Philanthropy

Making an Impact

Beloved Faculty Member Creates Endowed Professorship

By Emily Parker

A recent $500,000 gift from Marilyn and Charles Stuber will endow a professorship in Human and Environmental Sciences for Meredith College. The Dr. Marilyn M. Stuber and Dr. Charles W. Stuber Endowed Professorship will recognize outstanding contributions and accomplishments to a professor in his or her academic discipline within the department of Human Environmental Sciences.

Stuber Family smiling with President Allen.
Deborah McNeill smiling at the camera.

Alumna Gift to Support Health and Wellness Initiative

By Emily Parker

Meredith College has received a five-year gift from Deborah Stanley McNeill, ’71, focusing on a new health and wellness initiative promoting the wide array of health-related academic programs as well as services that help students, faculty, and staff with overall physical and mental health. This gift will help support and prepare more students to take advantage of the growth in healthcare occupations expected to add approximately 2.6 million jobs by 2030.

Support Meredith

Aerial view of the Meredith Lake.

Gifts to Meredith College make a difference to the entire Meredith community and keep our students going strong!

Visit meredith.edu/support to learn ways you can support Meredith. Make a gift that addresses the College’s greatest needs, select a more specific way to make an immediate impact on the College, make a long-term, endowed gift, or a gift through your will or trust.

Also learn how you can volunteer and what future events you may be interested in attending. Connect with other alumnae and students through the Meredith Mentors program. Visit meredith.edu/support to stay connected and reach out to an Institutional Advancement staff member to assist you if you have questions.

To make a gift, visit community.meredith.edu/supportmc.

Meredith commons Heck Fountain.

Parents and Families Projects Make an Immediate Impact

By Emily Parker

Since 2010 parents and families at Meredith College have supported a campus project each year that benefits all students in some way. These projects have enabled Meredith to improve spaces and launch programs that contribute to a positive experience during students’ time on campus.