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Ivesters donate $3.5M to Brenau’s College of Health Sciences
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Kay Ivester, center, and Doug Ivester talk with health science students Martis Ferguson, Bethany Green, Chandy Henson and Savannah Blalock at a meet and greet during an event announcing the naming of the Brenau University Ivester College of Health Sciences in 2017. - photo by AJ Reynolds/Brenau University
Gainesville area natives Doug and Kay Ivester recently contributed $3.5 million in gifts to support Brenau University’s health science programs. The money helped Brenau surpass the $40 million target of its multiyear ForeverGold campaign six months ahead of schedule. Brenau on Wednesday honored the gifts by renaming the university’s health sciences college the Ivester College of Health Sciences. The Ivesters gave the contributions through the Melvin Douglas and Victoria Kay Ivester Foundation.