Entrepreneurs Sherry and Tony Barretta recognize education as the key to their career success. They established the Sherry and Tony Barretta Scholarship Endowment to honor the memory of Sherry’s mother, Vernie L. Kling, for her lifelong commitment to education and for making the sacrifices necessary for Sherry and her sister, Vickie Kling Thompson ’66, to obtain degrees from UNCG.
Greensboro native James Dutton loved volleyball, playing competitively well into his sixties. As he decided how to make an impact as part of UNC Greensboro’s Light the Way campaign, his strategy was simple: invest in the future success of UNCG Women’s Volleyball. His $2.2 million planned gift this fall, coupled with a… Continue reading…
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, much of which is conducted in partnership with community members and stakeholders.
With two degrees in history – a bachelor’s from Woman’s College and a master’s from UNC Greensboro – Gayle Hicks Fripp ’63, ’69 MA became one of the most impactful historians in Guilford County.
Now, her impact in the field is assured for perpetuity.
The Hodges family has been a great supporter of UNCG’s University Libraries for many decades. Now, Luther Hodges Jr. further supports UNCG’s Light the Way campaign with a new gift of $750,000, bringing his total giving in this campaign to $1 million.
UNC Greensboro Board of Trustees member Margaret Benjamin ’01 MA and her husband Bill Benjamin are lifelong advocates for the essential role of museums in communities. That is why they are making a real-world impact through their Light the Way: The Campaign for Earned Achievement gift to the Weatherspoon Art Museum.
Deborah Tunstall Tippett ’73, ’81 MS, ’91 PhD has established the Ann Satterwhite Tunstall Scholarship Fund with a planned gift to UNC Greensboro. The fund honors the memory of her mother and will support adult students seeking undergraduate degrees in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies.
With a newly created scholarship, she’s on her way to fulfilling her dreams. Janiah Lindsey ’24 is the inaugural Hielscher Scholar, receiving a scholarship funded by the Physical Education Class of 1975 to support students committed to obtaining a BS in kinesiology. The scholarship honors the P.E. Class of ’75’s… Continue reading…
UNCG Volleyball is known for its vocal fans, giving the team a boost at key moments. One such fan, James Dutton, with a $1.6 million planned gift, will help turn the volleyball program into a perennial power. This $1.6 million commitment marks the largest gift by one donor in UNCG… Continue reading…
Former UNC Greensboro Board of Trustees chair and current Light the Way: The Campaign for Earned Achievement co-chair Randall Kaplan has endowed the Randall R. Kaplan Distinguished Professorship in Innovation. This endowment will enable UNCG to award the Distinguished Professorship to a faculty member leading work in a cutting-edge field of study, positioning UNCG… Continue reading…
