Featured Impact Stories

Scholarship Propels a Career in AI The Gangal Family Endowed Scholarship Fund, established by Lata and Shiva Gangal, seeks to support the next generation of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) professionals by funding students pursuing a graduate degree. Originally from India, Shiva Gangal built a career in engineering in the United States, seeing the […]

Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute trains the next generation of environmental researchers and stewards through its Semester By The Sea program. A generous donation from Wayne and Lucretia Weiner through Florida Atlantic’s School of Environmental, Coastal, and Ocean Sustainability (ECOS), supported the program this year, enabling students to have career-building experiences.  Semester By

A generous gift from Richard and Mary Ann Cook supports international study abroad opportunities for Florida Atlantic University College of Business students. The gift established the Richard and Mary Ann Cook Study Abroad Fund, which provides selected students with a $5,000 stipend each to participate in a College of Business summer program. The Cooks, who

Florida Atlantic University’s MobileMinds, an educational outreach program with the Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute (SNBI), extended its reach into Broward County, continuing to make a significant impact in the South Florida community. This expansion was made possible due to a generous grant from the Sharron and Joseph Ashby Hubert Fund of the Community Foundation of Broward.

The Florida Atlantic University Gruber AI Sandbox, established by a generous gift from Rubin and Cindy Gruber in 2019, has developed into an artificial intelligence (AI) makerspace, where students can explore AI-based projects and applications. Located in the S.E. Wimberly Library on the Boca Raton campus and overseen by Florida Atlantic Libraries, the Charles E.

The Kurt and Marilyn Wallach Holocaust and Jewish Studies Building is developing into an epicenter for Holocaust and Jewish studies, while also memorializing the six million Jews and other victims, as well as survivors, of the Holocaust and other genocides. The Wallachs provided a $11 million lead gift toward the building and pledged an additional

A generous, anonymous gift to the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing contributed to the renovation of the Advanced Nursing Simulation and Clinical Learning Laboratory at Florida Atlantic University’s Davie campus. This innovative facility is training the next generation of nurses in South Florida, helping to address the nursing shortage in the state. Walking into

Established in 2023, as a result of a generous gift from Molly and William Ford through their Screaming Comet Foundation, the Molly Ford Scholarship Fund provides the opportunity for first-generation students to graduate debt-free with a university degree. Ford scholars represent the top of their class, demonstrate financial need, and come from varied backgrounds. To

Launched in 2020, Florida Atlantic University’s Glenn W. and Cornelia T. Bailey Marine SEA (Science, Education, and Arts) Scholars program continues with the support of the Glenn W. Bailey Foundation. The recent $1.6 million gift from the foundation will extend the program another five years. The program provides students the opportunity to develop skills in

Established with a generous gift from Heidi Schaeffer, M.D., the Dr. Heidi Schaeffer Resilience, Hope, and Healing Fund supports social work students as they complete their clinical practicum placements, a requirement to graduate and work in the field professionally. When Dr. Schaeffer, a national expert in human trafficking diagnosis and intervention, first visited the College