Success Stories

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  Give a Year, Change the World

  As Executive Director of City Year Washington, D.C., Jeff Franco, SIS/MA ’97, Kogod/MBA’05, lives his community service values each day, uniting young people from all backgrounds for a year of service to their communities.
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  Late Night Ping-Pong Leads to Love in Anderson Lounge

  In her own words, Laura Gonzales, SOC/BA '99, reflects on finding Texas in Washington, D.C, her student days, and why she gives.
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  From SOC to Fox News, and Back Again

  FOX News' Tony Perkins, SOC/BA '81, and his wife, Rhonda, made a generous $100,000 gift to name the Tony and Rhonda Perkins Classroom.
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  Art Professor Establishes Award for Students to Travel, Explore

  To Carol Bird Ravenal, PhD, travel and study are intertwined.  A professor emerita of art at the College of Arts and Sciences, she attributes her painting success to a college trip to Scandinavia and wanted to give art students the same opportunity.
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  President of APCO Worldwide Gives $100,000 gift for SPA Scholarship

  Margery Kraus, SPA/BA '67, SPA/MPA '71, president and CEO of APCO Worldwide and a member of the Board of Trustees, established the Margery Kraus Public Affairs and Advocacy Endowed Scholarship Fund.
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  Alumnus Support Helps Business Students Succeed

  Richard Hocker, KSB/BS ’68, KSB/MBA ’70, believes in the power of education to transform lives. The founder and chief investment officer of PENN Capital Management has made generous donations to two educational institutions that helped shape his life