{"id":22343,"date":"2026-09-21T14:32:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T18:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/?p=22343"},"modified":"2026-10-13T15:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T19:47:08","slug":"elizabethtown-college-alumnus-honored-by-chester-county-futures-for-transformational-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2026\/09\/21\/elizabethtown-college-alumnus-honored-by-chester-county-futures-for-transformational-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabethtown College Alumnus Honored by Chester County Futures for Transformational Impact"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elizabethtown College alumnus Bob \u201974 Rigg and his wife, Karen, received the 2026 Chester County Futures (CCF) Transformational Impact Award. Recognized during the <\/span>CCF\u2019s 30th Anniversary Celebration<\/span><\/a> on Sept. 17 at the Downingtown Country Club, the Riggs were honored for their extraordinary generosity and steadfast commitment to expanding educational opportunity through the <\/span>Robert \u201974 and Karen Rigg Chester County Futures Scholarship<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBob and Karen exemplify the transformative impact philanthropy can have on students\u2019 lives,\u201d Elizabethtown College President Betty Rider said. \u201cThe recognition from Chester County Futures is well deserved, and Bob continues to exemplify how Etown alumni make a meaningful impact by living out our commitment to Educate for Service.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Established in 2018, the scholarship provides full room, board, and tuition for up to eight semesters to underrepresented or first-generation students from either Chester or Berks counties each year who attend Elizabethtown College. Scholarship recipients are also expected to participate in Etown\u2019s Momentum program, which introduces incoming students to the College\u2019s robust curriculum through real-world learning opportunities and helps them acclimate to the college environment.<\/span><\/p>\n

The CCF scholarship and the Riggs\u2019 transformative commitment to expanding educational opportunities for students also helped launch the College\u2019s <\/span>Build Brighter Futures: The Scholarship Campaign for Etown Students<\/span><\/a>. To date, the campaign has raised more than $36 million toward its $40 million goal.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Riggs are dedicated supporters of the CCF program, which connects students with opportunities, resources, and support to empower success in school and post-secondary life.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bob has served as a director on more than a dozen nonprofits, including serving as chair of the board and now director emeritus of the Chester County Community Foundation. He retired in 2022 as president of the nationally honored insurance and risk management brokerage firm The Rigg Darlington Group.<\/span><\/p>\n

He was honored as the recipient of the <\/span>2022-23 Educate For Service: Service to the College award<\/span><\/a>, which is among the most distinguished given to alumni of the College who demonstrate a commitment to the institution\u2019s motto, Educate for Service.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Elizabethtown College alumnus Bob \u201974 Rigg and his wife, Karen, received the 2026 Chester County Futures (CCF) Transformational Impact Award. Recognized during the CCF\u2019s 30th Anniversary Celebration on Sept. 17 at the Downingtown Country Club, the Riggs were honored for their extraordinary generosity and steadfast commitment to expanding educational opportunity through the Robert \u201974 and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":22344,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1338,1339,775],"tags":[2525,2720,2243,197,1350],"class_list":["post-22343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-and-research","category-alumni","category-campus","tag-build-brighter-futures","tag-ccf","tag-chester-county-futures","tag-elizabethtown-college","tag-etown","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22343"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22458,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22343\/revisions\/22458"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}