Texas Woman's Magazine - Fall 2022

PLANNING TO MAKE
A DIFFERENCE
PAYING IT
FORWARD
EDUCATION IS empowering.
It can be a catalyst that lifts
people from all walks of life
to new levels of economic,
social and professional
opportunity. And it can echo
through future generations,
changing the trajectory of
a family for all time.
Planned giving is one way
to extend intergenerational
benefits. Such gifts to
TWU have the power to
sustain and shape the
institution. Planned gifts
create a flexible and
charitable legacy, enabling
donors to “pay it forward”
by acknowledging the role
TWU played in their lives.
MEETING CRITICAL NEEDS
Special education is a
critical area of need that
Alicia B. Quinn ’94, a
librarian, plans to support
by dedicating a portion of
her estate to TWU. Her
planned gift will help prepare
teachers and researchers
to work with students with
exceptional needs.
Another alumna’s passion
for literacy will live on
through her planned gift.
The late Distinguished
Alumna and Cornaro
Professor of Reading
Emerita Billie J. Askew ’82
was an influential leader
and contributor to national
and international Reading
Recovery efforts, including
TWU’s programs, which she
founded in 1989.
Student-athletes and
Pioneer Athletics have
inspired generous support
from Bettejoe “Smokey”
Rogers Pendleton ’58
for nearly a decade. Not
only did she establish a
scholarship endowment,
she also gifted a portion
of her estate, leaving a
lasting legacy for TWU’s
athletics program.
“It is an awesome and
rewarding responsibility
for us to know that
Bettejoe Rogers Pendleton
believes in our ability to
magnify the mission of
the university through
academics, athletics and
leadership development,”
said Sandee Mott, director
of athletics.
Quinn, Askew and
Pendleton are among the
many donors who’ve chosen
to be catalysts for change
— opening doors to a better
life and a better world for
future generations.
Learn more
about planned
gifts
Visit plannedgiving.twu.edu
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