UC and UC Health propelled forward thanks to generosity of donors

By Julia Mace, UC FoundationBenya Coleman, a Hughes STEM High School student, was surprised by UC staff during the 2022 Decision Day. Coleman, a Marian Spencer Scholar, will graduate from UC in 2026. Photo courtesy of UC. Benya Coleman, A&S ’26, and Silas Curry, CECH ’27, say that without the support of the Marian Spencer Scholars Program, they would not be enrolled at the University of Cincinnati. Minutes away on the UC Health campus, nurse practitioners, therapists, nutritionists and social workers at the UC Gardner Neuroscience Institute improve the lives of patients with ALS and provide multidisciplinary personalized care. What these students and patients have in common is they were supported by donors to Next, Now: The Campaign for Cincinnati. The University of Cincinnati Foundation’s fundraising campaign for UC and UC Health officially ended in June, having raised $2.19 billion in overall donor support. The campaign was launched publicly in 2019 in conjunction with the university’s Bicentennial year.Scholarships transform lives: Campaign donors provided paths to student success by creating 793 new scholarship and fellowship funds during the life of Next, Now. This includes the Marian Spencer Scholars, a program that provides 10 Cincinnati Public School graduates a year with full...