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Wildcats, you showed your LOVE on Giving Day!

Thank you for supporting the people, places and programs that you love at the University of Arizona on Giving Day. Together we raised more than $5 million from almost 2,000 Wildcats, all in just 24 hours!

We appreciate your support and are grateful to have you as part of our university community.

If you missed Giving Day, you can still make your gift at crowdfund.arizona.edu/givingday.

Thanks again for joining us and celebrating what it means to be a Wildcat for Life!

#BearDownGiveBack

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Feb 14, 2023

Only two hours left before we wrap up University of Arizona Giving Day for 2023!

We’ve seen incredible generosity from Wildcats everywhere. More than 1,800 people have come together today to make gifts in support of students, programs and scholarships.

Please take one last look at our Matching Gift Challenges that are so close to being completed! From now until 11:59 PM MST, gifts to these colleges and programs will be doubled.

Thank you again for your support and for encouraging Wildcats around the world to #BearDownGiveBack.

Congratulations to our Student Organizations who gave back today!

Feb 14, 2023

What an incredible day for Wildcats everywhere! Thank you for coming together to support everything you love about the University of Arizona.

Earlier today, students came together at our Giving Day Carnival on the Mall hosted by the Bobcats and other student groups from the All Leadership Council. They could earn prizes for themselves while collecting points for their student organization. The top groups were able to give back to Student Scholarship and Success Initiatives.

Congratulations to our winners!

1st Place: Freshman Class Council

2nd Place: Epsilon Eta

3rd Place: Primus Freshman Honorary

4th Place: Om Shanti

5th Place: Wildcat Gaming Club

6th Place: UArizona Divest

7th Place: Team Awareness Combatting Overdoes (TACO)

8th Place: SMORES Sophomore Honorary

9th Place: PRIDE Alliance

10th Place: Kappa Sigma

11th Place: LINKS Junior Honorary

A special thank you to the Arizona Loyal Donors who provided the prize dollars for the winning student organizations. We appreciate your support! #BearDownGiveBack

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UA Music Fund for Percussion Studio Excellence Challenge

All gifts will be matched by an anonymous generous donor up to $5,000! Alumni and Friends of the UA Fred Fox School of Music, your gift today will support the instrumental, technological and pedagogical aspects of the Percussion Studio and help advance its mission.

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College of Humanities – Africana Studies Scholarship Challenge

Help a student in need cross the finish line! The 2022-2023 recipient of our Young Professional Achievement Award, Jeff Powell, has made this generous $2,500 challenge gift to support a student majoring in Africana Studies who needs financial support to complete their degree this or next year. Your gift plus his match will increase the impact on one student’s life. Please make the most of this opportunity today!

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CALS Alumni & Friends Challenge

The CALS Alumni Council and an Anonymous donor are matching gifts to the CALS Finish Line Fund up to $4,500! Double your impact with a gift that helps CALS students receive the support they need to cross the finish line.

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A New Day In Court Dean’s Challenge

Double your impact on Giving Day. College of Law Dean Marc Miller and Professor Christina Cutshaw will match up to $2,500 in gifts toward A New Day In Court, which will give brand new on-campus practice courtroom facilities to our students.

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College of Humanities Fund for Excellence Challenge

Show your support of the humanities! Alumna Christi Brookes has made this generous $2,000 challenge gift to match donations to the College of Humanities Fund for Excellence, providing much-needed unrestricted resources to maintain and improve the world-class academic opportunities available to our students. Make your impact today!

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$10,000 Match to Support Arizona Public Media (AZPM)

A longtime friend of AZPM is matching gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $10,000! Give now and support AZPM’s incredible programming on PBS, NPR, PBS KIDS and Classical Music.

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The Peter and Pat Hirschman University-Community Research Partnership Fund Challenge

Gifts to the Peter and Pat Hirschman University-Community Research Partnership Fund will be matched up to $5,000. Your gift will provide grants to support collaborations between the University of Arizona and community organizations in southern Arizona that result in beneficial and sustainable programs addressing social justice needs in the community. Help us make an impact in southern Arizona!

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Eller Dean’s Fund for Excellence Challenge

Double your impact when you donate to the Eller Dean’s Fund for Excellence today! Chuck O’Connor (‘77) is generously matching the first $1,000 made to this fund which provides flexible support for Eller students, faculty and programs and helps the college seize new opportunities and meet unexpected needs.

