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Our Priorities
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Making Better Leaders
Better Leaders Make for a Better City
For more than 130 years, MUS has provided Mid-South boys with unparalleled opportunities to develop intellectually, morally, socially, artistically, and physically, becoming leaders well-equipped to turn great ideas into action. Every year, over 600 boys join a premier school community centered on the Honor Code and Community Creed that gives them a sense of belonging within a fellowship of common purpose. Close to 500 Memphis-area alumni are corporate officers or owners of local companies, and local alumni hold nearly 600 nonprofit board seats.
Our Strategic Plan demands both allegiance and action in its very name: Legacy Forward.
Our Two Goals
We have two strategic priorities: Build a Bright Future and Sustain the Mission. Accomplishing these two goals will further the MUS mission of providing the best college-preparatory and character-building education for Mid-South boys while developing visionary leaders for communities near and far.
Through the campaign’s ambitious goals, we will transform our campus and strengthen our endowment.
Through the campaign’s ambitious goals, we will transform our campus and strengthen our endowment.
- By replacing or enhancing 40- to 60-year-old buildings, we will create a more dynamic campus that rises to the level of our superb faculty, facilities designed to support vibrant and collaborative learning experiences for generations to come.
- By strengthening our financial sustainability and providing financial assistance through the endowment, we will stay affordable in the Mid-South market and secure the future for every mission-appropriate student interested in the transformative MUS education. We will expand internship and leadership opportunities, providing hands-on learning experiences that connect boys – and the school – to the professional and philanthropic community beyond our gates. Through Bold Vision Bright Future, we have the opportunity to participate in the school’s most enduring attribute: A striving for excellence in all things.
Building a Bright Future
Transformational capital projects create dynamic academic, arts, athletic, and communal spaces where Owls can experience new opportunities and achieve even greater success. We need more room to learn, grow, train, and compete.
Sustaining the Mission
Growing the endowment will safeguard our school's financial future and promote institutional agility, strengthening every aspect of our school life and balancing present and future needs.
Community Creed
When Ben Adams '01 and Harrison Ford '01 anticipated that 2001 campus construction might lesson the connection alumni have to their beloved school, they joined with other students and faculty to identify the timeless principles that define the MUS experience. Adopted by the Class of 2001, the tenets of their Community Creed are interwoven into every aspect of MUS.
Educated in an atmosphere that not only prepares boys for college but also cultivates leadership, character, and service, these students were empowered to put their thoughts into action. Their efforts are not unusual for Owls. Generations of students have made their mark at 6191 Park Avenue and gone on to transform their industries, professions, and communities.
Memphis would be a far different place without MUS and the 60% of its alumni who return to enhance the city. Owl influence is evident throughout Mid-South - just look at FedEx and AutoZone, the city's medical, financial, and legal professions. Witness the renaissance of Downtown, Midtown, the Snuff District, the Poplar Corridor, and more. In the Memphis region, the country, and around the globe, alumni and the companies they have led employ hundreds of thousands and underwrite philanthropic endeavors in community service, education, and the arts.
See our Community Impact Report.
Educated in an atmosphere that not only prepares boys for college but also cultivates leadership, character, and service, these students were empowered to put their thoughts into action. Their efforts are not unusual for Owls. Generations of students have made their mark at 6191 Park Avenue and gone on to transform their industries, professions, and communities.
Memphis would be a far different place without MUS and the 60% of its alumni who return to enhance the city. Owl influence is evident throughout Mid-South - just look at FedEx and AutoZone, the city's medical, financial, and legal professions. Witness the renaissance of Downtown, Midtown, the Snuff District, the Poplar Corridor, and more. In the Memphis region, the country, and around the globe, alumni and the companies they have led employ hundreds of thousands and underwrite philanthropic endeavors in community service, education, and the arts.
See our Community Impact Report.
Living up to Our History
Reigniting the flame following The Great Depression, Col. Ross Lynn and other visionaries dreamed dreams, gathered supporters, and planned a new MUS based on the founding principles and built on philanthropy. Initiating a top-notch curriculum and a culture based on excellence and honor, these trailblazers created a school - on 94 acres of pastureland - that has set the educational standard for boys in the Mid-South to this day. And if, as Emerson suggested in Self-Reliance, "An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man," then perhaps MUS still looks a good bit like the Colonel.
With deep gratitude, we acknowledge the innumerable contributions of generations of insightful leaders, teachers, parents, and alumni who have put their ideas, hard work, and resources into the school we know today - an incubator turning boys into men who enhance the world around them.
We recognize our responsibility to live up to our history of strong leadership and wise stewardship so the next generation can look back with the same appreciation.
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