Information about the United Methodist Higher Education Foundation: History Founded in 1965, the United Methodist Higher Education Foundation (UMHEF) is indebted to Chancellor William Pearson Tolley, President of Syracuse University (1942-1969), for his vision of...

Verne Dietrich accomplished much through teaching, research and inspiration of those around him. Before World War II, Verne earned his bachelor’s degree in mathematics at Purdue University. He had the equivalent of five majors – mathematics, chemistry, physics,...

Volunteers in Action is an organization designed to provide a framework to meet the needs of the community with a good pool of dedicated volunteers. Volunteers in Action provides volunteer services and fundraising expertise to numerous DuPage, Kane, Kendall and Will...

Mr. William J. Davis, born in 1885 to William and Catharine Davis, was a dedicated farmer from Mount Carroll, the birthplace of Shimer College. By the time of his passing in 1967, Davis had expanded his original 125-acre farm to an impressive 439 acres through a...

William Norris ’96, chief investment officer, CIBC Bank USA in Chicago, led the event, titled “Financial Fitness: Managing Through a Complex Environment,” which was one of the first to be sponsored by the new Center for Financial Literacy at North Central College....

Shien-Woo Kung ’26, Ph.D., was born in China and was a 72nd generation descendent of Confucius. In the early 1920’s he came to North Central College on a missionary scholarship to study social science and subsequently earned a doctorate of commercial science from the...

The act of paying it forward is not one Michael Wenger ’04 and Bret Bonnet ’05, founders of Quality Logo Products®, take lightly. For them, giving back is at the forefront of their business model. After all, it was through a grant from the Coleman Foundation that...