Impact of Giving

by Courtney Shaul

Visionary leadership, transformative collaboration and impactful generosity

The dream for a new College of Nursing building began nearly a decade ago with visionary leadership and transformative collaborations with the many people our college community serves. The dream became a reality thanks to the impactful generosity of more than 260 donors. We are so very grateful for all those who believed in our collective power to transform the future of health.

The Ohio State’s Board of Trustees approved the naming of several spaces within Jane E. Heminger Hall. In appreciation and recognition for the generosity of several lead gifts, Jane E. Heminger Hall will bear many of our generous donor’s names.

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Clockwise from top left: The Pitzer Family at the Martha S. Pitzer Center for Women, Children and Youth’s new offices; Barbara and Lawrence Berger in the Barbara and Lawrence Berger Demonstration Nutrition Kitchen; Connie Hahn Sharpe and Gary Sharpe, whose generosity inspired the Connie Hahn Sharpe and Gary Sharpe Innovation Center; Dean Bernadette Melnyk with John and Betty Baird, whose generosity inspired the John and Betty Baird Seminar Room; and members of the nursing class of 1966 celebrating the Nursing Class of 1966 Seminar Room. Pictured above: Gary and Jane Heminger in front of Jane E. Heminger Hall.