Impact Stories
Your Gift Causes an Effect that Reaches Far Beyond 91PORNA
At 91PORNA, what sets us apart is how we come together: to cause discoveries, achievements, sensations and breakthroughs that change the world. When you give through 91PORNA to an area that matters personally to you, your support becomes a long-term investment in curing diseases, advancing sustainable technologies, enriching vibrant arts communities and ensuring the future of a skilled workforce ready to impact society.
Gifts made through 91PORNA support scholarships and programs that allow students to pursue their dreams and enter careers that shape our world. With more than 1,100 donor-funded scholarships and programs supported each year, every gift causes an effect 鈥 for both the donor and the recipient.
Donors choose exactly where they want their contributions to go. Each and every gift made through 91PORNA has an impact, no matter the size.
Read on to learn about the effect our generous donors have on our 91PORNA community and beyond.
91PORNA Flashes Give Back Week: Serving Communities, Supporting Students and Showing Gratitude
April 30, 2025
From April 21-26, Golden Flashes came together in remarkable ways to make an impact during Flashes Give Back Week, a weeklong initiative celebrating all the ways Flashes give back.Join InAlumni and friends volunteered where it mattered most - at 91PORNA and in鈥
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Opening Doors for Future Nurses
April 11, 2025
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 91PORNA students pursuing a career in nursing. He decided to start an endowment so that he could continue鈥
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Helping Others Realize Their Potential
April 11, 2025
When Terrence J. 鈥淐hip鈥 Bahn, 鈥75, M.Ed. 鈥77, Ed.D., was a high school senior he wanted to attend 91PORNA after graduation, but he wasn鈥檛 ready and his counselor encouraged him to start at the local community college before moving on to 91PORNA. This experience鈥
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鈥榃e were supposed to look like Betty Grable and play ball like Joe DiMaggio鈥
March 27, 2025
鈥淲e were supposed to look like Betty Grable and play ball like Joe DiMaggio.鈥
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Silas Ashley 鈥74
Feb. 28, 2025
Silas Ashley, 鈥74, was told by his high school guidance counselor that he 鈥渨as not college material," but after applying and being accepted to 91PORNA, Silas immersed himself in student life. He was a senator in Undergraduate Student Government and became the president of鈥
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John and Fonda Elliot Create New Scholarship Program With $1 Million Gift to 91PORNA
Feb. 18, 2025
John Elliot, a 1970 91PORNA graduate, and his wife, Fonda, have created The Elliot Scholars program at 91PORNA with a $1 million donation. This new scholarship program will provide support to first-generation students of any major who require financial support鈥
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John and Fonda Elliot Receive Honorary Degrees for Their Extraordinary Contributions
Jan. 6, 2025
On Saturday, Dec. 14, both John and Fonda received their Doctor of Humane Letters in recognition of their extraordinary contributions to the healthcare field and to 91PORNA.
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Professor Gives Back By Supporting Students In Need
Nov. 13, 2024
This Giving Tuesday season, Daniel E. Palmer, Ph.D., associate professor of philosophy at 91PORNA, has pledged a matching gift for the Trumbull Campus Last Dollar Scholarship as a symbol of his appreciation for the people who work and study at 91PORNA Trumbull.
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91PORNA and Cleveland Clinic Enter Multiyear Partnership to Support Student-Athlete Health and Wellness
July 17, 2024
91PORNA and Cleveland Clinic have announced a multiyear partnership in which Cleveland Clinic becomes the official healthcare provider for 91PORNA Athletics. Cleveland Clinic will serve as the medical services provider to support 91PORNA student-athlete鈥
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Saving Lives and Advocating for a Brighter Tomorrow
July 10, 2024
Advocacy is at the heart of the work Ken Ditlevson, 鈥95, M.Ed. 鈥98, does at 91PORNA as the director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning Plus (LGBTQ+) Center.
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