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Enhance Your Gift Through the 100K Matching Gift Challenge

Winthrop is proud to announce a chance for donors to unlock an amazing opportunity and to make a lasting effect like never before.

For every dollar you give to the Winthrop Fund, an anony- mous donor will unlock a dollar-for-dollar matching gift up to $100,000. Te Winthrop Fund is the university’s key source for unrestricted annual giving. Te funds may be used imme- diately where they are most needed for student scholarships, student research and other university initiatives. Please make your secure gift today by visiting www.winthrop.edu/give and learn more about the giving challenge.

Meet the Class of 2023

A few facts about our newest Eagles: the Carolinas are well represented; 10 students were their high schools’ valedictorians; and two students achieved 12 years of perfect school attendance.

Milestone Generosity

Mary Anne Unger Padget ’55 came from a long line of col- lege-educated teachers, and support of education continues her family’s legacy. Trough her estate plans, Padget contrib- uted to the Winthrop Endowment.

Winthrop-Coastal Carolina Rivalry Renewed

Te men's basketball program an- nounced a four-year series with long- time rival Coastal Carolina University. Te series will begin on Saturday, Dec. 7, at the Winthrop Coliseum. Winthrop will travel to Coastal Carolina in 2020, before returning to Rock Hill in 2021, and ending the series back in Conway in 2022.

Coastal Carolina was a long-time member of the Big South Conference before leaving to join the Sun Belt Conference in 2016. Te in-state rivals had a number of exciting battles on the hardwood over the years and look to continue that trend over the next four years.

Season tickets are available now at winthropeagles.com.

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Mary Ann Helton ’71, a longtime donor, took advantage of an existing life insurance policy to further support the Jerry L. Helton Voice Scholarship established in honor of her late husband Jerry, emeritus professor of music. Transferring the existing policy to the Winthrop University Foundation will ensure future music students are supported.

Antonia Wagner ’64, a longtime educator, lived her dream of teaching and was inspired by her young students. She plans to extend that inspiration to future generations and named Winthrop a beneficiary on her life insurance and retirement plan, allowing the gifts to immediately be passed to university initiatives.

Martha Garmon ’54 graduated from Winthrop within three years and credits the scholarship she received for helping her achieve the accomplishment. A rewarding teaching career in- spired her to create the Martha Martin Garmon Scholarship, which supports students majoring in early childhood education.

The Winthrop Endowment Launches with Landmark Gifts Te future of Winthrop is bigger than any one person.

Landmark investments from Edna Hope Gregory and Sarah Law Kennerly ’31—among other alumni and friends—created the Winthrop Endowment, a funding initiative to help the university transform bold ideas into reality for students. Te endowment ensures long-term financial stability and flexibility through unrestricted and undesignated dollars that support the real needs of students. During summer 2019, the Winthrop Endowment surpassed a milestone $1 million in assets, while the overall endowment balance held at the Winthrop University Foundation is more than $50 million.

For more information on giving, or to make a gift, please call the Division of University Advancement at 803/323-2275, toll-free at 800/801-1083 or visit www.winthrop.edu/give.

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