Legacy
Legacies Change Lives: Marissa Baker
The compassion, empathy and care nurses showed Marissa Baker when her mother suddenly passed led her to pursue a career in nursing.āThe nurses helped me immensely during the hardest time in my life, and I will never forget the way they cared for me,ā Marissa said. āI knew I wanted to make the same iā¦
Legacies Change Lives: Marissa Baker
The compassion, empathy and care nurses showed Marissa Baker when her mother suddenly passed led her to pursue a career in nursing.āThe nurses helped me immensely during the hardest time in my life, and I will never forget the way they cared for me,ā Marissa said. āI knew I wanted to make the same iā¦
Opening Doors for Future Nurses
When Phillip R. Ridgley thought back on his career and considered how he could help the next generation of medical professionals, he decided he wanted to open doors for Kent State students pursuing a career in nursing. He decided to start an endowment so that he could continue to support nursing students into the future and help them focus on their studies in a way that he couldnāt when he was a student.
Helping Others Realize Their Potential
When Terrence J. āChipā Bahn, ā75, M.Ed. ā77, Ed.D., was a high school senior he wanted to attend Ā鶹¹ū¶³ after graduation, but he wasnāt ready and his counselor encouraged him to start at the local community college before moving on to Kent State. This experience inspired him to create the Dr. Terrence J. Bahn Endowed Scholarship to help students who studied at a Northeast Ohio community college to attend Kent State.
Planned Gift Endows Executive Director Position at Kent Stateās Wick Poetry Center
The Wick family has a long history of philanthropy at Ā鶹¹ū¶³ that began in 1984 when brothers Bob and Walt Wick first established scholarships to support undergraduate poets at the university. This most recent gift of $1 million brings the familyās total lifetime commitment to the university to more than $3.5 million.
