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teach essential practice skills and professional responsibility through a reflective clinical practice that provides high-quality representation to underserved clients. Our programs offer a wide range of clinical practice areas, from tax practicum to housing to child advocacy. student scholarships and faculty research to campus facilities and athletics. Campaign goals are focused on how the university builds leaders, empowers academic excellence, fuels research and innovation and creates economic opportunity. Learning experiences for its almost 22,000 students will be expanded, such as increasing existing capacities for undergraduates, graduate and law students to pursue research and developing more multidisciplinary academic and research centers. Through the Now & Ever campaign, the university will also secure more endowed faculty chairs and professorships to recruit and retain world-class professors. In order to fuel research and innovation, the campaign will enhance how the university applies scholarly work to develop practical solutions and improve lives. This will be accomplished through existing expertise resident in the Center for Diagnostics, Design, Devices and Biomechanics; Center for Insurance Transformation; Center for Air and Space Law; and the National Center for Natural Products Research — to name a few examples among many. Additionally, Now & Ever will spur economic opportunity by bringing students across disciplines together to solve real-life problems, create products and seed new businesses. Ultra-modern technology designed to meet tomorrow’s needs will accelerate the transfer of research and innovation to commercialization, growing prosperity through investment, job creation, partnerships and economic opportunities. Charlotte Parks, vice chancellor for development, called Now & Ever: The Campaign at Ole Miss a “monumental undertaking that is achievable because of generous alumni and friends, who recognize their investments will define the university’s future.” “Ole Miss’ first responsibility is to Mississippi as its flagship institution, but its influence spans far beyond the borders of this magnificent state,” Parks said. “We are committed to securing crucial resources to elevate the lives of our students, families and other citizens and the world.” Leading the campaign in the first year are co-chairs retired Major Gen. Leon Collins and Debra Collins, of Madison, and Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy, of Memphis, Tennessee. The four are supported by a 44-member Campaign Steering Committee of alumni and friends. In addition to the School of Law, fundraising priorities have been set by other Oxford campus academic units and Ole Miss Athletics. More information and online giving can be found at nowandever. olemiss.edu. To support the Law School in this campaign, contact Suzette Matthews, senior director of development, at suzette@olemiss. edu or 662-915-1122. The Center for Air and Space Law The only Air and Space Law LLM program in the nation serves the public good and the remote sensing and aerospace industry by addressing and conducting research, education and outreach activities related to the legal aspects of applying remote sensing and air and space technologies to human activities. “A campaign of this magnitude is ambitious, but we do not shy away from lofty goals,” Chancellor Glenn Boyce said. “Gifts to this campaign will help us provide more exceptional academic offerings, experiences and opportunities so that our students can pursue their passions and reach their fullest potential in order to build fulfilling lives and successful careers.” Now & Ever is securing philanthropic support to advance and grow a number of areas and efforts across the university from 36