to a diverse academic community

• Address crucial needs to grow a workforce educated in science, technology, engineering and mathematics by increasing the number of STEM graduates, especially among underrepresented groups, for a field flush with career opportunities and earning potential

Together through this campaign, the Ole Miss family will FUEL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION. We will:

• Enable undergraduates to engage in research and creativity with renowned faculty in their chosen fields of interest, recruiting high-performing students to Ole Miss

• Lead the search to crack the code of Alzheimer’s disease through the MIND Center at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, including increased funding for its research and clinical trials • Accelerate our ability to treat pediatric patients and help them live strong, healthy lives, drawing on expertise, technology, research and compassion through UMMC’s Children’s of Mississippi, the Eli Manning Children’s Clinic, the Center for Advancement of Youth and more • Secure investments in the Center for Air and Space Law’s groundbreaking work on the legal aspects of applying remote-sensing, air and space technologies to human activities, protecting our future as we explore new worlds

• Pursue research that improves humankind, such as providing access to clean water, developing more effective medicines and treatments, growing crops to combat climate change and discovering new forms of matter and energy Charlotte Parks, vice chancellor for development, says that among a flagship university’s responsibilities is to help increase career opportunities and economic prosperity.

“Ole Miss is key to helping create companies and opportunities that will keep our graduates in Mississippi and build the

• Invest in the arts with additional scholarships, programming funds and faculty positions

• Expand the Arts Institute and focus on the discovery of young artists in the state and region whose talent can flourish and pave the way for college degrees and professional careers “When alumni and friends give gifts for research, faculty are able to investigate important questions that can help the people of our state, nation and world,” says Meagen Rosenthal, associate professor of pharmacy administration, research associate professor in the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and interim director of the William Magee Institute for Student Wellbeing.

“This kind of support has enabled me to offer undergraduate and graduate students research experiences, to expand programming to lessen food insecurity and to help improve the overall well-being of students on our campus.

Building this kind of foundation also helps faculty to be more competitive for larger federal programs, which work to ensure our continued capacity to help improve the lives of people in our state and beyond,” the former Faculty Senate chair says.

During the campaign kickoff, Vice Chancellor for Development Charlotte Parks (left) thanks Doug Self (BAccy 85) and Kathleen Waldrop (BBA 88), both of Atlanta, for their engagement and support.

Self and Kathleen and Art Waldrop (BAccy 85, JD 88) have made gifts to the Patterson School of Accountancy and other areas of the university. | Photo by Bill Dabney W I N T E R 2022

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The new Triplett Alumni Center, set in place of the existing building on a slightly larger footprint, will provide three times the usable space as the existing facility. | Rendering by Mark Rich

regional economy. Also, our programs increase the quality of life in communities. Gifts or investments here are critical to scale the successes we have had.”

Together through this campaign, the Ole Miss family will CREATE ECONOMIC IMPACT. We will:

• I nvest in the latest technology to accelerate the transfer of research and innovation to commercialization, growing prosperity through investment, job creation, partnerships and economic opportunities

• Increase access to health care, mental health services and quality K-12 education across the state, lifting up entire families and their communities

• Produce workplace-ready professionals through strong partnerships with business, industry and nonprofit sectors, creating internships, co-ops and other on-site company interactions that give students firsthand, real-world experience • E ncourage budding entrepreneurs, through our Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship’s competitions and monetary awards, to further their business plans and incubate new businesses • Help empower communities to create, access, analyze and apply knowledge and data to guide local and regional decision making

And, to the plans for transformed campus spaces, Ole Miss alumni and friends will see a new Triplett Alumni Center.

Within the next couple of years, the present center will be razed and an impressive three-story building constructed, with the first two floors dedicated to meeting spaces and the third to offices. A large balcony will face the Grove, providing a beautiful area for wedding receptions and other special events.

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white-columned building, a $25 million-plus project that will ultimately serve as a welcome center for people visiting the Oxford campus. Next door, the E.F. Yerby Center also will be demolished, leaving a footprint for the four-story, $60 million home of the Patterson School of Accountancy — creating a commanding entrance to Grove Loop from University Avenue.

“We look forward to having a new alumni complex that will meet the needs of our growing alumni base,” says Ole Miss Alumni Association CEO Kirk Purdom (BA 93). “With the support of the Triplett family, we are off to a great start in making this new center a jewel on the Grove.”

Together through this campaign, the Ole Miss family will ENHANCE FACILITIES FOR CHAMPIONS. We will prioritize funding for the • Jim and Thomas Duff Center for Science and Technology Innovation • Triplett Alumni Center

• Children’s of Mississippi

• Critical health care spaces at UMMC

• Patterson School of Accountancy building

• Pride of the South band practice field expansion • South Oxford Campus renovations • Institute for the Arts

• Olivia and Archie Manning Athletics Performance Center expansion • Softball and soccer stadium expansions • Ole Miss Golf Complex expansion

• Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field expansion • Vaught-Hemingway Stadium renovation

EVER. THIS IS FOR OLE MISS. Together through the Champions. Now. campaign, the Ole Miss family will strengthen athletics facilities.

The capital campaign will vastly improve the Ole Miss Athletics facilities and raise the standard for our level of competitiveness and success within the SEC and nationally.

When completed, Champions. Now. will be the difference maker that vaults Ole Miss to the top tier of athletics departments nationally, giving the Rebels the resources to win championships.

“The Champions. Now. campaign symbolizes our commitment to excellence and our unwavering resolve to win championships at Ole Miss,” says Keith Carter (BBA 01, MBA 16), vice chancellor for intercollegiate athletics. “This announcement is not only about facility enhancements but also about investing in the future success of our programs. Rebel Nation is the most passionate fan base in college sports, and we’re confident that this campaign will unite the Ole Miss family as we take our program to another level.”

Ole Miss Athletics Foundation CEO/CFO Fowler Staines (BAccy 07) agrees.

“We have seen firsthand that Ole Miss can compete at a championship level, and the time is now for championships to be the standard for all of our sports,” Staines says.

“Our donors have already built a foundation for many outstanding accomplishments by our student-athletes, and

Head football coach Lane Kiffin speaks at the launch of the Champions.

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we are thankful for all they do and have done for Ole Miss Athletics for many years. Champions. Now. will be the largest athletics campaign in our history, and we will need everyone to continue their great support as we build championship programs together.

“Athletics programs are stronger than they’ve ever been. The 2020-21 academic year saw the Rebels finish 22nd in the Learfield/IMG College Directors’ Cup, the highest finish in program history,

Vice Chancellor for Intercollegiate Athletics Keith Carter says the Champions. Now. campaign symbolizes Ole Miss Athletics’ commitment to excellence and resolve to win championships. | Photo by Joshua McCoy

strengthened by the first outright NCAA team title in school history by the women’s golf team. The triumph of the women’s golf program came just over a year after private support fueled the completion of the Tosh Family Short Course, giving the program one of the premier practice resources in college golf.”

In fact, during the 2021 calendar year, every Rebel athletics program earned a berth in postseason play, most recently a Sugar Bowl appearance for the football program, thanks to the first 10-win regular season in school history.

“We urge everyone to come forward now and invest in the future of our beloved university — one bursting with tremendous potential,” co-chair Sean Tuohy says.

“Funding is crucial for embracing opportunities, and the vision of this campaign is one that everyone in the Ole Miss family can support. It gives us a clear path to serve Ole Miss and provide the best for future students, as well as a way of expressing gratitude for all the university has given us.”

For more information on Now & Ever: The Campaign for Ole Miss, contact Charlotte Parks, vice chancellor for development, at cpparks@olemiss.edu or 662-915-3172; or visit nowandever.olemiss.edu.

For more information on Champions. Now., contact Fowler Staines, CEO/CFO of the Ole Miss Athletics Foundation, at fowler@olemiss.edu or 662-915-1143; or visit givetoathletics.com/donate.

For more information on the Campaign for Children’s of Mississippi, contact Meredith M. Aldridge, executive director of development, UMMC, at mmaldridge@umc.edu or 601815-7469; or visit growchildrens.org.

Alex Sims, assistant director for athleticsfootball, contributed to this feature.

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Hudson Hickman (left), Debbie Allen, Sam Haskell, Maria S. Schlatter and Joe Lazarov, winners of the Emmy for outstanding television movie for ‘Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square,’ pose for a portrait during the third ceremony of the Television Academy’s 2021 Creative Arts Emmy Awards at the L.A. LIVE Event Deck on Sept. 12 in Los Angeles. | Photo by Mark Von Holden/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Images

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Sam Haskell fulfills 55-year-old promise to win an Emmy

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s alumnus Sam Haskell (BA 77), an exclusive producer for Warner Bros. Television, admires the shiny copper Emmy statuette that many of Hollywood’s elite covet, he can’t help but be both proud and thankful.

“It was just one of God’s miracles that happens in your life,” he says. “You dream of it your whole life and when it finally comes true, it’s just such a joy — a God wink as Dolly [Parton] says.”

Haskell, former worldwide head of television for the William Morris Agency, produced “Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square,” an original Netflix musical movie starring Dolly Parton and Christine Baranski and directed by Debbie Allen, with all new music and lyrics by Parton.

The project aired on Netflix on Nov. 22, 2020, and debuted on Netflix’s Top 10 list for its programming worldwide. For his work on “Christmas on the Square,” Haskell received the 2021 Emmy Award for Best Television Movie, as well as a 2021 Producers Guild nomination.

The project also won the 2021 Emmy Award for Best Choreography for Debbie Allen, as well as the coveted Christopher Award and Movieguide’s Grace Award for most inspiring television performance for Parton.

For Haskell, it was a third Emmy nomination for best movie.

“We were nominated against Steven Spielberg for his movie and Allen Ball and Robin Roberts, and I was sitting there thinking I’m just so thrilled to be in the top five and in such good company.

When they called us out as the winners, I fell apart.

“What’s really wonderful about ‘Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square’ winning the Emmy is that I won, Dolly won and Debbie won. The three of us have been friends for over 40 years, and to share this award, this moment, was God’s miracle for all three of us.”

Parton, who is set to be honored by the Ole Miss Women’s Council for Philanthropy in April with its 20th anniversary Legacy Award, describes her relationship with Haskell as both “amazing” and “perfect.”

“I met Sam at an awards show when ‘9 to 5’ was just out, 40 years ago ... wow! We hit it off right away being Southerners and the fact that my husband, Carl, is a big Ole Miss fan. We are so in sync in everything we do. I love his devotion and love to me, to the crew and the artists when we are working on projects. Sam is the perfect partner and is a success because he never gives up. He is willing to work 24/7, 365. He has faith in God and faith in what he is doing. Plus, he is also brilliant.”

