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DBJ
publisher named to Ole Miss Foundation Board
Coopwood to help business-based scholarship
push
Scott
Coopwood of Cleveland is helping the University of Mississippi
work with businesses to raise money for scholarships.
Appointed by Chancellor Robert Khayat, the 1984 UM grad
is volunteer co-chair of the new business-based giving initiative
for the Ole Miss First scholarship program, which seeks
to provide finances to support a UM education for every
deserving student.
Khayat said Coopwood “is one of Mississippi’s
brightest young entrepreneurs and will be a tremendous asset”
to the campaign.
“We are so pleased that Scott has joined the university
in this important initiative,” Khayat said.
Coopwood is owner and publisher of The Delta Business Journal.
He also owns Coopwood Communications, an advertising, marketing
and public relations firm, as well as Cypress Web Design,
an Internet design and site-hosting company. All the businesses
are based in Cleveland.
“It’s an honor for me to be called upon to give
back to the university in such a unique way. Lending my
time and experience is the least that I can do,” he
said.
The business-based campaign also involves the UM School
of Business Administration.
Dean Michael Harvey described the Ole Miss First scholarship
program as “a form of economic development.”
“By providing deserving students with a strong scholarship
package, we keep them in Mississippi and ensure a more prosperous
future for Mississippi,” Harvey said.
As DBJ publisher, Coopwood has an obvious interest in the
economic future of the Mississippi Delta, the dean said:
“He has his finger on the pulse of the Mississippi
business community, and that allows us to tailor our new
business-based initiative efforts to local business owners.”
Ole Miss First scholarship applicants will be considered
based on academic excellence, leadership and need. Khayat
launched the program to support one of the university’s
most critical needs, scholarships.
For more information about the Ole Miss First campaign,
contact the University of Mississippi Foundation at 662-915-6625
or visit the Web site at www.omfirst.olemiss.edu.
For general scholarship information, UM’s Office of
Financial Aid can be reached at 662-915-7174, by e-mail
at finaid@olemiss.edu or on the Internet at www.olemiss.edu.
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