Generosity
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UNCG Nursing scholarship makes critical care possible
Caring for critically ill COVID-19 patients as an ICU nurse opened Cynthia Jones’s eyes to the health inequalities experienced by our most vulnerable populations. What she witnessed sparked her desire to attend UNCG to become a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA). “CRNAs play a crucial role in enabling facilities in … Continued
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Scholarship helped Katherine Lopez Aguilar find the American Dream
When she was ten years old, Katherine Lopez Aguilar and her family moved to the United States to seek the American Dream. The Fall 2022 Bryan School graduate and Hannah Steele Brownell Scholarship recipient’s parents were business owners in their home country, Honduras, and at a very young age, she … Continued
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Alumna ‘lightens the load’ for students and honors her mother
Phaedra J. Grove ’92, ’95 MPA credits her mother, Pecolia J. Grove, with changing the trajectory of her family in just one generation. The oldest of 11 children whose parents were sharecroppers, Pecolia knew education was a priority, but so was contributing financially to her family’s household. Pecolia had no … Continued
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For School of Education, gifts ‘push the envelope’
From alumna Carrie Perkins Davis, Class of 1914, running a bookmobile for local children in her Eastern North Carolina hometown, to three generations of UNCG School of Education graduates in the family, to creating multiple funds supporting faculty and students, Carrie’s family has had a generational history of enhancing the … Continued
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Oakley Family Reception Room
A gift from Betsy and Mitchell Oakley has made possible the renovation of the Alumni House’s large reception room. The University, with a unanimous vote of the Board of Trustees, announced its new name: “Oakley Family Reception Room.” Betsy S. Oakley ’69, who chairs the Board of Trustees and the … Continued
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Honor and inspire: Inspirational Educators endowment
Teaching makes a profound impact, and that carries on to inspire future generations who will influence a whole new set of students. The Inspirational Educators endowment celebrates this impact and pays it forward. A gift of $1,000 honors a remarkable educator – whether pre-K, middle school, high school, or elsewhere … Continued