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Sam Haskell reacts to winning an Emmy. | Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Images

Sam Haskell, Joe Lazarov and Debbie Allen accept an Emmy for ‘Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square.’ | Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Images

Big Dreams

A native of Amory, Haskell had his sights set on Hollywood from an early age.

“As a 10-year-old, I was a big dreamer,” he recalls. “I had my TV Guide and read all of the magazines and knew who was popular and what television shows were going to win an Emmy. My favorite TV show at the time was ‘Bonanza,’ and I also loved ‘The Waltons.’

“I would tell everyone that when I grew up, I was going to go to Hollywood, and people would just laugh and think, oh yeah right, I’m sure this kid from Mississippi is going to grow up and go to Hollywood. One weekend we were going skiing at Pickwick with our best friends, the Hollis family. We were in the car on a hot July Saturday, driving, and the Emmy nominations had just come out, and I announced to the car that when I grow up, I’m moving to Hollywood and I’m going to win an Emmy.”

Devastated, as everyone in the car broke out in laughter, Haskell will never forget the words of his mother’s best friend, Eloise “Wheezy” Hollis.

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“She said, ‘If Sammy thinks he’s going to win an Emmy, then he’s going to win an Emmy.’ Well, 55 years later, I did!

I have thought about her so much because you never know when someone says something positive at a very vulnerable time how you’ll hold onto that. From the minute they called our name that we won the Emmy, I thought, oh, I hope Wheezy Hollis knows this. I called her son, Randy, right after, so he could tell her.”

The progeny of a family that worked in the medical field, he was urged to pursue a degree in medicine. A fan of Rebel football great Archie Manning (BPA 71), he had no doubt that he would attend Ole Miss.

“In the late ’60s, I remember begging my parents to take me to Ole Miss to see Archie Manning play football,” he says.

“I always wanted to go to Ole Miss and loved the whole Manning legend and legacy at Ole Miss. I’m proud to say now that Archie and Olivia (BAEd 71) are two of our dear friends. It’s been wonderful watching the boys grow up and (seeing) how incredibly successful all three of them have become.”

An officer in Sigma Chi Fraternity, Haskell began his studies in pre-med before switching to a double major in theatre and communications at the end of his sophomore year.

(front row) Debbie Allen, Sam Haskell, Hudson Hickman, and (back row) Norman Nixon, Maria S. Schlatter and Joe Lazarov attend the Television Academy’s 2021 Creative Arts Emmy Awards. | Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Images

“I met my wife (actress and singer) Mary (Donnelly Haskell) (BM 81) at Ole Miss,” he says. “She was Miss University and then won the Miss Mississippi title before going to compete for Miss America. We were college sweethearts, and we’ve been together 45 years.

“Our son, Sam, who works in video production near Los Angeles, has given us three grandsons, Sam, James and William, who are the joy of our lives. Our daughter, Mary Lane, is an actress and has starred in four of our movies, and Mary has starred in a couple of them, as well. They were both in ‘Christmas on the Square,’ which made the Emmy win even more special.”

Hollywood Bound

Haskell began his career in California in summer 1978 in the mailroom of the famed William Morris Agency, the largest talent agency in the world at the time. He worked his way up from the mailroom to the boardroom in just 10 years and

in 1999 was appointed to the position of worldwide head of television.

During his time at WMA, Haskell represented stars such as Kathy Lee Gifford, Dolly Parton, Debbie Allen, Ray Romano, Whoopi Goldberg, Sela Ward, Tony Danza, Kathy Ireland, George Clooney and Lily Tomlin, to name a few.

“Kathie Lee Gifford is one of my best friends, and she was my very first client in 1980,” he says. “That was followed by my dear friends Debbie Allen and Dolly Parton. I did very well with those three ladies, and I consider them to be members of our family.”

Haskell also oversaw the packaging of all agency-represented network projects, including such megahits as “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” “Mad About You,” “Everybody Loves Raymond,” “Lost,” “Murphy Brown,” “Sisters,” “Suddenly Susan,” “Live with Regis & Kathie Lee,” “Diagnosis Murder,” “King of Queens,” “Las Vegas” and “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.”

“I was called a packaging agent,” he says. “You put all of the elements of the show together, take it to the network, sell it and pray that it becomes a hit. I was very lucky to have had several hits.”

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Hollywood Radio and Television Society, chairman of the Television Academy Hall of Fame Selection Committee and member of the Executive Committee for the Television Academy.

“I was front and center at every Emmy Awards, and many of my clients won,” he says. “I was fortunate enough to have been thanked by many of them when they won, and I would sit there and think how wonderful it would be to win an Emmy.

It’s just so incredible that it came to fruition with two of my favorite people, Dolly Parton and Debbie Allen. It’s something that we can always share.”

Allen, who met Haskell when she “first got off the bus” in Hollywood, counts Haskell as part of her family.

“Sam is my brother. My family is black, his family is white, but we are cut from the same cloth. We’ve had a lot of the same experiences coming up in this industry, and we have an understanding and can say anything to each other.

“We know how to work magic together, and we made magic on ‘Christmas on the Square.’ He is unstoppable and passionate when he wants to get something done. He sticks with projects, [and] he sticks with people. Loyalty is a word that is rare in this business, and Sam is loyal beyond anyone’s expectation. It’s something I love about him.”

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A Rewarding Career

Of all the different “hats” he’s worn and projects he’s developed, Haskell’s most proud of both his work with the hit television series “Everybody Loves Raymond” and his bestselling memoir, Promises I Made My Mother.

“Ray Romano and that series were so special to me,” he recalls.

“We worked so hard to get it on the air and keep it on the air for nine years. [The show] ended up winning multiple Emmy Awards.

“I was also extremely proud of my book, Promises I Made My Mother, that was released in 2009. Mothers and sons responded to it in a big way. I went on a 165-city book tour, and the Department of Defense even flew me to Afghanistan with 5,000 books.

“I stayed in the barracks with the guys, and it was life changing. A corporal that went with me had this sack of books in it, and I would sign a book for the guys, and they would give me messages to give their moms. I either emailed or called every one of their mothers when I got back.”

Haskell, of course, counts his relationships with Parton, and his wife, Mary, as huge influences in his life.

Sam Haskell and Joe Lazarov at the 2021 Emmy Awards | Photo by Mark

Dolly Parton and Sam Haskell | Photo by Steve Summers

Von Holden/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Images

“[Dolly and I] have done some beautiful movies together,” he says. “We have two holiday movies at NBC called ‘Coat of Many Colors’ and ‘Christmas of Many Colors’ that are going into their eighth and ninth airing each on NBC, and we’ve had a great experience with Netflix, having done eight movies for them.

“But the greatest influence in my life is my wife, Mary. She is the love of my life and my best friend. She’s the heart and soul of our family, and everything is possible because of Mary.”

While editing “Christmas on the Square,” Haskell received the rights to do the remake of “The Waltons’ Homecoming,” the movie that started “The Waltons” TV series that aired on CBS for 11 years. The movie, produced by Haskell’s Magnolia Hill Productions and Warner Bros. Television, was released on Nov. 28 on the CW Network.

“Our hope is that it will be successful, and we can turn it into a series again just like they did 50 years ago. I pulled in all of my friends to be in it, including Bellamy Young, Ben Lawson and Logan Shroyer who plays John Boy.” Haskell has numerous projects in the works including a couple of series, as well as movies with Parton and Allen.

“My dance card is full,” he laughs. “I’d like to think I’ll never retire. In five years, I’ll be 70 years old, so maybe I’ll slow down

then. Dolly’s 75, and she said, ‘You can’t go anywhere because if you stop, then I’ll have to stop!’ I said no, we’re all just going to keep going. I’m excited about all of the possibilities that are being presented to me.”

‘I pull together the best of what everybody has to offer, I put it in a pot, stir it up and turn it into something wonderful that will entertain the world.’

- Sam Haskell

While Haskell has enjoyed a renowned career in Hollywood, it’s the experience of guiding people to help create something wonderful that he counts most rewarding.

“I liken myself to one of the soldiers in a [European folk] story called “Stone Soup.” I pull together the best of what everybody has to offer, I put it in a pot, stir it up and turn it into something wonderful that will entertain the world.”

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or many of us, our health would almost certainly improve if we ate fewer rocks.

To stretch a point, we do eat them. Most Americans consume too much of a certain type of rock, or mineral; it’s called sodium.

Most people know it as salt, which contains chloride and sodium; the unguarded consumption of sodium has been linked to the No. 1 cause of death and disability in the U.S.: heart disease.

The right amount of sodium helps our nerves and muscles do their jobs, ensures a proper balance of water and minerals in our bodies and makes grits taste better than they have a right to, but most of us take in much more than we need — and we may not always know when we’re doing that, according to two experts at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.

“Much of the salt we eat is not from the salt shaker; it’s already in the packaged and processed foods we consume,” says Dr. Donald “Trey” Clark (BA 06, MD 10), a cardiologist and associate professor of medicine at UMMC. Clark says the levels of salt are especially high in such foods as soups and pizzas. It can be challenging to avoid salt because it’s already in so many different foods.

“Sometimes, my patients are surprised to learn that it’s found in certain things, like bread,” he says. “While some may focus more on fatty foods, it’s really important to consider sodium, too. There is a well-established association between increased sodium, or salt, intake and cardiovascular disease. Mainly, the link is with high blood pressure.”

Processed foods — think bacon, Vienna sausages, canned vegetables and frozen chicken pot pies — are often sodium-rich attack dogs, as are many fast foods, says Krista King, a registered dietitian and nutritionist at UMMC. “I believe people would be really surprised if they looked up the sodium content of their fast food.”

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typical double cheeseburger and large fries flood the body with up to 1,700 milligrams of sodium; the recommended allowance, for an entire day, is 2,300. That’s about one teaspoon, and some experts consider that too high.

Typically, before you even salt your food, you’ve already consumed upward of 70 to 80% of the daily recommended amount, Clark says.

And know this, King says: “All foods have sodium, even healthy foods like fresh fruits and veggies, and therefore impact your daily sodium budget.”

nutritionally different from the food you prepare at home, such as fried chicken,” King says.

In general, Clark says, the food you order at a restaurant is higher in sodium compared with the fresh and unprocessed food you buy at the grocery store and prepare yourself.

Dr. Donald ‘Trey’ Clark | Photo courtesy of UMMC

Krista King | Photo courtesy of UMMC

In a p e r f e c t , A m e r i c a n He a r t Association-heeded world, most adults would strive not for 2,300 but for 1,500 milligrams, especially if they have high blood pressure — the burden of four in 10 Americans, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reports. For non-Hispanic Black adults, the number is close to six in 10.

