Giving as a Habit
When Marie Veibell graduated from Utah State University in 1947, the campus had 29 buildings and 4,068 students, up from 920 in 1944 during World War II. During the last 61 years, USU has seen tremendous growth in these areas. Today there are nearly 200 buildings and more than 23,000 students and Veibell has enjoyed playing a small part in this growth.
"People need a little help sometimes, and if you can help one person then they can help somebody else and it's a great cycle," she said. "I started giving just a little bit to Utah State a few years after I graduated, once I'd had time to get established, and I've given every year since."
Veibell enjoys reading about USU in the newspapers and seeing how it has grown and remains fascinated by the research its students and faculty are doing.
“I give to help the university build itself up and offer more to its students and to the world,”Veibell said.
"It can't grow without money, and it takes donations from a lot of people to make a difference."
The vice president for university advancement, Ross Peterson, agrees.
"The heart of donating at Utah State is the consistent annual gifts from alumni and friends that add up to make a big difference for individual departments and for students," Peterson said. "We appreciate their willingness to give back to help the university become a place where students can earn scholarships, work with renowned professors and learn in state-of-the-art facilities."
Veibell graduated with a degree in chemistry and worked for 41 years as the laboratory manager at Logan Regional Hospital until she retired in 1990.
