Ten Weiler Scholars have received full tuition and college expenses. Many now teach in schools or are completing graduate degrees or military service.
Giving
Couple’s endowment helping students for more than 20 years
Lucile Kennedy, ’21 BS, wanted her husband remembered. Her endowed scholarship has become his legacy.
Archie Griffin, wife create scholarship to nurture coaches
The Archie and Bonita Griffin Scholarship to help coaches master the art of making champions BY ROBIN CHENOWETH Archie Griffin remembers climbing into the back of a mile-long El Camino in the early ’70s and settling onto artificial turf, cut to line the steel bed. In the cab, a teammate sat shotgun next to Woody […]
Give back what you are given
A surprise scholarship changed her life. Now, she’s passing on the blessings. BY ROBIN CHENOWETH It came from nowhere. In 1948, Wanda Neeley Coldiron learned she received a scholarship for which a teacher applied on her behalf. Before graduating from high school, she had contemplated being a secretary, staying in her hometown of Fremont, Ohio, […]