“They vary, but we do have lower recommended sodium limits for patients with such conditions as high blood pressure and congestive heart failure,” Clark says.

And yet, on average, we absorb about 3,400 milligrams, or 1.5 teaspoons, each day, the FDA says; that’s more than twice the amount the AHA says is ideal.

Still, there are things you can do to subtract more salt from your diet, often tastefully.

“First of all, know that when you get food from a restaurant, for instance, it’s

“I recommend that you ask for nutrition facts and try to avoid entrees with excess sodium when you’re dining out,” he says.

When dining in, you can even more easily avoid superfluous sodium, King says.

“When we learn to put meal prepping and planning at a higher importance, and eat more of our meals at home, we will have so much more control.

“When I have a burger and fries, I cook them at home and use the air fryer for fries. As for the burger, I eat everything with it that I normally would, but without the bun so that I can enjoy the fries, which I like better than the bun. Just making little changes like that with each meal helps. Rather than ‘what can’t I eat?’, the better question is ‘how do I eat?’”

Another question: How do I buy?

Before you purchase packaged products, King and Clark say, check the Nutrition Facts label to compare the sodium

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content. You may be surprised to see how much the amount of those little white crystals varies among similar foodstuffs.

“Notice, also, how many ingredients are listed on the label,” King says. “You want the number to be as low as possible.

And you want to be able to pronounce them all, or at least most of them.”

Not to pick on ramen, but check out these tongue twisters from the label of one variety: maltodextrin, disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate, etc. This is not your mom’s chicken-flavored noodle soup.

“The bottom line is we need to eat more real food,” King says. “We just don’t eat enough fresh fruits and vegetables day in and day out.”

One way to eat more is to make a dash for a certain eating plan: Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension.

“DASH is a proven diet, as studies have shown, and it’s excellent for patients who need to reduce their blood pressure,” Clark says.

A n ot h e r s tu dy pro cl ai ms t h at reducing sodium intake below a certain amount “and the DASH diet both lower blood pressure substantially, with greater effects in combination than singly.”

But what about flavor?

Clark says, “There’s evidence that our taste buds will adapt over time if you use spices and salt substitutes but don’t add salt to flavor food.”

For example, one report, “Strategies to Reduce Sodium Intake in the United States,” says: “Anecdotal reports, clinical impressions, and a limited body of experimental evidence suggest that when people assume a lower-sodium diet, they will gradually come to appreciate the lowered sodium and acclimate to it.”

What is even clearer, though, “is that when it comes to sodium in our diet, most people agree that, as a population, we are well above where we should be,” Clark says.

“Navigating the food environment can be challenging, but the issue of reducing salt, or sodium, in our diet is important, and there is a lot of science to back it up.”

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Empowering Study of how cancers spread promises treatment options

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University of Mississippi biomedical engineer is searching for new treatments for metastatic breast cancer using a nearly $800,000 grant from the American Cancer Society.

Thomas Werfel, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, is exploring the interaction of blood platelets and tumor cells to discover how to disrupt the metastasis of triple-negative breast cancers. This type of cancer spreads faster, is deadlier than other invasive breast cancers and accounts for about 15% of all breast cancers.

“Cancers become deadly when they spread,” says Werfel, who also serves as an affiliate assistant professor of chemical engineering and joint assistant professor of biomolecular sciences. “That’s really the kind of cancer that kills people.

“And when they spread, the blood is one of the most common routes, so this grant is all about how the cancers interact with the blood as they’re spreading and how blood components protect them as they spread to new areas.”

Besides his work in the schools of Engineering and Pharmacy, Werfel also is a member of the research team at the UM Medical

be associated with a group that’s had such a positive impact as the American Cancer Society is really exciting,” Werfel says.

“Triple-negative breast cancers are incredibly aggressive, and they’re incredibly hard to treat because the chemotherapy is not working very well in these patients.

“So, these cancers are rapidly spreading, and there are basically no treatment options. We don’t have another drug that we can go try out in those patients, so better treatments specifically for triple-negative breast cancer patients could be transformative.”

Exploring breast cancer and its spread from a biomedical engineering viewpoint offers new perspectives, Werfel says.

“You can take an engineering approach to look at the problem in a unique way, and then be able to see what you learned, take what you learned and try to address the medical needs,” he says. “We’re merging engineering and medicine where

Center’s Cancer Center and Research Institute. The CCRI links cancer researchers, physicians and staff across the state in a united effort to find better ways to prevent, detect and treat cancer, provide state-of-the art medical care to cancer patients, and offer up-to-date cancer training to medical and research students and information to those who live in Mississippi.

An Engineering Approach

Cancer is the second most common cause of death in the U.S., trailing only heart disease. The American Cancer Society estimates almost 1.9 million new cancer cases diagnosed, including almost 19,000 in Mississippi, and over 608,000 deaths from cancer in 2021.

Of those diagnoses and deaths in 2021, 284,200 of the estimated new cases were expected to be diagnosed as breast cancer, with 44,130 of the deaths expected to be related to the cancer.

“I’m just incredibly excited to kick off this project, and to

Thomas Werfel | Submitted photo

we start from a medical problem and then we have a unique toolbox that we can use to address those problems. I think that’s the way it works best. Find a problem; develop a unique solution to that problem; see how well it works.”

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bachelor’s degree in physics from Murray State University and his master’s and doctorate in biomedical engineering from Vanderbilt.

He joined the Ole Miss faculty in 2018.

“Thomas is a rising star who is setting the pace for the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the School of Engineering,” says David Puleo, UM engineering dean and professor of biomedical engineering.

“Not only does this type of external funding validate the outstanding research being conducted in the department, but it also allows our investigators to address significant challenges in human health. In this case, we’re pleased to see the American Cancer Society recognize Thomas’ creative approach to addressing a critical issue that many of us are, unfortunately, all too familiar with — the spread of cancer.”

“We don’t know a ton about the exact mechanisms for how the platelets interact with the tumor cells,” Werfel says. “How do they aggregate? Once the tumor cells attach to the platelets, how do those behave differently? How does that change the signaling inside the cell?

“These types of questions are things that we’d like to learn more about because we think this might be a promising therapy that, as a bonus, is very easy to take.”

At UM, Werfel oversees the Interdisciplinary NanoBioSciences Lab, which uses materials chemistry, bioengineering and

Investigating Metastasis

Metastasis is the invasive process by which cancers spread from their local source to other regions of the body, and once a cancer is diagnosed as metastatic, it becomes a disease that can be managed but is no longer curable by current treatments.

These kinds of cancers account for essentially all cancerrelated deaths.

Evidence supports that these cancer cells are shuttled through the body to other areas such as the lungs, liver, brain

Larry Stokes, a former undergraduate member of the Interdisciplinary NanoBioSciences Lab at the University of Mississippi, runs a flow cytometry analysis on cells being used in the lab. | Submitted photo

Thomas Werfel (right) and his team from the Interdisciplinary NanoBioSciences Lab, hang out in the Grove. | Submitted photo

and bones with the help of blood platelets, which also are involved in clotting.

“If you think of the tumor cells as the quarterback, then the platelets are the offensive line,” Werfel says. “If we can knock out the offensive line, then we think that we can take out the quarterback more easily.”

Initially, Werfel plans to focus on understanding the function of a receptor that promotes cancer metastasis through blood platelets and tumor cells interacting. The outcome of the research could provide a new treatment to metastatic triple-negative breast cancer patients who are currently out of options.

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the biological sciences to discover and apply next-generation therapies such as targeted cancer therapies, environmentally responsive drug delivery systems and new solutions for mental health disorders.

The lab also employs several postdoctoral research associates and graduate and undergraduate students in its work, including the research tied to the American Cancer Society grant.

“It’s good to get students involved and get them some experience,” Werfel says. “It’s great, particularly, to give undergraduate students a little bit of exposure to research early on. It gives them a chance to get their hands dirty and see what they’re learning all this stuff for. It can change their trajectory.”

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Early Recognition GONZALEZ, ELKO TABBED PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS BY PERFECT GAME

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s the start of the 2022 season draws nearer and preseason honors continue to roll in, Ole Miss received a pair of Preseason All-American nods on Jan. 5 as Jacob Gonzalez and Tim Elko were named to the Third Team

by Perfect Game.

It is the second preseason All-American recognition of the season for Gonzalez, who was also tabbed to the Third Team

by Collegiate Baseball in December. For Elko, the laurel is the first preseason All-American selection of 2022. The Rebel captain was also named a Preseason All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association in 2021.

Ole Miss’ leader in batting average (.355), runs scored (73) and hits (93) in 2021, Gonzalez joined Stephen Head as just the second player in program history to be named an All-American as a freshman, earning the distinction from both the NCBWA and D1Baseball.

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California native set single-season freshman school records in games played (67), runs scored, RBI (55), total bases (147) and walks (38). Ranking fifth and sixth in the nation, respectively, in runs scored and hits, Gonzalez was college baseball’s leader in both categories among true freshmen.

Meanwhile, Elko is coming off a season in which he rose to the forefront of the college baseball landscape due to his accomplishments in the face of extreme adversity. Elko earned American Baseball Coaches Association All-Region honors despite missing a month of action and playing the back half of the season with one functioning ACL. After his return to the lineup, Elko clubbed seven home runs with one intact ACL, including two grand slams and two multihomer games while filling the designated hitter role.

The 2021 SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year closed the season with a .325 batting average, a team-high 16 home runs and 55 RBIs.

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Four More Years OLE MISS, KERMIT DAVIS AGREE TO CONTRACT EXTENSION

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eading into his fourth season as the head coach of the Ole Miss men’s basketball team, Kermit Davis has agreed to a new four-year contract that runs through

2025.

“Starting with his first season when he was SEC Coach of the Year, Coach Davis has increased the expectations of Ole Miss Basketball,” says Vice Chancellor for Intercollegiate Athletics Keith Carter (BBA 01, MBA 16). “He strives for excellence is all areas throughout his program, and his players and coaching staff are great representatives of Ole Miss on and off the court. Recruiting has never been better as he has signed some of the top prospects in school history. We’re excited to see the team continue to rise under his guidance, competing for SEC championships and making runs in the NCAA Tournament.”

“Every morning I get up, I am so honored to be the basketball coach at Ole Miss,” Davis says. “Betty and I love everything connected to this great university and community. I’m very proud of what we are building here on and off the court, and I am extremely excited about this year’s team.”

