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Coming Home: Lifelong Connection to WVU Inspires Mufflys’ Planned Gift

WVU has played a central role in John Muffly’s entire life. See how he and his wife, Irene, are honoring John’s home away from home.

Alumni Couple’s Planned Gift Pays Tribute to WVU Family Impact

The Nailler family is honoring their relationship with WVU through a planned gift to benefit multiple areas of the University.

Stitzel Planned Gift Connects Past, Present, and Future of Women at WVU

As the founding director of West Virginia University’s Center for Women’s and Gender Studies, Judith Gold Stitzel created new educational opportunities for generations of WVU students.

The Art of Giving Back

Kathy Maes’ career in the arts and higher education gave her invaluable insight into how hard it can be to afford college. She is using her planned gift to fund a scholarship in hopes of helping future Mountaineers succeed.

Celebrating Their Life Together

As a tribute to her late husband, WVU alumna Linda Jacknowitz is celebrating their shared passions through gifts in her estate.

WVU alumna’s $1.6M legacy gift boosts research at School of Medicine

A $1.6 million legacy gift from a late West Virginia University alumna will bolster School of Medicine research efforts to improve health in the Mountain State and beyond.

$1.4M estate gift to benefit the WVU Libraries’ West Virginia & Regional History Center

History buffs statewide will benefit from a $1.4 million estate gift from a late West Virginia University professor to support the West Virginia & Regional History Center at WVU Libraries.

Planned gift will benefit WVU College of Creative Arts students

Lotus MacDowell has been a staple in the North Central West Virginia art community for nearly four decades. Her legacy is now growing with a planned gift commitment in the West Virginia University School of Art & Design.

$1M estate gift from late Mylan co-founder supports students through collaborative learning space in WVU Reynolds Hall

A $1 million estate gift from Donald Panoz will support Reynolds Hall, the new home of the John Chambers College of Business and Economics, which is scheduled to be completed in April, 2022.

Estate gift benefits WVU School of Medicine, WVU Tech chemistry program

Students in medicine at West Virginia University’s main campus and chemistry at West Virginia University Institute of Technology will benefit from a nearly $1.4 million estate gift made by Mary Lou Hudnall.

Chambers’ planned gift to benefit WVU

The legacy of Drs. John T. (Jack) and June Richie Chambers of Charleston will live on through a planned gift made by the late alumni to West Virginia University.

Alum Mary McKinley pays tribute to the School of Nursing with planned gift

West Virginia University alum and Mountain State native Mary McKinley is honoring the difference the School of Nursing made in her life with a gift in her will.

Former CNN Anchor Gives Back

WVU journalism graduate and former CNN anchor Denise LeClair Cobb established a charitable gift annuity to create future educational opportunities.

Late WVU alum, WW II veteran leaves more than $2 million for engineering student scholarships

A late West Virginia University alumnus and World War II veteran has left $2.3 million in his will to the University.

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