Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions
The Laura Orr Memorial Social Work Endowed Scholarship
The Laura Orr Memorial Social Work Endowed Scholarship
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Laura Orr began her career with the ASU School of Social Work on May 10, 1971, and retired in 2018, bringing an end to 47 years of dedicated service. She was the ASU School of Social Work student and academic services manager. School of Social Work students, faculty, administrators and service professionals from across ASU benefitted from Laura's knowledge and generosity of spirit. She was an avid Sun Devil Football fan and loved attending events at ASU Gammage, especially musical performances.
Your generosity will help memorialize Orr's service to the ASU School of Social Work, and continue her legacy of helping students.
Impact of Donor Support
- More learners can pursue higher education. Thanks to our donors, more than 7,000 ASU students have received upwards of $32 million in scholarships with more than $39 million raised.
- More students succeed. ASU ranks #1 among the state’s public universities for its 86% first-year retention rate thanks in part to donor-funded student success initiatives.
- Important initiatives continue. More than $320 million in new gifts and commitments support ongoing initiatives at ASU.
- The spirit of generosity abounds. In the past year, more than 100,000 individual, corporate and foundation donors stepped forward to help the ASU community.
We want to show the power of a university to be a difference-making partner in the positive transformation of all communities."