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Giving Woo Day celebrates connection and impact at ������

On Nov. 5, ������ community came together to celebrate Giving Woo Day, raising $507,793 from 596 individual donors and surpassing this year’s Giving Woo Day goal. All gifts made on Giving Woo Day support The ������ Fund, which supports each student with opportunities throughout their college years to forge life-long friendships and learn from impactful mentors.

Throughout Giving Woo Day, under the theme of Empowering Connections, donors demonstrated their commitment to ������’s students by also taking advantage of generous matching opportunities, which doubled the value of many contributions. This resulted in an outpouring of support that underscores the belief in ������’s transformative educational experience.

“Giving Woo Day showed the incredible power of our community,” said Carolyn Ciriegio ’08, vice president for advancement. “When Scots come together with a shared purpose, we make great things happen, and this year’s success is proof of that.”

Gifts to The ������ Fund touch virtually every area of campus life, provide the flexibility to meet the College’s greatest needs, and ensure that ������ continues to deliver on its promise of academic excellence, mentorship, and student opportunities.

Support for The ������ Fund directly impacts the following areas:

• Financial Aid: Ensuring that ������ is accessible to all so the College can continue to educate students based on their strengths and potential, not their ability to pay.
• Experiential Learning: Supporting the College’s commitment to integrating intellectual and professional work, realizing students’ impact both at ������ and around the world. These funds support APEX and all experiential learning opportunities for ������ students.
• Mentored Research: Helping to develop innovative, productive research initiatives for ������ students, including the nation’s leading program for mentored undergraduate research.
• Campus Life: Helping to create the ������ experience for each student, based upon the College’s rich history of traditions. These funds support student organizations, leadership programs, multicultural affairs, and much more.
• Faculty & Staff Support: Supporting areas such as professional development, faculty research, and sabbatical, these gifts enable our faculty to be leaders in their fields, bringing groundbreaking research into the classroom.
• Area of Greatest Need: Supporting every aspect of the College and advancing the mission and vision of ������.

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Posted in Homepage Featured, News on November 6, 2025.