Giving
Empowering the next generation.
Fueling Innovation and Creativity
Your support can strengthen the work of the College of Liberal Arts to prepare students for meaningful lives, increase our ability to attract and support outstanding faculty and students, fuel more innovative research, inspire creative achievements, modernize our facilities, and create access to education for all.
Private investment will help the CLA ensure that all students thrive as they begin their journey at UM. Our growth and success are critical benchmarks for the health of the university, and, by partnering with us, you can make an important difference in this effort.
Fundraising Priorities
Undergraduate Students
The College provides emergency scholarship assistance to undergraduate students. We also manage offices and programs that support student success and post-graduate preparation, such as the Health Professions Advising Office, Pre-Law Advising Office, FASTrack Learning Community (for freshmen), Grove Scholars (for Mississippi STEM students), and the Writing and Speaking Centers.
Graduate Students
CLA graduate programs boost faculty research and creative accomplishments and further our university's national status. These programs open more advanced career fields to the next generation. Private support for our graduate stipends help attract top applicants.
Faculty
Dedicated faculty share their knowledge with students and fuel a love of learning. They ignite a passion for making a difference while educating students for meaningful leadership in their work and lives. Private support can help us recruit and retain outstanding faculty.
Facilities
Spaces in which faculty teach and research/create, students learn and explore, and groups collaborate are essential foundations for excellence. The CLA is located in 33 different buildings with more than 100 teaching spaces, some of which need re-imagined, refreshed designs and new technology to propel student success.
Access and Strategic Initiatives
As the flagship liberal arts university in the state of Mississippi, we have a deep responsibility to effectively educate and train a diverse group of leaders and lifelong learners. We must give them the skills necessary to drive innovative problem-solving in Mississippi communities, the nation and the world. With private support, we can create a vibrant environment of learning and discovery where students, faculty and staff are supported and can expect respect and a sense of belonging as they pursue their best work.
CLA Development Team
Delia Childers
- Senior Director of Development
Caroline Hourin
- Director of Development
Rhodes Morgan
- Development Associate
CLA Individual Donors
Stephanie G. and Richard R. Barrett
Renata E. Bluhm
Anurekha and Punit Chadha
Linda L. and Dean Copeland
Susan W. and Jerry B. Cowgill
James H. Creekmore & Meredith W. Creekmore
Misty Shaw-Feder and Ronald M. Feder
Wendy J. Garrison
Bettie Y. Graham
Reba M. Greer
Ann S. Hardy
Cecile B. and Robert H. Harper
Ann W. and Jimmy Hunt
Larry K. Johnson
Cheryl and Bob Kellermann
Steven B. King
Grace Lawson and David Lawson
Stewart M. Madison
Helen G. Overstreet
Scarlotte M. and Crymes G. Pittman
Renvy G. Pittman
Marvin S. Rosen
Mary Louise Rosenbush
Judith K. and W. H. Searight III
Debra L. and Alan L. Spurgeon
Nancye B. Starnes and David Hughes
Robert S. Summers
Hope C. and Matthew B. Wesson
M. Amanda and Edward R. Wilson, Jr.
Marsha D. and Haley R. Barbour
Frank W. Bishop III
Graham G. Boyd
Xiomara and Brad Brewster
Virginia F. and James G. Brooks
Ruth U. Fertel Foundation
Lee Anne and William N. Fry IV
Alexis L. and T. Wynn Giles
Teresa and Lance Hirsh
Michelle and J. David Hobbs
Cathy and Jay U. Howington
Meredith and Scott Keating
Scott R. King
Carol and P. Ken Lackey, Jr.
Susan and David Marcinek
Karen C. Matthews
Michelle S. and S. K. Morgan, Jr.
J. Byron Morris
The Indigo Road
Kathryn S. and Andrew P. Prosser
Trinity T. and Bradley O. Roberts
Joann S. and R. P. Scruggs III
Sara M. Shoemaker
Shirley and Harry D. Simmons, Jr.
Risa P. and Sumner S. Spradling
Gabriella and Marshall St. Amant
Richard Stazzone
Adrianne and Todd D. Tillmanns
Polly F. and Parham Williams, Jr.
Melinda C. and Benjamin Yarbrough
Charlotte A. Baine (in Memoriam)
James E. Baine
Susan E. Bostick
Lissa L. and Adam H. Broome
Amanda B. and James R. Carr
Dana D. and Adrian W. Cartier
Elizabeth and Grant Clark
Martha Derbyshire and Adam Derbyshire
Lara M. and Vance P. Derryberry
Sara Hart and Gordon W. Fellows
Carol H. and William T. Gafford
Caren L. and Tom T. Gallaher
Dorris S. and William E. Gulley
Leah K. and Gary G. Lawson
Laura LeBel
Laurance Lee
Deborah F. McAbee (in Memoriam)
Diane W. and Steven G. McKinney
L. Madison Michael II
Amy and Thomas C. Norton
Arnita and Tim Ozgener
Elizabeth A. Payne and Kenneth A. Rutherford
Hilda C. and John K. Povall
Floyd E. Pruden, Jr. (in Memoriam)
Rebecca Purvis
David Raspet
Michael Rawdon
Marc Rosen
Peter Roy
Catherine C. and Taylor M. Sledge, Jr.
