Alumni News
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UNCG Alumna Creates Legacy Through Scholarships
The Class of 1958/Gail Hennis Scholarship Fund, established in 1996, and the Rosemary McGee Scholarship Endowment, established in 1999. Bobbi’s lifetime and estate giving to these scholarship funds exceeds $2.25 million.
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Penny Family Fund Supports Faculty Research
Faculty at UNCG’s School of Health and Human Sciences (HHS) will receive additional support for research thanks to a planned gift from Judy Penny ’70, ’74 MA, ’89 PhD. The gift will establish the Penny Family Faculty First Endowment and advance HHS faculty research.
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Melinda Hamrick ’69
Hamrick did so by establishing a charitable gift annuity with her alma mater. The Melinda Hamrick ’69 Graduate Award in the Joint Master’s Degree in Social Work Program will support graduate students accepted into UNCG’s and NC A&T’s Joint Master in Social Work Program who hope to pursue careers in public social services.
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Charles and Lois Lee ’65
The Helen Canaday Scholarship supports undergraduate students pursuing careers in human development and family studies. Thus far, 21 students have received it. In 2015, Charles and Lois Lee named the Helen Canaday Scholarship as a beneficiary in their will, and in 2018, they established a charitable gift annuity to provide additional support.
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Elizabeth Rosenthal ’27
Elizabeth established the Joe Rosenthal Professorship herself, endowing it over the last five years of her life. After her death in 1971, the Wayne Foundation used funds from Elizabeth’s bequest to establish the Elizabeth Rosenthal Professorship in her honor.
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Barbara Wike ’80
In 2018, she established the Barbara J. Wike Scholarship for Non-Traditional Students in the School of Health and Human Sciences. This will bequest, designated for non-traditional students pursuing any School of Health and Human Sciences major, will create a lasting impact by supporting this growing sector of our undergraduate population.
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Dr. Celia Hooper, M.A. ’74
I give to UNCG because of the impact my gifts have on this campus. Each and every day I see the wide-ranging benefits that donors’ gifts provide to our university. I encourage others to join with me in supporting UNCG through a planned gift.