Impact Stories
Your Gift Causes an Effect that Reaches Far Beyond Ģý
At Ģý, what sets us apart is how we come together: to cause discoveries, achievements, sensations and breakthroughs that change the world. When you give through Ģý to an area that matters personally to you, your support becomes a long-term investment in curing diseases, advancing sustainable technologies, enriching vibrant arts communities and ensuring the future of a skilled workforce ready to impact society.
Gifts made through Ģý support scholarships and programs that allow students to pursue their dreams and enter careers that shape our world. With more than 1,100 donor-funded scholarships and programs supported each year, every gift causes an effect – for both the donor and the recipient.
Donors choose exactly where they want their contributions to go. Each and every gift made through Ģý has an impact, no matter the size.
Read on to learn about the effect our generous donors have on our Ģý community and beyond.
Legacies Change Lives: Marissa Baker
May 9, 2025
The compassion, empathy and care nurses showed Marissa Baker when her mother suddenly passed led her to pursue a career in nursing.“The nurses helped me immensely during the hardest time in my life, and I will never forget the way they cared for me,” Marissa said. “I knew I…
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Ģý Flashes Give Back Week: Serving Communities, Supporting Students and Showing Gratitude
April 30, 2025
From April 21-26, Golden Flashes came together in remarkable ways to make an impact during Flashes Give Back Week, a weeklong initiative celebrating all the ways Flashes give back.Join InAlumni and friends volunteered where it mattered most - at Ģý and in…
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Opening Doors for Future Nurses
April 11, 2025
When Phillip R. Ridgley thought back on his career and considered how he could help the next generation of medical professionals, he decided he wanted to open doors for Ģý students pursuing a career in nursing. He decided to start an endowment so that he could continue…
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Helping Others Realize Their Potential
April 11, 2025
When Terrence J. “Chip” Bahn, ’75, M.Ed. ’77, Ed.D., was a high school senior he wanted to attend Ģý after graduation, but he wasn’t ready and his counselor encouraged him to start at the local community college before moving on to Ģý. This experience…
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‘We were supposed to look like Betty Grable and play ball like Joe DiMaggio’
March 27, 2025
“We were supposed to look like Betty Grable and play ball like Joe DiMaggio.”
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Silas Ashley ’74
Feb. 28, 2025
Silas Ashley, ’74, was told by his high school guidance counselor that he “was not college material," but after applying and being accepted to Ģý, Silas immersed himself in student life. He was a senator in Undergraduate Student Government and became the president of…
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John and Fonda Elliot Create New Scholarship Program With $1 Million Gift to Ģý
Feb. 18, 2025
John Elliot, a 1970 Ģý graduate, and his wife, Fonda, have created The Elliot Scholars program at Ģý with a $1 million donation. This new scholarship program will provide support to first-generation students of any major who require financial support…
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John and Fonda Elliot Receive Honorary Degrees for Their Extraordinary Contributions
Jan. 6, 2025
On Saturday, Dec. 14, both John and Fonda received their Doctor of Humane Letters in recognition of their extraordinary contributions to the healthcare field and to Ģý.
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Professor Gives Back By Supporting Students In Need
Nov. 13, 2024
This Giving Tuesday season, Daniel E. Palmer, Ph.D., associate professor of philosophy at Ģý, has pledged a matching gift for the Trumbull Campus Last Dollar Scholarship as a symbol of his appreciation for the people who work and study at Ģý Trumbull.
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Ģý and Cleveland Clinic Enter Multiyear Partnership to Support Student-Athlete Health and Wellness
July 17, 2024
Ģý and Cleveland Clinic have announced a multiyear partnership in which Cleveland Clinic becomes the official healthcare provider for Ģý Athletics. Cleveland Clinic will serve as the medical services provider to support Ģý student-athlete…
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