Impact Stories
Your Gift Causes an Effect that Reaches Far Beyond ӰƵ
At ӰƵ, what sets us apart is how we come together: to cause discoveries, achievements, sensations and breakthroughs that change the world. When you give through ӰƵ 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 ӰƵ 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 ӰƵ has an impact, no matter the size.
Read on to learn about the effect our generous donors have on our ӰƵ community and beyond.
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 ӰƵ 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 ӰƵ after graduation, but he wasn’t ready and his counselor encouraged him to start at the local community college before moving on to ӰƵ. 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 ӰƵ, 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 ӰƵ
Feb. 18, 2025
John Elliot, a 1970 ӰƵ graduate, and his wife, Fonda, have created The Elliot Scholars program at ӰƵ 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 ӰƵ.
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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 ӰƵ, 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 ӰƵ Trumbull.
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ӰƵ and Cleveland Clinic Enter Multiyear Partnership to Support Student-Athlete Health and Wellness
July 17, 2024
ӰƵ and Cleveland Clinic have announced a multiyear partnership in which Cleveland Clinic becomes the official healthcare provider for ӰƵ Athletics. Cleveland Clinic will serve as the medical services provider to support ӰƵ student-athlete…
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Saving Lives and Advocating for a Brighter Tomorrow
July 10, 2024
Advocacy is at the heart of the work Ken Ditlevson, ’95, M.Ed. ’98, does at ӰƵ as the director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning Plus (LGBTQ+) Center.
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ӰƵ Alumna D’Andra Mull, Ph.D., on Giving Back to the University that Gave So Much to Her
June 5, 2024
“Were it not for what I learned from a student affairs professional at ӰƵ, this journey would not be the path I’m on today.”
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