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Thank you for your generous support. While this project has ended you can still support this campaign by visiting https://umfoundation.com/ignite.
Thank you all for giving so generously to the Technology Support Fund for the Veterans Resource Center. Your gifts have allowed us to reach 10% of our goal of $10,000. Today, on #GivingTuesday, an annual day of giving around the world, we have an opportunity to bring more attention to this project! Please consider lending your voice to this vital fundraising effort today – on #GivingTuesday – by sharing this page on social media and with your family and friends. Together, we can encourage others to support student veterans by giving to the Veterans Resource Center! Hotty Toddy!
The Student Veterans Association at the University of Mississippi was founded more than 100 years ago in 1920 to help integrate returning World War I veterans into the community. Veterans of every American war since then have been welcomed home at Ole Miss.
Armistice Day was celebrated on Nov. 11 every year to commemorate the end of World War I. However, in 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower established Nov. 11 as a day to celebrate veterans of all wars and peacetime service. Honor our student veterans with a gift of $54!
The George Street House, the home for the Office of Veteran and Military Services and the Student Veterans Association at Ole Miss, was built 111 years ago as a residence for the dean of the law school. Over the years, it housed sororities, faculty groups and the offices for a revolving door of departments. Named for a former university administrator, the house finally was re-dedicated to our student veterans last year.
Five years ago, the University of Mississippi was named a Purple Heart University by the Military Order of the Purple Heart for its dedication to serving the needs of veterans. The Purple Heart was first awarded 239 years ago in 1782 by George Washington. The George Street House is a symbol of the university's commitment to our student veterans. Support them today with a gift!
More than 1,300 military veterans currently study at the University of Mississippi and are served by the Office of Veteran and Military Services. Show your support for all of them with your gift!