Impact Stories
When it comes to giving, it’s the people who count.
Every gift to Penn State starts and ends with a person. And while we measure campaign progress by the dollars raised, we measure impact by the stories, ideas, and possibilities that exist because of giving.
Growing Together: Then and Now
The Arboretum at Penn State celebrates its fifteenth anniversary, and the plan is to keep growing.
Faces of Philanthropy: Camilo Andrés Rojas Balli
Six years ago, Camilo Andrés Rojas Balli arrived in the U.S. with his family from Bogotá, Colombia, unsure of what the future would hold. Today he is one of the first recipients of support from the University’s Educational Equity Matching Program—and is helping other students from underrepresented communities to find their way to and through the University.
Deep Roots, Bright Future
Polly Prout is a sixth-generation farmer and third-generation Penn Stater. When she graduates in May, she’ll start a new chapter in her family’s story—an accomplishment she couldn’t have imagined without the support of the Open Doors Programs.
A Gift to the Future
J. Lloyd Huck and Dorothy Foehr Huck’s meeting as Penn State undergraduates in the 1940s was the beginning of a decades-long love story—and a philanthropic legacy that may lead to lives saved around the world.