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School of Art Fund for Excellence Challenge

Please join Carol and Robert Dorsey in supporting the School of Art student resilience, retention, and persistence initiatives. All gifts will be matched up to $10,000. Double your impact by making a gift to the School of Art Director's Fund for Excellence today!

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Public Interest Fellowship Challenge

James E. Rogers College of Law Dean Emerita Toni Massaro and alumna Melody Robidoux (’80 & ’83) have joined forces for Giving Day to support the Justice Advocates Coalition. All gifts up to $7,000 will be matched to create paid summer fellowship opportunities for law students. When fully matched, 4 summer 2023 fellowships will be made possible!

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Alumni Challenge for the Wildcat Mentor Society

The Alumni Advisory Council is matching all gifts from University of Arizona Alumni to the Wildcat Mentor Society up to $5,750. The Wildcat Mentor Society provides a structured program for connecting students and early career graduates with accomplished alumni for insights on leadership development and personal and professional growth. Program participants receive ongoing support, training and networking opportunities through an experience that fosters meaningful connections that often continue beyond the program. Gifts help provide program staffing, materials, and networking events. Give to the Wildcat Mentor Society today!

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Pride of Arizona Challenge

Support the Pride of Arizona and your gift will be matched dollar for dollar up to $15,000 by Stacie (’97, ’00) and Jennifer Hudgens. As season ticket holders for multiple Wildcat teams and avid music fans, they know that the Pride is “instrumental” in making the Game Day experience, at-home or on the road, the best in the country! Your generosity will help provide uniforms, travel, instruments and equipment for our 250 members. Give to the Pride of Arizona today!

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William M. “Bill” Clements Golf Center Challenge

Gifts to the William M. “Bill” Clements Golf Center will be matched up to $5,000 by Jeff Beach. Help create a world-class facility for our Men’s and Women’s Golf programs that will include a student-athlete lounge and laser-guided putting green.

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College of Medicine – Tucson White Coat Challenge

Support the College of Medicine – Tucson White Coat Fund and your gift will be matched by Mr. Bruce Byrd up to $2,500. The White Coat Fund provides white coats and stethoscopes for the incoming Class of 2027. White coats are placed on each student’s shoulders signifying their entrance into the medical profession. Help us let our students feel a part of a supportive community of alumni and friends who are equally passionate about improving lives and building healthier communities.

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$10,000 Match to Support Arizona Public Media (AZPM)

The Paul Bryant Smith Foundation is matching gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $10,000! Give now and support AZPM’s incredible programming on PBS, NPR, PBS KIDS, and Classical Music.

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Fine Arts Scholarship Challenge

Are you passionate about the arts? Make a contribution today to the Fine Arts Scholarship Fund to support promising undergraduate and graduate students pursuing their passion. When you do, your impact will be doubled as President’s Club members Mitch (’70) and Meredithe Katz will match your gift up to $1,000.

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College of Science Recent Graduate Challenge

Calling all recent College of Science graduates! Dean Carmala Garzione (MS ’96, PhD ’00) is challenging you to support the College of Science General Scholarship Fund. She will match gifts up to $1,000 from alumni who graduated in 2013 or later. Join our community of donors today and double your impact!

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School of Journalism Challenge

Support the School of Journalism on Giving Day and the Arizona Broadcasters Association will match your gifts up to $5,000. The Arizona Broadcasters Association believes there are few things more important to our future society than an independent, nonpartisan local media that can deliver trusted information and allow for a free exchange of ideas. They believe Arizona is a safer place when residents have access to local media resources that hold truth to power and offer support during times of fear, confusion and crisis. Please join them and make your gift today to help prepare students as they pursue career paths in journalism and local media!

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Wildcat Parent Challenge

Attention Wildcat Parents! Make a gift to an area of campus that has impacted your student. When you do, Mark Ralston and Tricia Heaney will make an additional contribution up to $1,000 to help Wildcats students succeed.

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First Time Donor Challenge

Make your first gift to the University of Arizona on Giving Day. The first $1,000 in gifts from new donors will be matched dollar for dollar by Vicki and Craig Fleischer! Support what you love about Arizona with a gift of any amount. Join our community of givers today!

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College of Education Challenge

Alumna Beth Ashley is generously matching gifts to the College of Education to benefit student scholarships and programs up to $500. Your gift today will continue preparing educators, school and rehabilitation counselors, school principals and superintendents, and leaders for P-12 and higher education.