Over his first three seasons, Davis led the Rebels to a pair of postseason appearances (2020 postseason was cancelled due to COVID-19). Predicted to finish last in the SEC heading into his first year, Ole Miss exceeded expectations. The Rebels finished sixth in the conference and earned a berth to the NCAA Tournament, while Davis collected SEC Coach of the Year honors along the way. He joined Rod Barnes in being the only Ole Miss coaches to lead the Rebels to the Big Dance in

Kermit Davis | Photo courtesy of Ole Miss Athletics

their first season guiding the program.

With 51 victories as head coach of the Rebels, Davis is one of only four coaches in Ole Miss history to rack up at least 50 wins over their first three seasons.

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or the second year in a row, Shakira Austin has found herself a nonconference play, Austin ranks first on the team in points (13.2) spot on the 2021-22 John R. Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 and rebounds (8.6) per game. After averaging 13.5 and 9.5 rebounds Watch List, as the Fredericksburg, Virginia, native continues to per game at the Raising the B.A.R. Invitational at Cal, Austin was cement her status as one of the best players in the nation. named as the tournament’s MVP as Ole Miss picked up its first tourThe list is composed of 25 student-athletes who are nament title since 2014. She most recently broke the 200 front-runners for the Wooden Award All-American career-block mark at Hofstra and ranks fourth overall Team and Most Outstanding Player Award. Since in the SEC among active players. Austin currently 1976, the John R. Wooden Award program is one leads the conference in active rebounds with a of the top honors in college basketball, recogniztotal of 899. ing the best of the best throughout the sport. The The Wooden Award All-American team will list will be narrowed down during the 2021-22 be announced the week of the Elite Eight round season with the Wooden award late season list of the NCAA Tournament. The winner of the and the National Ballot.

2022 John R. Wooden Award will be presented by The senior center continues to lead the Wendy’s following the NCAA Tournament in April.

Rebels throughout a historic start to the 2021-22 Previous Wooden Award All-Americans include campaign, as Ole Miss rides its third longest winning Paige Bueckers, UConn; Aliyah Boston, South Carolina; streak in program history with 12 wins in a row. Through Rhyne Howard, Kentucky; and NaLyssa Smith, Baylor.

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Reason to Celebrate OLE MISS, KIFFIN COMMIT TO NEW CONTRACT

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ith the best regular season in program history in the books and a New Year’s Six bowl appearance, Ole Miss agreed on a new contract for head football coach Lane Kiffin.

In his second season at the helm of the Rebel football program, Kiffin has guided Ole Miss to a 10-2 record, the first 10-win regular season in school history. That includes a perfect 7-0 mark at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, part of an ongoing nine-game home win streak for Kiffin’s teams.

“We are committed to winning championships at Ole Miss, and Coach Kiffin is the person to lead us to those heights,” says Vice Chancellor for Intercollegiate Athletics Keith Carter (BBA 01, MBA 16). “With his winning edge, offensive vision and recruiting prowess, he has quickly cemented our team among the best in the nation, and this is just the start. With major facility projects on the horizon, we are investing in this program like never before and look forward to building on the foundation that Coach Kiffin has established.”

“We are extremely appreciative of Chancellor Glenn Boyce, Director of Athletics Keith Carter, and the entire Ole Miss administration for their commitment and support of our football program,” Kiffin says. “Sustained success takes a commitment from everyone, and we are excited to continue the work to build a program that makes the entire Ole Miss community proud. I have a tremendous amount of gratitude

for our fans, players and staff. The future is bright!”

Kiffin’s second year in Oxford was once again highlighted by one of college football’s most exciting offenses. For the second straight season, the Rebels led the SEC in total offense at over 500 yards per game heading into bowl season. Ole Miss has eclipsed 600 yards of total offense 19 times under Kiffin after hitting that mark just 16 times in the program’s history before his arrival.

However, in year two, Kiffin proved he isn’t just a one-dimensional coach. The Rebel defense ranks as one of the top-five most-improved units in the Football Bowl Subdivision, allowing 13.3 fewer points per game this season compared to 2020.

Kiffin quickly turned the Rebels into an offensive machine in 2020, leading the program to an Outback Bowl win over No. 7 Indiana and a 5-5 record against an all-SEC schedule.

Ole Miss ranked top 20 in the FBS in nine different offensive categories, including having the No. 3 team in the country in total offense, shattering the school record with 555.5 yards per game. The Rebels broke the SEC record for total offense in conference games (562.4 ypg), besting LSU’s mark of 550.0 yards per game set during the Tigers’ run to a national title in 2019.

Kiffin, who won two Conference USA titles in three seasons at Florida Atlantic, has a dozen years of head coaching experience, including 10 years at the NCAA level where he has posted an all-time record of 76-41.

Ole Miss head football coach Lane Kiffin appears as celebrity guest picker during ESPN’s ‘College Gameday’ broadcast from the Grove Nov. 13.

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Crowd-pleasing Promotion TROY ALLEN NAMED HEAD CHEERLEADING COACH le Miss director of spirit squads Rachel Levetzow announced on Dec. 17 the elevation of Troy Allen to head coach of the Rebel cheerleading team.

Since 2020, Allen has ser ved as volunteer assistant coach for the Ole Miss cheerleading team, assisting with all aspects of the Rebel program.

“I am very proud and humbled to be leading the Ole Miss cheerleading team as head coach,” Allen says. “I am excited to take part in the time-honored traditions of this incredible university and its athletic programs. I would like to thank my husband, my former coaches, my athletes and many friends who have supported me on this journey. I am excited to lead Ole Miss cheerleading and continue to bring success to this program and university.”

Before coming to Ole Miss, Allen was

the university relations account manager for Camps with Varsity Brands in Memphis. In his role, Allen scheduled, organized and carried out overnight camps in 26 different states. He was also responsible for scheduling facilities and travel for instructional staff for the various camps.

Allen spent four years as the director of social media for Elite Cheerleading Services in Denver, monitoring and organizing all website and social media accounts for the company.

He is a 2013 graduate of Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, Colorado. In addition to serving as a key member of the Maverick cheerleading team, he was also an athletic administration intern, assisting the associate athletic director and senior women’s administrator at CMU in both game-day and daily office settings.

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Just Published

Horror Houses b y Greg Adams (BSPh

69), 305 pages, $19.95 (paperback), Newman Springs Publishing, ISBN: 978-1638812104 The north Texas setting of Horror Houses exposes characters who engage in nursing home atrocities to fulfill their desires for power and wealth. Events are based on incidents of helpless, elderly nursing home residents whose children believed they were being cared for by compassionate staff members.

In this fast-paced story, Adams, through the eyes of the protagonist, a consultant pharmacist, recounts details in these “horror houses” of egregious mistakes and inhumane treatment all too common throughout our nation’s cities and towns. With a cast of memorable characters, some driven by insatiable greed and a lack of ethical principles, this work of fiction evokes our society’s frequent disregard for the disabled and elderly, often neglected by family members unable to care for their infirm relatives.

For an eye-opening look into what frequently occurs in many nursing homes today, this engrossing, timely read reveals the sad realities of these institutions.

Redemption lies in those humane medical workers and staff expressing care and concern for the residents they serve.

Greg Adams and his wife live on a farm in Texas. Adams’ novel is also available as an e-book (ISBN 978-1638812111) for $9.99.

C l o u d s A b ove b y M i c h a e l H i c k s Thompson & Co., in 2011, he turned his Thompson (BBA 71), 352 pages, $30 (hardcover), Shepherd King Publishing, ISBN: 978-0997655605 “Anyone who can solve the problems of water is worthy of two Nobel Prizes — one for peace and one for science.” — John F. Kennedy, 1962 Unfortunately, it may be too late.

The year is 2035. Water has become the most precious commodity on Earth.

Grayson Fields, age 27, who holds a doctorate in math and science, must prove her grandfather’s theory that oceanic cloud seeding is the last remaining solution to save the world from a five-year drought. But one greedy water treatment company is out to destroy the grandfather and granddaughter’s experiments and will do anything to stop them.

A Black British missionary enters the picture as the international intrigue and tension takes us from Washington, D.C., to India and London, culminating in an underground cavern in the Himalayas where the giant simulator has been built by the U.S. government but is being controlled by Purity Worldwide, the trillion-dollar water purifier run by sinister Steve Muller, the wealthiest man in the world.

Michael Hicks Thompson was a successful ad agency owner, winning numerous national and international creative awards. After selling his firm,

attention to full-time writing. His latest novel, Clouds Above, is now available in hardback, paperback and Kindle.

Murder in Santa Barbara by Dean

C. Ferraro (JD 96), 362 pages, $24.99 (hardcover), Digital Biz Media, ISBN: 978-1737836728 Murder in Santa Barbara is an edgeof-your-seat legal thriller, with a twist of humor, that will have you hooked from the beginning and unable to put it down until you reach the clever, thrilling ending.

Deputy District Attorney Joshua Rizzetti has a run-of-the-mill misdemeanor case set for trial, until an unexplained murder postpones it. If he can’t quickly figure out its connection to his case, the next murder will be his. Caught in the crosshairs, the young prosecutor races to find the link to his case and uncover the mystery behind the murder. With only a few minor clues to guide him, can Josh solve the murder before it’s too late?

Dean C. Ferraro lives at the foot of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado with his wife and their two children. After practicing law full time for over 20 years, he pursued his true passion for writing, completing his first novel 12 years after starting it. Inspired by a world-famous fellow Ole Miss law graduate, Ferraro now writes legal thrillers full time.

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he alumni travel program is a service the Ole Miss Alumni Association offers as part of its mission to unite alumni and keep them connected to Ole Miss and one another.

OMAA has partnered with several tour operators that specialize in alumni travel to offer a broad selection of educational tours. Alumni and friends obtain group rates and discounts. Listed prices are per person, based on double occupancy, and pricing and dates are subject to change until booking. Airfare is not included unless noted. Visit olemissalumni.com/ travel for a complete listing and the most up-to-date information.

Due to the continued effects and uncertainty on travel as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, these offerings and itineraries are subject to change or cancellation. OMAA strongly recommends purchasing travel insurance. For a brochure or more information on a trip, contact Allie Little in the Alumni office at 662-915-7375 or email alliel@ olemissalumni.com.

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THE GREAT TRAINS AND GRAND CANYONS MARCH 13-18, 2022

Tour Operator: Premier World Discovery When he first laid eyes on one of nature’s most awe-inspiring sights in 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt said the Grand Canyon is the “one great sight which every American should see.” This travel experience features a combination of American West highlights with the scenery of Grand Canyon National Park and the red rocks of Sedona, the Native American history at the Montezuma Castle National Monument, the Old West nostalgia of Two Train Rides and five nights at a picturesque property in Sedona, Arizona. Just north of Phoenix, Sedona is known for its jeep rides, artist galleries and breathtaking red rock scenery and is the perfect “home base” for this six-day/ five-night adventure. Every traveler should explore the beautiful American West, and that is exactly what you will do on this exciting travel program. — From $3,345 per person, including airfare

VERONA AND COMO, ITALY Ole Miss Travelers Only

MARCH 16-26, 2022

Tour Operator: Anywhere Adventures Alumni and friends will visit Verona a n d C om o, It a l y, on t h e A lu m n i Association’s traditional Ole Miss Only tour in Europe. Famous for being the setting of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” Verona is a city of a thousand shades, a mix of styles and cultures that can charm and seduce any visitor.

