Philanthropy News

Larry Wiget, LEC ’80, and his wife Connie Wiget found a meaningful way to them both and provide current students with opportunities to learn and grow just as Larry had.

Participating in the Bears Give Back scavenger hunt gives recent graduate insight into how much support UNC and its students receive from their community.

The Bears First program is a key resource that allows UNC to support all students by meeting them where they are in their higher education journey.

To help alumni and friends plan their financial future, UNC has new, free tools.

UNC alum Rick Pieper, ’93, gives back to the next generation by creating a scholarship for local business students.

Knowing what it’s like to be a student with two children, Liz Kissell knows the financial obligation that attending university puts on a person, which is why she chooses to donate every month.

In the late 1980s, Lloyd Yonemura, ’72, helped pioneer the Aloha Program and the Aloha Scholarship. The program helped first-year students from Hawai‘i gain a sense of belonging while settling into campus life at UNC.

This year, State Farm has generously awarded the University of Northern Colorado (UNC) two grants totaling $50,000 as a part of their Good Neighbor Citizenship Grant program.

Growing up in Greeley in the 1960s and 1970s as an only child, Dr. Mary Jo Drew ‘79 had, as she put it, an idyllic childhood. With two encouraging and ahead-of-their-time parents, she was allowed to follow her interests wherever they led. A self-proclaimed “science geek,” she had to know more about everything around her, whether it be rocks, the clouds in the sky or the organs in the human body.

Having a parent who is an alumnus is a unique experience, allowing West and Thorne to bond over their love for the university. That family legacy allows them to share special moments together.