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Arizona Arts Live Challenge

A generous donor has made a $25,000 challenge match in support of Arizona Arts Live which provides access to the arts by bringing outstanding global performers and artists to Southern Arizona. This funds supports initiatives such as discounted student tickets and community engagement.

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School of Dance Fund for Excellence Challenge

The Dance Advisory Board is generously committed to matching all gifts up to $1,000 in support of the School of Dance Fund for Excellence. Please consider doubling your impact by making a gift in support of dance students and faculty.

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LawCat Challenge

Celebrate all the legal innovations led by Arizona Law! New gifts up to $2,500 will be matched by Brad Vynalek (’99) on Giving Day to the Dean’s Innovation Fund.

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College of Humanities – Spanish & Portuguese Scholarship Challenge

Help a transfer student achieve their goals! The 2022-2023 COH Alumnus of the Year, Dolores Durán-Cerda, has made this generous $3,000 challenge gift to support a first-generation Pima Community College transfer student in the department of Spanish and Portuguese. Your gift plus her match will help raise the value of this scholarship to cover one semester’s tuition. Please make a difference today!

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Humanities Seminar Program Challenge

The HSP Development Council has made a generous challenge gift to support strategic upgrades to the Rubel Room’s classroom technology to strengthen the hybrid experience and bring in-person and online students closer together. Gifts made to the Humanities Seminars Operations Fund during Giving Day will support this goal and will be matched up to $2,500, increasing the impact of your donation. Help us enhance the student experience and provide adult learners with more direct access to the world-class faculty at the University of Arizona!

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Eller Native American Business Education Scholarship Challenge

Support scholarships for Native American students pursuing a business degree! Ray McGrath and Patty Murer are offering up to $2,500 to match gifts for scholarships to Native Americans students in the Eller College of Management. Please give today!

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CAPLA Recent Graduate Challenge

Recent CAPLA alumni, assemble! If you graduated from CAPLA in 2008 or later, your gift will be matched up to the amount of $2,000. This giving challenge is sponsored by Galeryst.com, a site created by CAPLA alumnus, Michael Scherotter (BArch, 1993). Artists and architects alike use Galeryst to share their work in an immersive, 3D virtual environment. We hope you’ll consider donating today!

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Hi Corbett Field Baseball Clubhouse Challenge

Tony Milo is matching gifts up to $10,000 to renovate the Hi Corbett Clubhouse. Upgrades will include a team meeting room and a Hall of Champions entry way. Support our current and future baseball teams with a gift today!

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Dr. Thomas Meixner Memorial Fund Match

Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences Advisory Board member and alumnus Phil Fitzwater (MS ’81) is offering $1,000 to match gifts to the Dr. Thomas Meixner Memorial Fund. Gifts to this fund honor the legacy of our dear friend Tom Meixner. Tom’s family will direct the use of the fund to a University of Arizona cause meaningful to them.

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African American Museum of Southern Arizona Challenge

Celebrating its opening in January 2023 on the University of Arizona campus, The African American Museum of Southern Arizona (AAMSAZ) highlights the contributions the African American community has made to Southern Arizona and the world. Felicia and Joseph Jackson, Jr. are generously matching gifts today to AAMSAZ up to $1,000 which will help support the museum’s mission.

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Rombach Giving Fund Bonus Challenge

Thanks to The Rombach Giving Fund, a bonus challenge has been unlocked. The Rombach Giving Fund loved the idea of Amanda and Sue’s match and is so inspired by all of your gifts to meet their $1,000 challenge that they have committed an additional match. This is a great time to make your First Gift to Adaptive Athletics! Give now to unlock another $1,000.

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Tech Launch Arizona Challenge

Support Tech Launch Arizona and your gift will be matched up to $20,000 by an Anonymous donor! Tech Launch Arizona provides opportunities to engage students, particularly female and underrepresented minorities, in university technology commercialization and alternative career exploration in entrepreneurship and innovation to create a better world for all. Please give today.

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CAPLA ‘Cranky Old Lady’ Giving Day Challenge

Kekku Lehtonen, an alumna of CAPLA (BArch, 1983), is on a mission to make the world a little less cranky. She has established the Cranky Old Lady Scholarship, which offers financial assistance to post-traditional, single parent, working or first-generation college students. To support her cause, for Giving Day, Kekku will match all donations to the scholarship up to $3,000. This scholarship provides crucial resources for students to continue pursuing their education and fulfilling their potential. So, let's not be cranky—please consider donating today!

