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Article |June 10, 2024
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Academic Excellence for All: The Wigets鈥 Commitment to UNC Libraries
Larry Wiget, LEC 鈥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.
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Article |May 10, 2024
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UNC Student Goes Behind the Scenes with Bears Give Back
Participating in the Bears Give Back scavenger hunt gives recent graduate insight into how much support UNC and its students receive from their community.
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Article |April 9, 2024
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Bears First Program Gives All Students a Chance to Succeed
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.
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Article |March 11, 2024
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New Tools Help Unlock Your Financial Future
To help alumni and friends plan their financial future, UNC has new, free tools.
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Article |February 19, 2024
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Greeley Local and UNC Alumnus Pays It Forward Through Business Scholarship
UNC alum Rick Pieper, 鈥93, gives back to the next generation by creating a scholarship for local business students.
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Article |January 17, 2024
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Alumna Liz Kissell Supports the Next Generation of Nurses
Knowing what it鈥檚 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.
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Article |January 17, 2024
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Legacy Student Pursues Her Passion, Thanks to the Aloha Scholarship
In the late 1980s, Lloyd Yonemura, 鈥72, helped pioneer the Aloha Program and the Aloha Scholarship. The program helped first-year students from Hawai鈥榠 gain a sense of belonging while settling into campus life at UNC.
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Article |November 16, 2023
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State Farm Invests in Career Readiness Initiatives for UNC Students
This year, State Farm has generously awarded the University of Northern 黑料社区 (UNC) two grants totaling $50,000 as a part of their Good Neighbor Citizenship Grant program.
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Article |July 7, 2023
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A Legacy of Helping Generations of Health Science Students
Growing up in Greeley in the 1960s and 1970s as an only child, Dr. Mary Jo Drew 鈥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 鈥渟cience geek,鈥 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.
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Article |May 5, 2023
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Being a Bear: A Full Circle Moment
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.