We will spend the first four nights at the five-star Due Torri Hotel. This property offers luxury and elegance in the heart of Verona, next to the Church of St. Anastasia and a five-minute walk from Juliet’s balcony. Then relax at Lake Como, an upscale resort area known for its dramatic scenery, set against the foothills of the Alps. And enjoy the mountain air and views in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Located on the Italian-Swiss border, the city of Como overlooks the southwest end of its lake and is surrounded by green ridge

2022 hills, resulting in unparalleled, natural scenery. We will spend five nights at the four-star Palace Hotel, located in landscaped gardens on the shore of Lake Como, a five-minute walk from Como Cathedral. — From approximately $3,698

CHARMS OF THE SOUTH: NEW ORLEANS TO MEMPHIS APRIL 3-11, 2022

Tour Operator: Go Next Cruise up the Mississippi and experience Southern charm aboard the American Queen on this eight-night trip with American Queen Steamboat Co. Begin your journey with an included one-night stay in New Orleans. Immerse yourself in the culture of this cosmopolitan city — take a stroll through the historic French Quarter or grab a bowl of gumbo. Then sail on to Nottoway, home to the largest historic mansion in the South.

In St. Francisville, find the perfect Southern trinket at historic Old Market Hall, where local craftsmen and artists hustle and bustle. Walk through the

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history of the mighty Mississippi in Vicksburg, and, before you end your cruise in Memphis, stop in Greenville, where Civil War history lives on. — From approximately $2,399

CRUISING THE CANARY ISLANDS AND MOROCCO APRIL 18-26, 2022

Tour Operator: Gohagan Journey with us on this extraordinary, nine-day itinerar y that combines the stunning natural beauty of the C an ar y Is l an d s an d t h e Mo or i s h treasures of the rose-pink cities of Morocco. Cruise from Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain, to Casablanca, Morocco, for seven nights aboard the exclusively chartered, five-star Le Dumont-d’Urville — featuring only 92 suites and staterooms, each with a private balcony. Visit La Palma’s scenic Mirador de la Concepción for spectacular views of Caldera de Taburiente and “the beautiful island.” Explore the shrine of “La Virgen de las Nieves” (Madonna of the Snow), named for the patron saint of the island of La

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Palma at Las Nieves. Discover iconic Casablanca, featuring the Hassan II Mosque and Place des Nations Unies.

Enjoy full-day excursions to the captivating island of Tenerife and Teide National Park, the 1,000-year-old city of Marrakesh and the ancient city of Fez on this one-of-a-kind program t h at a l s o fe atu re s fou r U N E S C O World Heritage sites, scenic coastlines and idyllic ports rarely visited by larger vessels. Two-night Las Palmas pre-program and two-night Casablanca post-program options are available. — From approximately $4,995

DUTCH WATERWAYS AND FLORIADE EXPO APRIL 25-MAY 3, 2022

Tour Operator: Gohagan Celebrate the beauty of Holland and Flanders when vibrant spring tulip f ields are in full bloom. Join this comprehensive, nine-day journey and cruise for seven nights along the enchanting Dutch Waterways aboard the exclusively chartered, deluxe small ship Amadeus Queen. Meet residents during the exclusive River Life Forum, and discover the true essence of river life in the Low Countries. Experience the Floriade World Horticulture Expo, held only once every decade. Expertled excursions include visits to the medieval Flemish jewels of Bruges and Ghent, the prestigious Kröller-Müller Museum, the incomparable Keukenhof Gardens and the charming town of Delft. Enjoy a private cruise along Amsterdam’s UNESCO-designated canals. See Kinderdijk’s UNESCO-inscribed windmill network, and enjoy masterpieces by Peter Paul Rubens in Antwerp. Tour the largest of the Delta Works projects, a marvel of modern engineering. This itinerary is an exceptional value that includes all accommodations, excursions and meals.

Our travelers continually praise this travel program as the quintessential Dutch and Flemish experience. Golden Age of Amsterdam pre-program and The Hague and Gouda post-program options are offered. — From approximately $2,795 W I N T E R 2022

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Tour Operator: Gohagan Commemorate the historic D-Day l and i ng s du r i ng t h i s e i g ht - n i g ht Celtic Lands journey. By exclusive arrangement, visit the hallowed beaches in Normandy, France, with Dwight David Eisenhower II, noted historian and grandson of general and former U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower, and meet Allen Packwood, director of the Churchill Archives Centre at the University of Cambridge. Cruise aboard the exclusively chartered, five-star small ship Le Dumont-d’Urville from Honfleur, France, to England, Ireland, Wales and Scotland, with guided excursions in each port of call. View relics of the rich Celtic literary heritage at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, including the Book of Kells; visit UNESCO World Heritage-designated Caernarfon Castle near Holyhead, Wales; walk in the footsteps of medieval and present-day princes in North Wales; and admire the austere beauty of the Inner Hebridean Isles of Iona and Mull and the storied treasure of Iona Abbey. Paris and Giverny pre-program and Edinburgh and Glasgow post-program options are available. — From $6,995

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D-DAY: THE INVASION OF NORMANDY AND THE LIBERATION OF FRANCE MAY 19-25, 2022

Tour Operator: National WWII Museum The National WWII Museum’s most popular tour provides an in-depth itinerary exploring America’s most famous World War II battle. Offering a full week of touring in Normandy at an incredible price, this unforgettable journey offers great value and features top guides, superior accommodations in prime locations, comprehensive dining and exclusive access to sites unseen on other programs. With stops at the Musée Airborne, Mémorial de Caen, the American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer and more, this tour is for both the advanced and amateur historian in search of the most authentic experience of Normandy as it was. — From approximately $4,695

ROMANCE OF THE DOURO RIVER MAY 20-31, 2022

Tour Operator: AHI Delight your senses on this handcrafted, 10-night program, featuring a threenight stay in world-class Lisbon and a seven-night cruise through the Douro River Valley, the world’s oldest demarcated winemaking region. Begin in

Portugal’s humming capital, enjoying its diverse neighborhoods, the Jerónimos Monastery and monuments. Travel north to visit romantic Óbidos and Coimbra, home to Portugal’s revered university.

After boarding your first-class ship in Porto, spend time exploring this enigmatic harbor town known for its storied Ribeira district and Bohemian culture.

Then cruise the fabled Douro River, carving a path through sculpted hills and bucolic lands steeped in winemaking traditions. Daily excursions feature visits to wine estates and charming townships with wonderfully preserved architecture, including Vila Real, Lamego and Salamanca, Spain. Along the way, impress your tastebuds with regional dishes, local pastries and authentic port wines. Plus, enjoy an authentic Portuguese folk show.

This journey features a choice of included excursions to personalize your journey and an extensive meal plan. No single supplement for solo travelers. — From approximately $4,295

IN THE WAKE OF THE VIKINGS AND GAELS MAY 28-JUNE 6, 2022

Tour Operator: Gohagan Discover the lands of the Vikings and Gaels on this exclusive, 10-day itinerary

2022 combining the legendary treasures of Scotland and Iceland. Experience eight nights aboard the exclusively chartered, five-star Le Bellot from Glasgow, Scotland, to Reykjavík, Iceland. Visit a Scottish malt whisky distillery on the island of Isle. Cruise past the over 500-foot Stac Lee and marvel at its large gannet colony. Explore UNESCO World Heritage-designated St. Kilda and the 5,000-year-old Neolithic ruins of the Standing Stones of Callanish on the Isle of Lewis. Visit breathtaking Tvøroyri and Tórshavn on the archipelago of the Faroe Islands. In Iceland, call at Djúpivogur and enjoy an excursion to Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon, home to playful seals swimming among calving glaciers and passing ice floes. Tour Heimaey Island, which records the largest sea catches in Iceland since the days of its first settlers. Visit the new Eldheimar Museum to learn about the “Pompeii of the North,” Eldfell volcano. Cruise along Iceland’s UNESCO-inscribed Surtsey, one of Earth’s youngest islands.

Edinburgh and Glasgow pre-program and Reykjavík and the Golden Circle post-program options are available. — From approximately $5,995

CANADIAN MARITIMES JUNE 11-20, 2022

Tour Operator: AHI Canada’s stunning Maritime provinces dazzle with craggy coastlines, picture-perfect fishing villages, thick forests and fertile farmland. Explore their picturesque beauty and enduring bond with the sea on this nine-night journey featuring first-class stays in Halifax and Baddeck, Nova Scotia; S ai nt Joh n , Ne w Br u ns w i ck ; an d Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

Delight in coastal beacons and quiet coves along Nova Scotia’s Lighthouse Route; tour Old Town Lunenburg, a well-preserved British colonial town; and sample wines in lush Annapolis Valley. Spot whales breaching on a Bay of Fundy cruise, and marvel at rocks sculpted by the bay’s mighty tides. On Prince Edward Island, take in t he enchant ing s ett ings of t he Anne of Green Gables books. You’ll

also savor sensational ocean vistas on one of Canada’s most scenic drives, the winding Cabot Trail that hugs Cape Breton Island! As part of your generous meal plan, enjoy a traditional lobster boil and wine with all dinners.

This small-group experience includes a travel director and expert insights from guides and lecturers. — From approximately $4,295

THE CHARM OF THE AMALFI COAST JUNE 22-30, 2022

Tour Operator: AHI Immerse yourself in the unending splendors of the Amalfi Coast, from ancient ruins to sun-swept coastline and enchanting towns. On our incredible, seven-night journey, you’ll be seduced by this alluring slice of Italy where honored history and rich culture are revealed. Stay in charming Vietri sul Mare, venturing out to explore Ravello, Amalfi, Positano and Sorrento, endearing villages perched majestically above the coast. Soak up unspoiled vistas while cruising azure seas, and delve into fascinating legends at Herculaneum and Pompeii, frozen in time by the mudflows of Mount Vesuvius. Unravel histor y amid Paestum’s Greek temples, and tuck into the region’s sensational cuisine, including olive oil and cheese tastings during a rural farm experience. Whether visiting the renowned National Archaeological Museum or discovering Old Naples, your Italian daydreams will come to life. This handcrafted, small-group journey features first-class accommodations and an extensive meal plan. — From approximately $3,595

OBERAMMERGAU AND CRUISING THE DANUBE RIVER JULY 17-27, 2022

Tour Operator: Gohagan Experience one of the world’s greatest dramatic spectacles amid the storybook landscapes of the Bavarian Alps — the extravagant Passion Play staged once a decade by residents of the quaint

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German village of Oberammergau.

