Human Connections That Power Lifelong Success

On how Nova Network, Villanova’s PeopleGrove platform, supported their fundraising campaign: “We all know that larger gifts drive the campaign, but we wanted to include everyone. We had well over 78,000 donors and nearly half of them were first-time donors to the university. We were really proud about that and it distinguished this campaign from others.”

Heather Potts Brown

Associate Vice President for Development, Villanova University

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"Our goal is increased graduation and retention rates, and strong post-graduation outcomes for our students, and our PeopleGrove partnership promises to be a great resource for us.”

Erin Webster Garrett, PhD

Associate Vice Provost for Relevant, Experiential and Applied Learning, Virginia Commonwealth University

“[Our mentoring program] was born from a retention gap among specific student populations. PeopleGrove helped us build up the Toronto Metropolitan community and show our progress with data."

Rena Jennifer Barcelona & Maricruz Rodriguez

Tri-Mentoring Program at Toronto Metropolitan University

“Now more than ever, our students need enrollment assistance. Without PeopleGrove, we would not be able to provide assistance to students at the necessary scale and level of personalization.”

Austin McKinley

Admissions Communications Supervisor, the University of San Diego

“Talent is evenly distributed. Opportunity is not. And that’s one of the reasons we chose PeopleGrove as a partner. Networking can be very intimidating—especially to an 18, 19, and 20-year-old who doesn't have the social capital [or] confidence. If we teach them how to network…confidence builds.”

Mike Summers

Associate Vice President, Gateway Career Center, Lafayette College