A New Look

OXFORD, Miss. - Taking a page from Rebel athletics history, the Ole Miss Loyalty Foundation is announcing a new look and a new name: the UMAA Foundation. The change comes as the organization rapidly approaches its football membership deadline on Wednesday and the excitement of the 2006 season.
Further information on the UMAA Foundation and its membership is available at www.umaafoundation.com or by calling 662-915-7159.
"We felt we needed to make a change for name recognition," said George Smith, Executive Director of the UMAA Foundation. "The name UMAA is synonymous with Ole Miss athletics of the past. The new name is also similar to what our fellow SEC schools are calling their fund-raising departments."
In addition, the UMAA Foundation is now a private organization, ensuring the privacy of its members and their contributions to Rebel athletics.
The mission of the UMAA Foundation is to aid the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics at The University of Mississippi. Such assistance takes the form of providing scholarships for student-athletes, funding for necessary facility improvements, supplements to coaches' salaries, and by supporting the department in many other ways necessary to have an outstanding athletics program.
A non-profit corporation, the UMAA Foundation also holds the rights to priority seating for Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, C.M. Tad Smith Coliseum, and soon, Oxford-University Stadium/ Swayze Field. Reserved parking and other benefits are also available to the agency's over 6,000 members.
The organization was founded on July 1, 1969 to provide supplementary income for use by the Rebel Athletics Department. Through this medium, alumni and friends of the Ole Miss can contribute to the department to aid in financing the high costs of educating student-athletes and improving facilities.
UMAA Foundation membership is open to all interested persons, and all donations are tax deductible.