Giving Stories

It’s fair to say Judy and Ed Polzin were not accustomed to cats. Judy admits. “When we got our first cat, I didn’t have the slightest idea what to do. “I called my husband at…
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Rehn Scholarship Rewards Rural Practice Interest “I was blessed to have a wonderful husband,” Jean Rehn reminisces about her late spouse of nearly 50 years, Wayne. “And I’m very thankful to this university that he…
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His story is ‘authentic and backed by experience’ When it comes to dogs, University of Illinois professor Dr. Joseph Martocchio is a breed apart. And his love of a particular breed—the massive, majestic Newfoundland—inspired his…
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Dr. Daniel E. Snyder is grateful to the University of Illinois for the great education and opportunity he gained here, which have fostered his successful 30-year career in the pharmaceutical industry. His history with the…
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What motivates the substantial financial commitment required to endow a veterinary scholarship? In the case of Dr. Richard Hull, who earned his veterinary degree in his home state of Missouri, it is more than a…
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