With a cast of thousands and a legacy that encompasses nearly four centuries, Oberammergau’s rare tradition is made even more exceptional with this program’s specially reserved seating and thoughtfully arranged cultural enrichments. This custom itinerary, effortlessly blending remarkable history with stunning scenery, features an exclusively chartered, five-night deluxe cruise along the fabled Danube River, two nights in the idyllic Bavarian Alps and two nights in Munich. Visit four countries — Hungary, Slovakia, Austria and Germany — and enjoy excursions to medieval Salzburg, a UNESCO World Heritage site and scenic backdrop for “The Sound of Music,” and Neuschwanstein Castle, the inspiration for Disneyland’s iconic Sleeping Beauty Castle. Experience five UNESCO World Heritage sites. Tour Budapest’s most historic landmarks, the world-class city of Vienna, 11th-century Melk Abbey and medieval Bratislava. Budapest pre-program and Berlin post-program options are available. — From approximately $4,395

NORTHERN REALMS: BALTICS AND SCANDINAVIA AUG. 6-17, 2022

Tour Operator: Go Next We’re on our way north — come bask in the beauty of the Baltics! From Denmark to Sweden and everywhere in between, this trip will lead you through secret tunnels, into towers and turrets, and behind the scenes in some of the world’s most fascinating towns. Make your way through medieval ruins in Visby, and kayak down a calm Lithuanian river in Klaipėda. Tour Tallinn’s underground passageways as you learn about its historic past, then spend two days in Russia. Whether you seek art, architecture or music, St. Petersburg has something for everyone. Before ending in Stockholm, cruise into Helsinki, the white city of the north, where you can peruse an open-air market for the perfect present to pack in your suitcase. — From approximately $4,199, including airfare W I N T E R 2022

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Alumni News Class Notes ’50s

KAYE BRYANT (58) of Oxford

won t h e g r an d ch ampi onship in storytelling at Spillit’s annual championship, The Grand Slam, in Memphis. All winners from regional events are invited to Memphis to compete. Locally, the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council partnered with Spillit to host storytelling workshops and free events as part of its annual arts programming.

’60s

RON BROOKS (BSPh 65) of

Houma, Louisiana, whose volunteer activities include an annual drive that has collected more than 10,000 pints of blood for a local hospital, received Terrebonne’s Most Useful Citizen award in November. The Courier newspaper has given the award annually since 1946 to recognize Terrebonne Parish residents who put in extraordinary time, talent and effort to improve their community.

’70s

U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE MICHAEL

JEFF HUBBARD (BBA 80, JD 83), partner

P. MILLS (BA 78, JD 80) of

at Hubbard Mitchell Williams & Strain in Ridgeland, has assumed the role of president of the University of Mississippi Law Alumni Chapter’s board of directors.

Oxford took senior status on Nov. 1. He was appointed to the Northern District by former President George W. Bush in 2001 and served as chief judge from 2007 to 2014.

CATHIE MISTILIS (BAccy 85), who served LEE MOORE (BBA 70, JD 71) of Dyersburg,

Tennessee, who served as circuit court judge in the 29th Judicial District consisting of Dyer and Lake counties, retired on Dec. 1. Moore began practicing law in 1971 and was appointed to circuit court judge by former Tennessee Gov. Don Sundquist.

’80s

AUGUSTUS LEON COLLINS

(BBA 82) of Madison, chief executive officer of MINACT Inc., is serving as 2021-22 Mississippi Economic Council chair.

JACK W. “JAY” COOKE JR. (BBA 82, JD 85)

Madison released a new book, Rulers of the SEC: Ole Miss and Mississippi State, 19591966, in August 2021.

of Jackson serves as the volunteer president of the Andrew Jackson Council, Boy Scouts of America. Cooke is an attorney in Jackson. The Jackson Council serves 6,000 youths in central Mississippi.

PAUL KLOTZ (BA 64, MCS 70) of Mobile,

LEE GIBSON (BAccy 86) of Memphis was

Alabama, retired from Thompson Engineering in July 2021. He received the Governor of Alabama’s and Mobile Chamber of Commerce Commendation for Service and continues to serve on the Thompson Engineering Foundation Committee.

named president of Diversified Trust, an independent, comprehensive wealth management firm with offices throughout the Southeast and over $8 billion of client assets under management.

JAMES R. CROCKETT (BA 64, MBA 67) of

KENNY GRIFFIS (BAccy 83, JD 87) of RidgeALFRED NICOLS (BA 63, JD 65) of Jackson

announced that his new book, Lost Love’s Return, was recently made available as an audiobook on iTunes and Amazon.

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land, associate justice on the Mississippi Supreme Court, was appointed to serve on the University of Mississippi Law Alumni Chapter’s board of directors.

as accounts payable clerk for the Oxford School District, retired from the school district after 24 years of service. The district will honor her at the annual retirement reception in May. TRACE SWARTZFAGER (BBA 87) of Oxford

was named chief executive officer of Right Track Medical Group headquartered in Oxford.

PAT THOMASSON (BAccy 85, MAccy 87)

of Philadelphia, CEO of Thomasson Co., was named the first female chair of the Mississippi Manufacturers Association board of directors. She also serves as the 2021-22 Mississippi Economic Council treasurer and as treasurer of the MEC’s subsidiaries, the M.B. Swayze Foundation and the Public Education Forum in Mississippi.

G. MICHAEL WALL (PhD 88) of Fort Worth,

Texas, was named the 2021 Joseph Sam Distinguished Alumnus by the School of Pharmacy’s Department of BioMolecular Sciences at the University of Mississippi.

Wall is senior vice president and chief scientific officer at Nacuity Pharmaceuticals Inc., and vice president of pharmaceutical development for Sound Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Alumni News

’90s

JOHN BAINE (BPA 94) of El

EMILY WARREN (PharmD 98) of Meridian

RYAN T. MILLER (BA 02, JD 08) of Madi-

Dorado, Arkansas, joined South Arkansas Community College as associate vice president for finance.

LEE ANN GRIFFIN (BSPh 99, PharmD 01)

was honored in October as East Mississippi Community College 2020 Alumna of the Year. Both 2020 and 2021 award recipients were named in 2021 due to COVID-19.

of Jackson was nominated by Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves to join the Mississippi State Board of Health.

’00s

son earned Songwriter of the Year honors in the 18th annual ChristianSongwriting. com competition with his song “Prodigal Child.” The contest, sponsored by CM United, is the longest-running Christian songwriting contest in existence.

STEPHANIE HICKMAN (JD 91), president

and CEO of Trice Construction Co. in Chicago, was appointed to serve on the University of Mississippi Law Alumni Chapter’s board of directors.

CYNTHIA HILLHOUSE (BAEd 93) of Natchi-

toches, Louisiana, a second-grade teacher at St. Mary’s Catholic School in Natchitoches, is the recipient of the Em W. Knipmeyer Excellence in Teaching Award for the 2021-22 school year.

RETIRED LT. COL. DEX MCCAIN (BBA 92)

of Pike Road, Alabama, serves as assistant professor of leadership and ethics at the eSchool of Graduate Professional Military Education at Maxwell Air Force Base and as the board chair for St. James School board of trustees in Montgomery, Alabama.

DEANO C. ORR (BBA 93) of Courtland, Ala-

bama, was named public affairs manager for Weyerhaeuser Co. – Gulf Region, covering Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida and Louisiana.

RUSSELL S. ROBERTS (JD 97), partner at

Roberts, Roberts & Roberts in Marianna, Florida, was appointed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to serve as a circuit judge for the 14th Judicial Court.

GANT BOONE (BBA 09) of

Oxford was named by BankFirst Financial Services as Community Bank president in its Oxford market. He will be responsible for leading the local market while cultivating, developing and managing loan portfolios for the bank.

ROBERT SAVOIE (BBA 07) of Solon, Ohio, of

BROOKS CAMPANY (BBA 07), regional

NICOLE TISDALE (BA 06, JD 09) of Washing-

manager for Argent Trust Co. offices in Oxford and Jackson, is a recipient of the American Bankers Association’s 2022 Under 40 Awards in wealth management.

ton, D.C., was named director for legislative affairs at the National Security Council, the White House. The NSC is the president’s principal forum for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his or her senior advisers and cabinet officials.

KENT HARTZOG (BSChE 06) of Mountain

Brook, Alabama, joined Barge Design Solutions Inc. as a project manager. Barge is an engineering and architecture firm with diverse, in-house multidisciplinary practice areas.

McGlinchey Stafford, was recognized in the 2022 Chambers FinTech guide. He is one of only five U.S. lawyers nationally recognized in both the FinTech Legal and Financial Services Regulation Chambers rankings.

KATHERINE CLIBURN WIDDOWS (BBA 09,

BAccy 09, MAccy 10) of Ocean Springs was promoted to senior vice president and director of total rewards at Hancock Whitney in Gulfport.

BL AIR HULL ( BAc c y 0 9 , M BA 1 0 ) of

Oxford, who was recently promoted to vice president of philanthropic services of Argent Financial Group, was appointed president to oversee Argent Foundation, an IRS-recognized charity.

MEG PACE LOVETT (BA 07) was elected

vice president of communications for the Junior League of Birmingham, Alabama. The JLB is one of the largest leagues in the world, and Lovett’s term will see it mark its 100th year of service to the city of Birmingham.

BRETT YOUNG (00) of College Grove, Ten-

nessee, was appointed to serve on Music City Baseball’s music advisory board. He joins Darius Rucker, Justin Timberlake and Luke Combs.

’20s

WILL CARPENTER (BAJ 21) of

Cheyenne, Wyoming, joined the WTE newsroom team as the arts & entertainment/features reporter.

RILEY LONG (BA 21) of Chicago started a

full-time position as graphic designer with Blistex Inc. in Chicago.

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Alumni News BIRTHS

Alton Bernard Cobb (BA 50, MedCert 52) of Jackson, Oct. 14, 2021

Colette Louise, daughter of Nicole Marie Cook (BSME 06) and Ryan Hoos, Sept. 11, 2021.

Anne White Connell (BA 54, MA 88, PhD 89) of Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 8, 2021

Lily Evalynn, daughter of Bree Noelle Gates (MA 10) and Kevin James Gates (MA 10), Sept. 13, 2021.

