Giving
by Nelson Bryan, BA’73 | Giving— Spring 2009
When Conner and Ginny Searcy learned of Vanderbilt’s new no-need-based loan financial aid packages for undergraduates, they knew the time had come to act.
“When we got the news of the no-loan program, we said ‘That’s it. That is the cause’—the most important thing that Vanderbilt has done since we’ve been involved with the school,” says Conner Searcy, BA’96. That’s when the couple decided to endow a need-based scholarship in the College of Arts and Science as a way of sharing their success and in hope that their gift will influence the recipients and fellow alumni to do the same and “pay it forward.”
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by Mardy Fones | Fall 2008— Giving
Cows and crops dominated the area that is now Brentwood, Tenn. In the 1930s, the way of life was rural and times were hard. For a farm girl from Brentwood, attending the College of Arts and Science at Vanderbilt was a life-changing experience. When it changed Dorothy N. Niederhauser Wallman, BA’39, it started a legacy [...]
Read more »Giving— Spring 2008
J. Thomas Bentley, BA’71, has included the College of Arts and Science in his estate plans. His $1 million bequest will endow the J. Thomas Bentley Scholarship Fund.
Cecil D. Conlee, BA’58, a member of the Vanderbilt University Board of Trust and the College of Arts and Science Board of Visitors, has made an additional commitment [...]
by Sandy Smith | Giving— Spring 2008
“We saw it as a way of giving back and supporting the Jewish experience.”
— Cindy Edelman
For Cynthia “Cindy” Greener Edelman, BA’74, her Vanderbilt experience provided a good education and special connections.
Cindy and a roommate spent the summer between junior and senior years helping with freshman orientation. They decided to learn to cook and planned elaborate [...]
