Peggy Cooning Retires After 19 Years of Advancing Trevecca’s Mission
Jasmin Enriquez Martinez
Features Editor
Peggy Cooning watched her parents scrimp and save every penny so she could afford college, never spending on themselves.
Now, after 19 years of fundraising at Trevecca, she’s spent her career giving students a chance at an education.
Peggy Cooning and her team during Homecoming / Photo provided by Peggy Cooning
“College was super important for my parents to support because I wanted to do it, and they did a lot of sacrificial things to allow me to come to college,” said Cooning, vice president for university engagement.
Cooning will retire on Dec. 12 as vice president of university engagement, ending a 45-year career. Since arriving at Trevecca in 2007, she’s overseen the university’s fundraising, community engagement, events ...