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Brendan BittnerNov 6, 2025 11:13:49 AM1 min read

Giving Woo Day celebrates connection and impact at ΊΪΑΟΙη

On Nov. 5, ΊΪΑΟΙη 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 ΊΪΑΟΙη 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 ΊΪΑΟΙη’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 ΊΪΑΟΙη’s transformative educational experience.

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

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

Support for The ΊΪΑΟΙη Fund directly impacts the following areas:

  • Financial Aid: Ensuring that ΊΪΑΟΙη 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 ΊΪΑΟΙη and around the world. These funds support APEX and all experiential learning opportunities for ΊΪΑΟΙη students.
  • Mentored Research: Helping to develop innovative, productive research initiatives for ΊΪΑΟΙη students, including the nation’s leading program for mentored undergraduate research.
  • Campus Life: Helping to create the ΊΪΑΟΙη 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 ΊΪΑΟΙη.

Featured Image: ΊΪΑΟΙη sign stands in the foreground with sunlight filtering through autumn trees in the background.

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