Elizabeth "Liz" Noell

Two of Liz's four children chose to pursue a challenging education at Geneva College-Laura, a 2013 music performance graduate; and Stephen, a junior majoring in biology. And because both Laura and Stephen benefitted from the academic scholarships they received, Liz had been looking for the best means of saying, "Thank you for helping our kids."

She had also been weighing options for a faithful manner of establishing a memorial for her parents, who had left a life insurance policy in her name. "My children and husband are well taken care of," explains Liz, "so I wanted to find a suitable way to use that resource to honor the Lord."

To satisfy both of these considerations, Liz established the Olin S. and Glenna A. Fearing Endowed Scholarship for biology students by naming Geneva as the policy's beneficiary.

Through founding this scholarship, Liz says she honors her parents by "focusing on the things in which they were interested." Her father, Olin, was a biologist who was instrumental in building the pre-med program at Trinity University. Her mother, Glenna, had a career in education as a guidance counselor receptionist and teacher. "This scholarship is really their idea, rather than mine."

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