Jenny and Jamie Smith
Jeanne and Gerald Spedale
Pardis and Frank Stitt
Jessica and Michael Sznapstajler
Virginia N. and J. C. Taylor
Eleanor A. Gill and Pete R. Thomas II
Ashley Valentine
Rhondalynne and Bruce E. Ware
Patricia C. White
Noell and Gary M. Wilson
Norma S. Bourdeaux
Charles A. Brown
Elizabeth M. and L. M. Brunt
Mike L. Edmonds
Nancy C. Garrison
Chern J. and John C. Hsu
Kathryn W. and Terence M. Hynes
Martha Johnston
Jennifer and Glen Jones
Gloria Kellum
Lenell Kittlitz
Mrs. Merrill Klapthor
Pamela B. and William F. Lawhead
Thomas L. Lee
Robert C. Long
Charles R. McMurchy
Christopher A. Noone
Michelle M. and Richard E. Olson
Barbara S. and S. Milburn Price, Jr.
Oscar Price
Kimberly S. and Peter Robertson
Bill St. John
William Thomas
Kathryn L. Wiener
Ann J. Abadie (in Memoriam)
H. Dale Abadie
James M. Achord
Ann and Lex Alexander
Mary A. and Timothy J. Alford
Deborah D. and Steven D. Ammann
Trevor Anderson
Beth P. Bartlett
Beverly Bartow
Courtney A. and Michael Benedict
Allyson M. and Robert B. Best
Diane G. and Ed J. Birkenstock
Ananda K. Bollu
Demetria T. and William R. Bouchillon
Leigh H. and Billy M. Bounds
Stacy D. Bruton
Kaye H. Bryant
James C. Cantrell
Carolyn M. Carothers
Ashley Christensen
Charles C. Church
Thomas J. Cobb
Kathryn C. and William D. Coleman
Margo Cooper
Barbara H. and Mike J. Daush
Wallace E. Davenport
Douglas R. Davis
Megan E. Davis
Janie and Dennis E. Dollar
Caroline Donelan
Joseph P. Donelan III
Ouida C. and W. W. Drinkwater, Jr.
Susan K. and Maurice R. Eftink
Valerie and Eron H. Epstein
Judith C. and Charles H. Ferguson, Jr.
Wayne Ferguson
Marcie C. and William R. Ferris, Jr.
Rien T. Fertel
Ronald M. Frith
Dana L. George
Staci and Scott R. Gill
Sarah D. Gillespie
Debra A. and John J. Gilluly
Janice M. and Chellis O. Gregory
Stephen L. Guyton
Alice L. Hammond
Susan Sadler Hayman
Jackie and John S. Hicks
Sarah and Tim Hicks
Sarah L. and Guy L. Hovis, Jr.
Dorothy M. and Thomas S. Howorth
Susan S. and John N. Hudson
Elizabeth and D. Holden Hummel
Jolee C. and Charles L. Hussey
Harriet L. and Joel R. Jones
Katy and Joe Kindred
Amanda B. and Jason Landry
Mary B. Lasseter
James L. Lindsey
Lori L. and T. Bruce Longest, Jr.
Kelly B. and Samuel H. Love
Linda D. and Alexander MacCormack
Susan Marquis
Margaret E. McGuire
Ellen and E. Patrick McIntyre, Jr.
Carolyn H. and David L. McMillin
Janet Miller
Michael B. Mitchell
Elizabeth Ann and Hugh M. Monteith IV
Karen C. and Robert S. Montjoy
C. Sue Moore
Nancy W. Murrill
Linda K. Myers
Lucile M. McCook and Clifford A. Ochs
Joseph F. Odom
Walterine P. and Cecil D. Odom
Gregory Otte
Mary Ownby
Ted M. Ownby
Scott Parris
William E. Pegues III
K. Gail Russell and Ken Potish
Virginia Rankin
Diana W. and John B. Read III
Linda F. and Michael E. Riley
Halle Scaturo
Beverly C. and J. Gorman Schaffer, Jr.
Susan P. and David C. Shaw
Patti and Scott Simpson
Frances P. Smith
Rebekah E. Smith
Patricia H. and John B. Sneed II
Jerry D. Strickland II
Forrest W. Stringfellow
Dax Swatek
Laura H. and Samuel R. Thomas
Kristin and Eric Thompson
Emily J. and Gregory S. Tschumper
Mary Ellen B. and Robert L. Warner, Jr.
