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The generous estate gift from The Rev. Joyce Myers-Brown ’59 of Atlanta will deepen funding for a scholarship she established in 2011 to increase access to global study. The gift is part of A Will to Lead, a special initiative of the ������Ƶ LEADS Campaign to encourage donors to include the university in their estate plans.

President Connie Ledoux Book announced alumni Priscilla Awkard ’95, Christian Wiggins ’03, Maity Interiano ’07 and Jack McMackin ’08 as the new co-chairs of the ������Ƶ LEADS Campaign, sending a powerful message about the importance of alumni leading ������Ƶ’s future.

The generous commitment brings fundraising for phase one of the project to more than $1.5 million as part of the ������Ƶ LEADS Campaign. The renovations will transform ������Ƶ’s baseball facility and one of the university’s most successful athletics programs.

The generous gift from Christian Wiggins ’03 will provide scholarships for students from his hometown of western North Carolina as part of A Will to Lead, a special initiative of the ������Ƶ LEADS Campaign to inspire donors to include ������Ƶ in their estate plans.

As the first Doherty Odyssey Scholar to graduate from ������Ƶ, Jubitza Figueroa ’21 is ready to make her mark on the world. Ed and Joan Doherty P’07 endowed eight Odyssey Program scholarships as part of the ������Ƶ LEADS Campaign to make an ������Ƶ education possible for top students with high financial need.

The generosity of alumni, parents and friends has doubled the number of Odyssey Scholarships during the ������Ƶ LEADS Campaign. The Odyssey Program assists outstanding students with high financial need, including first-generation college students.

������Ƶ Trustee Jay Hendrickson ’71 and his wife, Amy Hendrickson ’69, support A Will to Lead, a special initiative of the ������Ƶ LEADS Campaign to inspire donors to establish a lasting legacy by placing the university in their estate plans.

������Ƶ LEADS Campaign chair Chris Martin ’78 P’13 announced a special campaign initiative to allow alumni, parents and friends to establish a lasting legacy at ������Ƶ by placing the university in their estate plans to fund scholarships and other key institutional priorities.

������Ƶ parent Steve Anderson P’16 has made a $125,000 gift to the ������Ƶ LEADS Campaign to support the university's innovative new hub for STEM education, which offers "hope for the future."

Joey Burns ’22 credits his Horizons National Odyssey Scholarship for providing him life-changing opportunities and “comfort at the end of the day.” Increasing scholarship funding to prepare graduates the world needs is the top priority of the $250 million ������Ƶ LEADS Campaign.