Edna Louanne Pepper Cossar (BAEd 59) of Charleston, Oct. 21, 2021

Patrick Ramón, son of Maria del Mar Pacheco and John T. Zver (BBA 02), Nov. 2, 2021.

Charles Milton Darling (BSPh 55, PhD 66) of Sammamish, Wash., June 11, 2021 Betty Price Donahoo (BAEd 59) of Huntsville, Ala., Nov. 20, 2021

WEDDINGS

Robert Henry Endt, USAF (Ret.) (BA 51, MS 52) of Ocean Springs, Aug. 7, 2021

Emily Elizabeth Buzby and Tyler Jacob Jump (MA 20), Dec. 12, 2021.

William Jackie Estes (BBA 59) of Madison, Dec. 24, 2021

Whitney Lauren Haley (BAccy 09) and Zachary Robert Kalb, Sept. 25, 2021.

Roberta Christine Anderson Fortenberry (BAEd 51) of Newburgh, Ind., Oct. 14, 2021 Charles Hill Foster Jr. (BA 51) of Vestavia, Ala., July 7, 2021

IN MEMORIAM

Donald Lee Gaines (55) of Brentwood, Tenn., Oct. 14, 2021

1940s

William Thomas Haywood Jr. (BBA 51) of Columbia, Tenn., Nov. 16, 2021

William Mitchell Bryson, USA (Ret.) (BBA 49) of Clinton, Oct. 2, 2021 Alex Dockery Dickson Jr. (BBA 49) of Charleston, S.C., Nov. 14, 2021 Martha Wrenn Dorroh (BA 49) of Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 24, 2021 John Henry Fox III (BA 49, LLB 51) of Clinton, Dec. 6, 2021 John Bower Goodson Jr. (46) of Cumming, Ga., Sept. 13, 2021 Mildred White Greear (BA 42) of Helen, Ga., Sept. 25, 2021 Marie Arceneaux Helms (BSC 44) of Bossier City, La., July 18, 2021 Mary Buntin Martin (BA 49) of Gulfport, Dec. 8, 2021

George McLaurin Hill (BBA 50) of Osprey, Fla., Nov. 9, 2021 Jere Richmond Hoar (MA 54) of Oxford, Oct. 2, 2021 James William Hunt (MEd 51, EdD 64) of Starkville, May 20, 2021 Hildegarde Kenneman Kale (MEd 50) of Kingfisher, Okla., Nov. 5, 2021 Laura Mobberly Lansford (BA 55) of Salisbury, N.C., Sept. 23, 2021 Logier Joseph LeBlanc (BSPh 56) of New Iberia, La., Oct. 11, 2021 Robert Leon Lollar (BBA 59) of Bedford, Texas, Dec. 9, 2021

Mary June Taylor Mosley (BAEd 46) of Brandon, Oct. 15, 2021

Talbot Green McCormick Jr. (BS 54, MedCert 55, MD 57) of Granbury, Texas, Nov. 8, 2021

James Harry Sasser Jr. (46) of Carthage, Dec. 22, 2021

Breed Oliver Mounger Jr. (BPA 59, LLB 62) of Tylertown, Oct. 22, 2021

Eleanor Jones Warren (BA 46) of Senatobia, Oct. 31, 2021

Ruby Jean Oakes Murphy (BAEd 51) of Granbury, Texas, Dec. 24, 2021

Thana Elizabeth Mullen White (44) of Madison, Oct. 6, 2021

Billy Frank Nicholas (BSGE 59, MS 66) of Oxford, Dec. 17, 2021 Carl Eugene Odom (BA 53) of Hattiesburg, Oct. 9, 2021

1950s

Margaret DeRouen Patton (MA 50) of Morehead, Ky., April 21, 2021

Kaye Davis Aikins (BAEd 53, MEd 55) of Chapel Hill, N.C., Dec. 13, 2021

Laura Lue Owens Reid (BA 59) of Blytheville, Ark., Oct. 21, 2021

Vaughn Samuel Alliston Jr. (BBA 56) of Cordova, Tenn., Oct. 1, 2021 Martha Kimbrough Barnwell (57) of Austin, Texas, Dec. 3, 2021 Burchfield Bullock (BSPh 51) of Bristol, Va., Nov. 11, 2021 Ilanette Huff Byrd (BSC 55) of Jackson, Tenn., Dec. 9, 2021

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Norma Neill Richards (MEd 58) of Madison, Oct. 9, 2021 Robert Haines Schwoebel (MA 54) of Swarthmore, Pa., Oct. 19, 2021 George Virgil Smith (MedCert 55, BS 55) of Greenwood, Dec. 18, 2021 William Park Wilkes (BA 57, MA 58, PhD 63) of Batesville, Dec. 1, 2021

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Alumni News

New Year’s Eve Bowl Bash FRIDAY, DEC. 31, AT THE SHERATON NEW ORLEANS HOTEL

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Alumni News

Pregame in the Big Easy SATURDAY, JAN. 1, AT THE CLAIBORNE VIP CLUB LOUNGE INSIDE CAESARS SUPERDOME

JOIN THE REBEL MUG CLUB $500 per member. Membership includes a commemorative beer mug for your home, 20-ounce draft beer for the price of a pint in McCormick’s and a tax-deductible donation to the University of Mississippi. The first 200 charter members will have their names placed on a plaque at McCormick’s.

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Joseph Lobue Jr. (BSPh 62) of Hammond, La., Nov. 30, 2021

James Eddie Barnes (BPA 60) of Fountain Valley, Calif., Oct. 1, 2021

Frank Joseph Malta (BBA 64) of Ocean Springs, Nov. 30, 2021

Martha Rushing Barrett (BSC 61) of Mendenhall, Nov. 6, 2021

Susan Griffin McBride (BS 68) of Baldwyn, Oct. 27, 2021

Elizabeth Hines Bloore (BAEd 61) of Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 8, 2021

Jimmy Lee McDonald (BBA 62) of Mobile, Ala., Nov. 24, 2021

Mary Dianne Carpenter Boyd (BA 65) of Fayetteville, Ark., Oct. 19, 2021

Anne Stallworth McKeown (BAEd 62) of Ridgeland, Oct. 15, 2021

Kenneth Baxter Brown (BSEE 68) of Raleigh, N.C., Nov. 14, 2021

Robert Louis McPhail Sr. (BSG 61, MS 63) of Marana, Ariz., Sept. 28, 2021

Pat Sharkey Burke (MD 67) of Clarksdale, Dec. 3, 2021

Joan Carolyn Polk Miller (BAEd 67, MEd 70) of Algoma, Oct. 29, 2021

Willetta Williams Cahill (BSN 64, MN 73) of Pinola, Nov. 25, 2021

Joseph James Mosakowski (MS 68) of Florence, Ala., Nov. 25, 2021

Terry Carol Carpenter (69) of Columbus, Oct. 4, 2021

Donnie Dean Riley (BBA 60, LLB 63) of Gulfport, Nov. 22, 2021

Mary Kay Kiamie Churchill (BSC 69) of Oxford, Dec. 30, 2021

Martha Cobb Roberts (BAEd 69) of Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 18, 2021

James Ellis Clegg Jr. (MD 63) of Santa Rosa, Calif., Dec. 8, 2021

Sara Ridgway Running (BBA 66) of Jackson, Oct. 17, 2021

Thomas Ley Cockrell (BAEd 65, JD 70) of Richmond, Va., Nov. 14, 2021

Edwin Charles Schmittschmitt (BBA 66, MA 71) of Hobe Sound, Fla., Nov. 10, 2021

George Mims Cox (MBEd 69) of Wewahitchka, Fla., Oct. 27, 2021

Richard Marvin Slaughter (BBA 65) of DeLand, Fla., Dec. 6, 2021

Michael James Curran II (68) of Madison, Nov. 13, 2021

Charles Bennett Smith (MD 69) of Montrose, Ala., Nov. 17, 2021

John Lewis Daniel (BS 61, MS 63) of Gallatin, Tenn., Nov. 7, 2021

Constantine Evangelos Sotiriou (MS 60) of Denver, Colo., Oct. 15, 2021

Lynton Sullivan Dilley (MEd 64) of Oxford, Nov. 24, 2021 Peter Elwood Dorsett (MD 65) of New Orleans, La., Oct. 28, 2021 Walter Carson Dunn Jr. (BBA 65) of Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 12, 2021 John Gilbert Earhart (MEd 62) of Columbus, April 19, 2021 Herbert John Fischer Jr. (BA 60) of Gamaliel, Ark., April 4, 2021 Jacob Davis Guice Jr. (68) of Saucier, Sept. 22, 2021

Robert Carter Nicholas Stockett Jr. (BBA 63) of Madison, Oct. 7, 2021 Charles Windell Stokes (BM 62) of McKinney, Texas, Nov. 28, 2021 James Burvon Sykes Jr. (BAEd 66) of Mendenhall, Nov. 30, 2021 James Burns Tucker (JD 66) of Jackson, Dec. 28, 2021 Edward Hilson Ward (PhD 63) of Milton, Fla., Oct. 5, 2021

Thomas Clower Harvey Jr. (BA 62, LLB 64) of Hendersonville, Tenn., Dec. 11, 2021

1970s

James Calvin Hefley (BBA 69) of Germantown, Tenn., Nov. 10, 2021

Robert Harlan Adkerson (BBA 73) of Kosciusko, Oct. 9, 2021

David Manning Henderson (BBA 63) of Marvell, Ark., Oct. 11, 2021

Raymond Michael Alexander (BSPh 76) of Hamilton, Ohio, Nov. 30, 2021

Lawrence Gene Hornsby (MD 60) of Spring, Texas, April 1, 2021 Shih-Siu Hsu (MS 65) of San Francisco, Calif., Aug. 4, 2021 Mary Helen Becker Jackson (BSN 65, MN 73) of Clinton, Dec. 4, 2021

Gordon Edward Baird (JD 72) of Oxford, Nov. 6, 2021 Brenda McElrath Barnett (MEd 77) of Batesville, Dec. 11, 2021

Barbara Brandon Kaiser (BAEd 62) of Natchez, Oct. 30, 2021

William Richard Benfield (MS 74, PhD 75) of Seattle, Wash., March 25, 2021

Margie Sue Key (MS 60) of De Kalb, Sept. 5, 2021

Doris Honnoll Brawner (MEd 76) of Oxford, Dec. 5, 2021

Matt Edwin Kyle Sr. (MCS 68) of Mullin, Texas, Aug. 18, 2021

Lori Purcell Burwell (BBA 77) of Virginia Beach, Va., Oct. 7, 2021

John Stuart Lassetter (MS 68) of Clinton, Oct. 8, 2021

Patricia Nelson Butner (MEd 77) of Ripley, Tenn., July 19, 2021

Joseph Lawson Latham (BBA 62) of Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 21, 2021