Monica and James A. Washington
Jenny L. and Dennis E. Watts
Marylyn N. and Edwin N. Williams
Melissa and M. B. Williams
Jacob H. Williamson
Marie L. Antoon and Charles R. Wilson
Brooke B. and Michael D. Worthy
Jiao Yu
Margaret Achatz
Shelley B. and Benjamin F. Adams III
Janet L. and Fritz Anderson
Mimi Arnold and Robert M. Arnold
Linda Arrington
S. Jennifer Sugarman and Konrad J. Banaszak
Robert D. Barnes
Susan H. and Brett R. Bartlett
Mary Celeste Beall
Heather Boggess and Ian Woodbury
Suzanne and Anthony J. Breckner
Sharm E. Buras and Jonathan J. Gisclair
Sara J. and Thomas R. Burke
Daniel K. Carpenter
F. Cade and Jason M. Clurman
Jason J. Cobb
Beverly J. and Kevin N. Cole
Marcia S. and Donald R. Cole
J. Richard Cox, Jr.
Dianne and Mark H. Craig
Virginia M. and Campbell P. Craig
Catherine B. and William L. Crews
Jennifer and James M. Cross
Lucy P. and Eskridge V. Culver
Donald H. deVeer
Shawna R. Dooley
Priscilla and Joe D. Dowdy, Jr.
Cliff Eames
Richard Estrin
James M. Ewing, Jr. (In Memoriam)
Julie T. and Henry R. Fanton
Michelle C. and David W. Fiedler
Martha and Paul Fogleman
Teresa O. and Roy C. Fox
Martha Ann Franco
Sherrie D. and Adam S. Gussow
Paige Gutierrez and Gerald Blessey
Susan S. and John R. Guyton
Dorothy S. and Charles B. Hargrove
Robert C. Hazelrigg
J. Coleman Howard
Susan Hunt
Bruce Iglauer
Lynnie Jefferson
K. A. and William T. Johnsen
Jay A. Johnson
Stephanie Kemp
George Klein
Leila B. and Samuel M. Lane
Lynn and George H. Leggett III
Connie L. Lester
Marcy Loomis
Kristen S. and Nathaniel G. MacAdams
Lauch M. Magruder, Jr.
Suzanne M. McDonald (In Memoriam)
Kristina and Tom Montague
Catherine W. and Rance Moring
Angela D. and Johnny B. Mosier
Claire C. and William P. Moss III
Dianna and Timothy Nieman
James S. Osborne, Jr.
Ronald D. Nurnberg and Joe Osgoode
Rose L. and Henry Paris
Karen Parker
Iona C. and Kenneth P. Parks USN (Ret)
Julia R. and Rush A. Peace, Sr.
Natasha and Steve Prakope
Keat D. Pruszenski
Regina Purnell-Adams
Edward J. Quigley
Kathy S. and Lee W. Randall
Carlton Reeves
Patricia B. and William L. Reeves
John H. Rice
Kevin Roberson
Kerri and John Rowe
Turkessa M. Rudder
Rosa C. and Michael P. Ryan
Carol C. Satterfield
Ellen F. and Marc H. Schneidau
Meredith and Gavin S. Scruggs
Cristy and John Seibel
Melvin H. Seid
Donna W. and Donald S. Smith
Mary Catherine L. and David O. Smith
Kathleen Sprague
Katelyn A. and Joshua L. Triplette
Diana and Mark Van Leuven
Michael L. Vicars
William D. Waff
Keren E. and David K. Wells
Tina Marie W. and Geoffrey J. White
Blake Wilbanks
Veronica D. and David D. Wilson
Marvin D. Woody
Corporate or Organizational Donors
James H. Creekmore & Meredith W. Creekmore Fund
The Kite Foundation
Laughing Gull Foundation
Lodge Cast Iron
Maker's Mark
Paul and Sherry Broadhead Foundation
Robert H. and Cecile B. Harper Charitable Fund
Walmart Foundation
Ed Uihlein Family Foundation
Visit Raleigh
HQ Trane Technologies
Illinois Tool Works
National Philanthropic Trust
R&B Feder Foundation
Virginia Wine Board
Ruth U. Fertel Foundation
Simmons Farm Raised Catfish, Inc.
The Michelle and David Hobbs Foundation
Indigo Road
ExxonMobil Foundation
Kappa Alpha Order
Self Foundation
The Grey Restaurant, LLC
The Rice Bluff Charitable Fund
GBU Life
HSU Charitable Foundation
Johnson & Johnson Foundation c/o Cybergrants
Mississippi Bankers Association
Neighborhood Realty LLC
Visit Oxford
State Farm Companies Foundation
The Clorox Company c/o Benevity
The Lyric Oxford, LLC
Community Bank
The Alton & Mary Cobb Charitable Fund
The Linda K. Myers Charitable Fund
The Marshall Fund
The Newtmont Foundation
Wellspring Fund
Fritz And Janet Anderson Donor Advised Fund
Gavin And Meredith Scruggs Charitable Fund
L. Thomas & Kristina M. Montague Fund
McDonald Family Charitable Fund
Roberson Family Fund
Schneidau Family Charitable Fund
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society
Susan & John Guyton Gift Fund
US District Court
Virtus Investment Partners Charitable Gift Fund
Zingerman’s Community of Businesses