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Diversity & Inclusion Scholarships Challenge

Gifts to the Office of Diversity & Inclusion Cultural and Resource Center Scholarships will be matched up to $10,000! These Scholarships support students on their Wildcat Journeys. Please give today!

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5980 Academic Fund for Student Athletes

Provide student athletes with up to $5,980 in supplemental academic aid from the “5980 Academic Fund.” Gifts will be matched up to $5,000 from a generous donor. Support student athletes today!

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Eller Dean’s Scholarship for Excellence Endowment Challenge

Make your gift to the Eller Dean’s Scholarship for Excellence Endowment Fund today and Dylia Hernandez & Edgar Navarro from EDNM Financial Services, LLC will match that amount by making an additional contribution up to $1,000.

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SALT Center Challenge

Make your gift to the Strategic Alternative Learning Techniques (SALT) Center today, and President’s Club member Jim Thoresen will match that amount by making an additional contribution to benefit SALT student scholarships and programs up to $5,000. Your gift to the SALT Center provides access to innovative programming and support services for students who learn differently.

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W.A. Franke Honors College Study Abroad Challenge

Donate to the Franke Honors College Study Abroad Scholarship Fund and all gifts will be matched up to $5,000. Studying abroad changes lives and fosters an understanding of diverse cultures and perspectives that enriches a student’s educational experience. Did studying abroad have an impact on your life? Whether it was 5 or 25 years ago, we invite you to make the same life-changing experience of studying abroad possible for our students.

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Adaptive Athletics Challenge

Dr. Sue Kroeger, Emeritus Executive Director of the Disability Resource Center and current Associate Professor of Practice and Program Director of Rehabilitation Studies and Services in the College of Education and Dr. Amanda Kraus, ('03 M.A. in Higher Education '08 Ph.D. in Higher Education) Assistant Vice President and Executive Director of the Disability Resource Center have teamed up to issue a challenge match for Adaptive Athletics and will match the first $1,000 in gifts to Adaptive Athletics.

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College of Engineering Forever ENGAGED Challenge

Support the ENGineering Access, Greater Equity, and Diversity (ENGAGED) program in the College of Engineering today and your gift will be matched up to $5,000 by Cindy (’88 B.S. Industrial Engineering) and Dan Klingberg (’93 B.S. in Electrical Engineering). For a 2nd year, Dan and Cindy, who are passionate supporters of the ENGAGED program are encouraging you to join them to heighten the ENGAGED program which has a significant impact on the retention and graduation success of historically underrepresented students in engineering.

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College of Science Scholarship Fund Challenge

Gifts to the College of Science General Scholarship Fund will be generously matched up to $5,000 by Dr. Vicki Chandler, a member of the COS Advisory Board. Your support of student scholarships will ensure that all Wildcats have the opportunity to succeed!

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College of Science Challenge

When you make a gift to the College of Science, Robin Blackwood will make an additional contribution to support the college up to $1,000.

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FORGE Challenge

Gifts to FORGE will be matched by up to $10,000 from generous donors! FORGE inspires and cultivates an entrepreneurial mindset in all students and provides a bridge to the community by advancing the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Your gifts will be used to support important FORGE programs including Native FORGE for tribal entrepreneurs, biomedical student venture scholarships, and providing free Venturing 101 education for every student regardless of major. Please give today!

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Theatre, Film & Television Fund for Excellence Challenge

A generous donor has committed $5,000 in support of the School of Theatre, Film & Television’s Fund for Excellence. Please consider doubling your impact by making a gift in support of our students and faculty.

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Mariachi Arizona Challenge

Please join Chad and Dena Becker in their mission to ensure Mariachi Arizona is the nation’s premiere collegiate Mariachi program. They are challenging fellow alumni, music lovers, and those passionate about our rich culture to support Mariachi Arizona. Funds will be used for suits (trajes), instruments, and student attendance at the Tucson International Mariachi Conference.

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School of Anthropology’s American Indian Relations Fund Challenge

Make your gift in support of the UA School of Anthropology’s American Indian Relations Fund on Giving Day. Through support of educational outreach activities geared at engagement of Native Americans, especially Native American youth, this fund is aimed at fostering understanding of and respect for the peoples and cultures of Arizona and surrounding regions. The first $5,000 in gifts to this fund will be matched dollar for dollar by the Smith Living Trust in memory of William Lawrence.

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