IUP Impact 150 Comprehensive Campaign Exceeds $122 Million
Regina Dressel Stover and Dennis Stover
Two alumni of Indiana University of Pennsylvania have made a gift to IUP’s College of Osteopathic Medicine, continuing the couple’s long-time support for student athletes and students facing financial need.
Dennis Stover, a 1976 business administration graduate, and Regina Dressel Stover, a 1975 business administration graduate, of Pittsburgh, made this most recent gift, which adds to the couple’s long-time financial and volunteer leadership at IUP.
The Stover’s gift is part of IUP’s Impact 150 comprehensive fundraising campaign.
During the September 3 meeting of the IUP Council of Trustees, IUP Vice President for University Relations Jennifer DeAngelo announced that as of June 30, Impact 150 is at $122,847,723, or 81.9 percent of its $150 million goal.
There have been 60,291 gifts by 13,574 donors that have contributed to Impact 150, which is the largest campaign in the history of the university. The campaign is named in honor of the university’s sesquicentennial celebration, celebrated during the 2025–26 academic year.
Impact 150 centers around raising funds for healthy students, including supporting students academically and personally; a healthy university, including maintaining IUP’s commitment to excellence and innovation; and healthy communities, including IUP’s work to establish a college of osteopathic medicine.
Specifically, the gift from the Stovers is designed to create an opportunity for future medical students to work with future student-athletes through performance improvement studies; support academic and programmatic needs of the IUP Department of Athletics related to Title IX; and provide scholarships to future IUP students for generations.
The couple have established three endowed funds at the university to support students: The Regina D. and Dennis A. Stover Title IX Athletic Enhancement Fund, which provides financial support to enhance the academic and programmatic needs of the IUP Department of Athletics related to Title IX; the Dressel Family Fund, a scholarship fund providing support for entering or currently enrolled undergraduate students with demonstrated financial need in the Eberly College of Business; and the Dennis A. and Regina D. Stover Legacy Fund, which provides scholarship support to full-time students who are active members of an NCAA-recognized IUP athletic team and pursuing a degree offered by the Eberly College of Business.
“The Stovers continue to demonstrate their commitment to supporting students and advancing IUP through their financial generosity and their service,” IUP President Michael Driscoll said. “They care deeply about providing opportunities for our students and gender equity for our student-athletes, and from the beginning, they have been champions of the IUP College of Osteopathic Medicine,” he said. “During Mrs. Stover’s tenure as president of the Foundation for IUP Board of Directors, she strengthened the Foundation for IUP’s resources and its alignment with IUP’s mission, leading to a transformative investment of $20 million to the IUP College of Osteopathic Medicine.
“I continue to have the privilege of working closely with both Mr. and Mrs. Stover on many impactful initiatives, and I have witnessed how deeply the university has benefited from their philanthropy and professional expertise. I thank them for their generosity and wise counsel,” he said.
At the time of the public campaign launch of IUP 150 in August 2025, a total of $81,236,852—54 percent of the campaign goal—had been gifted to IUP from 11,673 donors.
“IUP’s alumni and friends are fiercely loyal to the university and to our students,” Vice President DeAngelo said. “They want to support IUP because they know, firsthand, that IUP changes lives, because it changed their lives and futures. After getting to know the IUP family, there was never a doubt in my mind that our Impact 150 comprehensive campaign would be fully supported,” she said.
“It is very clear that our alumni and friends believe in IUP and are excited to see what the next 150 years—and beyond—will bring,” she said. “I join President Driscoll in thanking the Stovers and all of our donors and supporters,” she said.
“The strong educational foundation that we received from IUP contributed greatly to our financial success in our careers,” the Stovers said. “We have felt strongly for many years that it is our responsibility to provide financial support for the current generation of students as they pursue their degrees. The IUP College of Osteopathic Medicine is filling a significant need for rural health doctors. The impact of the IUP College of Osteopathic Medicine will be felt for generations. We did not hesitate to offer our support, knowing that what we give now will provide much-needed medical care to many communities in future years.”
The Stovers met at IUP as undergraduate accounting students. After graduation, they both started working in Pittsburgh and completed their MBA degrees at the University of Pittsburgh. They were married at Our Lady of Grace Church in Pittsburgh 49 years ago.
Regina Stover attended Our Lady of Grace Grade School and Fontbonne Academy. She spent 34 years in various control and risk management positions at BNY Mellon and retired as a managing director (senior vice president).
She is a trustee emeritus at Carlow University, past president of the Business Alumni Association of the University of Pittsburgh, past president and district director for the Institute of Internal Auditors, president emeritus of the Foundation for IUP, current member of the Financial Advisory Board for the Sisters of St. Joseph, treasurer of the Board of the Catholic Foundation for Greater Pittsburgh, chair of the IUP Athletics Advancement Council, along with Dennis, a member of the IUP President’s National Campaign Council, a member of the Board of Visitors for the School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh, and a member of the Pitt Athletics Champions Advisory Board.
She has been named an IUP Distinguished Alumna, is a member of the IUP Eberly College of Business Hall of Distinction, is a University of Pittsburgh School of Business Distinguished Alumna, and received the Distinguished Service Award from the University of Pittsburgh School of Business and the Manifesting the Kingdom Award from the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh.
Dennis Stover spent his youth in Clearfield and his teenage years in West Chester, graduating from West Chester High School. After a brief career in public accounting, he spent 26 years in various finance, cash management, and product development positions at BNY Mellon. He spent the final five years of his career developing a Health Savings Account product for a start-up company in Salt Lake City.
After his conversion to Catholicism as an adult, he became very involved with the Catholic Church and, in particular, at Our Lady of Grace. As a member of the Our Lady of Grace Pastoral Council, he reinstituted the Parish Fish Fry and served as its manager for more than 15 years. He currently manages a nonprofit ministry that matches furniture donors with those in need. He received the Manifesting the Kingdom Award from the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh.
The Stovers were honored with the Bell Ringers Award by IUP Athletics for their support of IUP athletics with their time, talent, and treasure.
IUP’s College of Osteopathic Medicine holds pre-accreditation status from the American Osteopathic Association’s Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation and is actively recruiting and admitting students to begin medical instruction within the approved osteopathic medical curriculum. The first class of students is anticipated to enter in fall 2027.
There are only three colleges of osteopathic medicine in Pennsylvania, all at private universities.
IUP’s College of Osteopathic Medicine is the only college of osteopathic medicine at a public university.
IUP’s College of Osteopathic Medicine has as its mission to serve rural communities, affordability, and clinical opportunities throughout all four years of medical education at IUP. IUP currently has 290 percent of the required clinical training affiliation agreement spots, all at rural healthcare providers, that are required for accreditation.
IUP’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine and IUP’s commitment to addressing the rural health crisis have resulted in more than $54 million in funding from individual donors, foundations, and agencies, including six million or multi-million dollar gifts and several million dollars in federal and state funding.
Since its founding in 1875, IUP has evolved from a teacher-training institution into a doctoral research university recognized for its commitment to student success and achievement. IUP’s Impact 150 comprehensive campaign is designed to honor a legacy of educational excellence while looking toward a future of innovation, public service, and leadership in healthcare education, including the first college of osteopathic medicine at a public university in the commonwealth.