The following stories demonstrate how donor support changes student lives:

• Tragedy Inspired Social Work Student Elon Simms (MSW '10) to "Pay It Forward". Simms was a McMurry Citizenship Award and Mary C. Manning Scholarship recipient.
• Students Tell How the Students First, Students Now Fund Made a Difference in Their Lives
• From High Ropes to Ziplining–Jean Wills Scholarship Recipient Kim Sacksteder Uses Social Work to Tear Down Walls
• Ain Scholarship Recipient’s Career Takes Many Paths But All Lead to Helping the Disabled. Simonds was also featured in The Columbus Dispatch for using a new hand-cranking bicycle to participate in Ohio State's Pelotonia fundraiser.