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Donor Stories Archive

Donor Stories

Read examples of ways individuals can give in support of UNC Charlotte.

  • A Journey Began with a Dream
    A Journey Began with a Dream
    Ann Newman '78 is laying a foundation for future students through a planned gift to UNC Charlotte.
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  • University Founder Bonnie Cone Leads the Charge
    University Founder Bonnie Cone Leads the Charge
    UNC Charlotte was founded, in part, on the belief that all students, regardless of ability to pay, should be able to obtain a college education.
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  • "I can't ask others to give without giving myself."
    Over Loy H. Witherspoon's distinguished 30-year career as a professor and leader on the UNC Charlotte campus, he saw the importance...
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  • Jim and Nancy Hill Scholarship
    Jim and Nancy Hill Scholarship
    Jim and Nancy Hill discuss the scholarship they endowed for the School of Nursing at UNC Charlotte.
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  • The Tom and Ann Owen Scholarship in Electrical Engineering
    The Tom and Ann Owen Scholarship in Electrical Engineering
    Tom and Ann Owen meet with scholarship recipient Isaac Thabang Mthenjane and discuss their hopes for how their gift will benefit Isaac and other students in the future.
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  • Endowment for Emerging Needs
    Endowment for Emerging Needs
    Alice Harney discusses why her family created an endowment to help students like Elizabeth Brumbaugh achieve their educational goals at UNC Charlotte.
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  • Norm and Marianne Schul
    Norm and Marianne Schul
    Dr. Norm and Marianne Schul talk about a long career at the University, and donating to the University for future generations.
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  • UNC Charlotte Distinguished Service Award
    UNC Charlotte Distinguished Service Award
    Dennis and Betty Chafin Rash receive UNC Charlotte's Distinguished Service Award for 2013.
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  • The Brownie Story
    The Brownie Story
    UNC Charlotte alumnus and Charlotte resident John Erickson reminisces about his first encounter with Dr. Bonnie Cone.
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  • Bonnie Cone Sawyer
    Bonnie Cone Sawyer
    The namesake and niece of UNC Charlotte founder Bonnie Cone recently visited campus; she brought cherished family heirlooms, as well as memories that were recorded as part of an oral history project in the J. Murrey Atkins Library.
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