Tom Paul Calhoun III (JD 73) of Greenwood, Nov. 27, 2021

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Alumni News Sandra Ruth Conwill (MLS 73) of Nettleton, Dec. 12, 2021

Lula Allen Osson (BA 76) of Los Angeles, Calif., Sept. 26, 2021

Danella Conway Craig (BA 74, MCD 76) of Madison, Oct. 1, 2021

Donald Ray Pounds (BBA 75) of Olive Branch, Dec. 10, 2021

Ralph Maury Dean (BA 71, JD 78) of Oxford, Oct. 11, 2021

Tim Ray (BA 79) of West Fork, Ark., Oct. 12, 2021

Patricia Penn Harreld (BAEd 77) of Madison, Oct. 23, 2021

Jerry Bythel Read (JD 77) of Gulfport, Oct. 10, 2021

Frank Edward Hart Jr. (BBA 73) of Jackson, Oct. 9, 2021

Benjamin Howell Reese Jr. (MM 72) of Calhoun City, Oct. 24, 2021

Susan Wilson Hart (BAEd 75, MEd 76) of Baton Rouge, La., Oct. 6, 2021

Tommy Wayne Reid (BBA 79, BBA 81) of Coffeeville, Dec. 15, 2021

Jerry Paul Hatten (BAEd 72) of Brandon, Dec. 19, 2021

Lucy Lynn Robinson (MSS 77) of Oxford, Nov. 10, 2021

Robert Andrew Hayes Jr. (BA 77) of Wynne, Ark., Oct. 18, 2021

Marilyn Brasher Sartain (BSB 77, MBEd 79) of Lake Cormorant, Oct. 30, 2021

Amp Frank Hicks (BS 76) of Costa Mesa, Calif., Aug. 12, 2021

James Mitchell Savery III (BBA 78) of Saltillo, Oct. 6, 2021

Johnnie Coleman Johnson (MN 77) of Vicksburg, Oct. 19, 2021

Martha Jackson Sherrill (MEd 73) of Muscle Shoals, Ala., Oct. 9, 2021

Robert Glenn Livingston Jr. (BBA 71) of McKinney, Texas, July 14, 2021

Harry Leland Turner Jr. (MD 76) of Gulfport, Oct. 2, 2021

William Oliver Luckett Jr. (JD 73) of Clarksdale, Oct. 28, 2021 Nancy Martin Majure (BSN 79) of Ridgeland, Oct. 16, 2021 Judy Fancher McCreary (MEd 78) of Belmont, Nov. 25, 2021 Martin T. McDermott (BBA 79) of Naples, Fla., Oct. 18, 2021 Edmund Anderson Miller Jr. (MD 79) of West Point, Dec. 9, 2021 Earnest Gayle Mize (BPA 75, MCJ 81) of Oxford, Dec. 9, 2021 Harold Ray Mosby Jr. (BA 74) of Rolling Fork, Nov. 9, 2021

Thomas Liddell Turner (BBA 76) of Philadelphia, Nov. 19, 2021 John Benedict Vaccaro Jr. (BA 79) of Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 28, 2021 William Walter Watkins (MCS 71) of Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 20, 2021 Marvin Luther White Jr. (MSS 70, JD 77) of Jackson, Oct. 6, 2021

1980s James Merle Bowling (PhD 85) of Gilmer, Texas, Oct. 5, 2021

Robert William Mustin Jr. (BSHPE 72) of Oxford, Oct. 19, 2021

Linda Gordon Bradshaw (BAEd 88, MA 89) of Bartlett, Tenn., Nov. 19, 2021

Judy Lynn Nuckolls (BAEd 75, MHCA 79) of Bolivar, Tenn., Nov. 25, 2021

Barbara Wareham Bruening (BA 83) of Oxford, Dec. 10, 2021

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Alumni News Patricia Capwell Cannon (BA 82) of Bruce, Oct. 15, 2021

Susan Stribling Dehmer (BSW 03) of Oxford, Dec. 9, 2021

Harriet Lynch Cloyd (BS 83) of Breaux Bridge, La., Oct. 25, 2021

Jimmie Steven Jones (BA 00, MA 03) of Oxford, Dec. 26, 2021

Don Harvey Cummings (BSPh 80) of Natchez, Nov. 9, 2021

Stephen LeCornu Routh (MBA 09) of Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 26, 2021

Suzanne DeBardeleben Dunlap (BSW 80) of Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 26, 2021

Charles Edward Smith (BSCJ 08) of Oxford, Oct. 10, 2021

Pamela Nan Edwards (BAEd 86) of Bruce, Dec. 5, 2021

2010s

Maxine Kirk Ezell (BA 82) of Grenada, Dec. 10, 2020 Bennie Don Holder (BBA 82) of Corinth, Nov. 10, 2021 Johnny Daniel Holliday II (BBA 80) of Greenwood, Oct. 5, 2021 Richard Lynn Hughes (DMD 86) of Oliver Springs, Tenn., Oct. 4, 1963 Edward Joseph Lobb (JD 87) of Fort Worth, Texas, Nov. 8, 2021 Patricia Wanek Lorio (BSN 82) of Pascagoula, Nov. 11, 2021 Freddie Joe Nunn (85) of Phoenix, Ariz., Oct. 16, 2021 Mary Lusco Resta (BBA 81) of Madison, Oct. 12, 2021 Charles Patrick Simmons (BA 86) of Biloxi, Oct. 16, 2021

Tamri Rhoads Barnes (MEd 11) of New Site, Oct. 7, 2021 Zane O’Neil Colin (12) of Brandon, Dec. 18, 2021 Chelsea Jewel Heimann (BS 13) of New York, N.Y., Nov. 2, 2021 Harrison Steele Hopper (16) of Oxford, Dec. 17, 2021 Donald Mark MacKercher (BBA 12) of Oxford, Oct. 23, 2021 Patrick Callahan Pearson (BBA 11) of Houston, Nov. 8, 2021 Matthew Patrick Rankin (BSCJ 14) of Baton Rouge, La., Oct. 29, 2021 William Brady Simpson (BAEd 12) of Tupelo, Nov. 12, 2021 John Milburn Vanderslice Jr. (PhD 11) of Pachuta, Dec. 5, 2021 Alena Quinn Zimmer (BGS 18) of South Windsor, Conn., Sept. 11, 2020

1990s Mickie Miller Anglin (BBA 93) of Mount Olive, Dec. 27, 2021

STUDENTS

Sheila Rayford Caldwell (BSPh 92) of Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 26, 2021

Malcolm David McArthur of Madison, Nov. 18, 2021

John Christopher Gargiulo (JD 98) of Gulfport, Oct. 3, 2021 Samuel Sutherland Goza (JD 94) of Canton, Dec. 14, 2021

FACULTY, STAFF AND FRIENDS

Mablean King Grigsby (MEd 90) of Belden, Oct. 24, 2021

William Clair Baker of Oxford, Nov. 30, 2021

Kenyon Duane Gunn Jr. (BSPh 92) of Corinth, Dec. 20, 2021

Thomas Benjamin Blake of Hayneville, Ala., Jan. 13, 2021

Walter John Jung IV (91) of Baton Rouge, La., Dec. 8, 2021

James Pittman Cassidy of Marks, Nov. 7, 2021

Joseph Berry Kelly Jr. (BA 91, MD 96) of Columbus, Oct. 6, 2021

James Vincent Coniglio of Belden, Oct. 21, 2021

Sridhar Kosaraju (MS 94) of Round Rock, Texas, March 17, 2021

Thomas Dewey II of Oxford, Nov. 20, 2021

Elizabeth Lawton McGee (BSFCS 97) of Marietta, Ga., Nov. 11, 2021

Susan Dalton Dowdy of Greenville, Dec. 21, 2021

Brandon Shane Rose (BSES 96, MS 99) of Nesbit, Dec. 8, 2021

Madison Alexis Dubiski of Houston, Texas, Nov. 5, 2021

Ouida Wortham Schrader (BBA 97) of Southaven, Nov. 27, 2021

Charla Sue Duggins of Pascagoula, Nov. 8, 2021 Joe Lee Dunn of Columbus, Ga., Oct. 26, 2021

2000s

Nancy McKenzie Dupont of Oxford, Dec. 25, 2021

Vicky Sanders Abel (Cert 00) of Kosciusko, Dec. 4, 2021

William Otis Fitch of Holly Springs, Sept. 22, 2021

Anthony Shaun Bryan (BAccy 06) of Ripley, Nov. 2, 2021

Jennifer Borron Furla of Mission Hills, Kan., Nov. 8, 2021

Belynda Sue Bullard (BAEd 06) of Tishomingo, Oct. 14, 2021

Ilone Nix Green of Pascagoula, Dec. 29, 2021

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Teddie Frank Gwyn of Corinth, Oct. 24, 2021 Waverly Dean Hall of Visalia, Calif., Dec. 3, 2021 Robert Walter Ivy of Oxford, July 30, 2021 Lawrence Leroy Jefferies of Southaven, Oct. 18, 2021 Dorothy Walton Jenkins of Water Valley, Dec. 17, 2021 Lloyd Hodges McClusky of Ripley, Oct. 19, 2021 James E. Messer Sr. of Theodore, Ala., Oct. 6, 2021 Wayne Mills of Oxford, Dec. 20, 2021 Phyllis Westerfield Niedfeldt of Oxford, Oct. 31, 2021 Mary Sue Mills Pearson of Cleveland, Nov. 28, 2021 Marie Zuccaro Perkins of Natchez, Oct. 13, 2021 Sarah Beard Shorter of Madison, Ala., Dec. 3, 2021 Robert Garland Shull of Ridgely, Tenn., Nov. 10, 2021 Sophie Bartkiewicz Slovick of Lisle, Ill., June 30, 2021 Allie Matiland Smith of Pittsboro, N.C., Nov. 21, 2021 Luther Meeker Snavely Jr. of Lady Lake, Fla., Oct. 25, 2021

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le Miss alumna Pat Williams Stubbs (BSC 42) celebrated her 100th birthday on Dec. 4. She grew up in Williamsville (Philadelphia, Mississippi) working in the now famous Williams Brothers Store founded by her father, Brown Williams, and his brother, Amzie Williams (grandfather of Olivia Manning). Stubbs’ brother Brown Williams and her first cousin Cooper Williams both

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Left: Stubbs (seated in center) celebrated her 100th birthday with family in December. The campaign flier was from her school days at Ole Miss, where she was elected May Queen. At right: Stubbs with her cousin Olivia Manning. | Submitted photos

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