Giving Back as Thanks for Assumption Education

Thalia Vitikos' generous spirit continues with a gift to support future students and honor those who "lifted her up" throughout her life.

Thalia Vitikos '77 is thankful for her many blessings, including her Assumption education. Her desire to give back inspired Thalia to make the University a beneficiary of a portion of her IRA, creating a scholarship to benefit future Assumption students and honoring retired Bishop George Rueger, former headmaster of Worcester's Marian High School.

"This gift acknowledges all the people who helped and lifted me up along the way," says Thalia.

"My Assumption education inspired me to dedicate my life to the service of others." A licensed mental health counselor, she has spent 25 years in a private practice as an expressive arts therapist, using music and the arts to serve marginalized people, including many impoverished individuals and those with developmental disabilities.

Thalia is now a member of The 1904 Society, a group that has made a deferred gift or provided for Assumption in their estate plans or wills. For information, contact Melanie Demarais at 508-767-7332 or demarais@assumption.edu.