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NAU Giving Day 2021

Lumberjacks are stronger together!

NAU Giving Day is your opportunity to celebrate what makes our community extraordinary—the kind, passionate, and generous people who care about NAU and its students. Dollars raised on Giving Day directly fund NAU projects, programs, scholarship and so much more. Your investment propels research, including important discoveries in the fight against COVID-19. Your compassion helps hundreds of students in need with emergency support. Your support ensures NAU’s commitment to student access and academic excellence remains a top priority.

 

Your Axe of Kindness impacts every aspect of the NAU experience. Unite with your Lumberjack family to turn one day of giving into 365 days of impact!


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Make a gift. Big or small, all gifts matter. There are over 50 matches and challenges YOUR gift can help unlock!


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$100,000
The Jeff Willis Lumberjack Challenge
Hey Lumberjacks, make a gift to support the fund that matters most to you at NAU and watch your donation go further! Former member of both the NAU Foundation Board and the Alumni Association Board, Jeff Willis, '72, challenges you to show your Lumberjack spirit. As soon as the Giving Day thermometer hits $100,0000, Jeff will release his $100,000 gift to support the Honors College. Give now and show the world the impact Jacks can have together!
$100,000 / $100,000 Raised
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$6,500
Student Giving Challenge
112 students made gifts on Giving Day! President Rita Cheng, Vice President of Student Affairs, Erin Grisham, and the Student Philanthropy Council are releasing their collective gift of $6,500 to Louie's Cupboard in honor of this student philanthropy. We are Lumberjacks!
50 / 50 Gifts
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$3,000
Additional Challenge for Undergraduate Research
Paul Keim was so inspired by your support for research at NAU that he's decided to release an additional gift of $3,000 to support student research. Give now to support student research! And have you checked out the virtual Undergraduate Symposium https://nau.edu/undergraduate-research/undergraduate-symposium/ yet? Go and see how your gift can really make a difference!
$3,000 / $3,000 Raised
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$5,000
ASNAU Past Presidents Challenge
Jim McCarthy, former ASNAU President ‘70-‘71, will contribute $5,000 to Associated Students of NAU once 15 gifts have been made in support of ASNAU. ASNAU is so much more than just the student government on campus. Students learn about leadership, effective communication, how to innovate and collaborate with others, and build confidence through networking. Join Jim in supporting ASNAU. We are Lumberjacks!
15 / 15 Gifts
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$1,250
CEFNS Challenge
Jason Wilder, CEFNS Dean of the College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Resources , will release his gift of $1,250 after 100 gifts are received to any fund within the College.  Your gift can go further on NAU Giving Day. Go Jacks!
100 / 100 Gifts
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2
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CEIAS Career Services Program Match
Support the College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences (CEIAS) Career Services Program and NAU parents and donors, Brian and Alice Garcia, will match your gift up to $2,500. This fund provides programing and events to help students visualize their future.  Give now, support career services for Jacks and have twice the impact!
$420 MATCHED
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$10,000
Challenge for Undergraduate Research
In honor of the Undergraduate Symposium Dr. Paul Keim will release a $10,000 gift to support student research. Make a gift to any research fund at NAU to help release his challenge gift and be sure to check out all the wonderful projects at the Undergraduate Symposium (https://nau.edu/undergraduate-research/undergraduate-symposium/) and see how your gifts makes a difference for Jacks!
$10,000 / $10,000 Raised
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2
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Cline Library Special Collections and Archives Match
Peter Runge, Head of Special Collections and Archives at Cline Library, will match all gifts to the Special Collections and Archives Endowment up to $500. Help support the preservation, description, access, and engagement with the hundreds of collections housed in Special Collections and Archives that document the history of NAU and the Colorado Plateau. Give now and have twice the impact!
$500 MATCHED
Completed
2
Match
College of Arts and Letters Dean Match
Christopher Boyer, Dean of the College of Arts and Letters, will match all gifts to the Dean's Fund for Excellence up to $500. The Fund for Excellence supports all programs and schools of the college, make your gift now and have the twice the impact on CAL students and professors. Once we raise $500 for the College of Arts and Letters Dean’s Fund for Excellence, Dean Boyer will match that dollar for dollar, plus any additional donation up to $1,000. The Fund for Excellence supports all programs and schools in the college. Make your gift now and have twice the impact on CAL students and professors.
$1,000 MATCHED
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College of Health and Human Services Dean Challenge
Congrats to the top CHHS Department - Physical Therapy!
Rank Prize Fund Designation Gifts
1 $1,000 Physical Therapy 19
2 Health Professions General Fund 7
3 Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders 6
4 Communication Sciences and Disorders Scholarship 5
5 NAU Speech and Hearing Clinic 5
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Don and Carol Davenport Engineering Match
Don and Carol Davenport will match your gift to support the Engineering Innovation Fund. The EIF supports all programs and schools of the college, make your gift now and have the twice the impact on the College of Engineering, Informatics and Applied Science students and professors.
$1,000 MATCHED
Completed
2
Match
EPIC Program Fund Match
The EPIC program welcomes all prospective and current College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences (CEIAS) students as well as alumni to celebrate inclusion as one of our principal strengths, based on the understanding that mutual respect and inclusiveness help us build an intellectually vibrant community drawing on the broadest talent pool. Support the EPIC Program during NAU Giving Day and you’re gift will be matched by Tom Rogers. Give now and have twice the impact!
$740 MATCHED
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Success!
Facebook Live- 5:30 pm MST - Tour of Giving Day HQ! #NAUGivingDay
Get a behind-the-scenes look at NAU Giving Day with a tour of the student call center and see what happens when you make a gift to the NAU Foundation. We'll also check in on Giving Day progress and successes as we head into the evening hours. https://www.facebook.com/naualumni
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2
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General Scholarship $5K Match
George, '91, and Karen Gresham will match all gifts to the General Scholarship Fund up to $5,000. Give now and double your impact for Jacks!
$3,515 MATCHED
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2
Match
Historic Route 66 Association of Arizona Match
Give now and get your kicks to support Route 66! Did you know that there is a Cline Library endowment to preserve and promote the history of Route 66? The Historic Route 66 Association of Arizona will match all gifts to support the endowment up to $6,600. Give $5, $10, or $66 now and have twice the impact on our love for the Mother Road.
$366 MATCHED
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$2,500
Honors College Challenge
Penny Emerson will release a gift of $2,500 to support Honors College programming once 15 gifts are made to any Honors College fund. YOU can have twice the impact when you give to support Honors students.
15 / 15 Gifts
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2
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In Memory of Gene Hughes Commitment to Hotel and Restaurant Management
In memory of Dr. Gene Hughes, former President of Northern Arizona University, all gifts made to support the Eugene and Margaret Ann Hughes HRM Scholarship will be matched up to $1,000 by Galen Collins. Give now, and honor Dr. Hughes' legacy and impact on NAU.
$1,000 MATCHED
Completed
$5,000
Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals Challenge
Dr. William “Bill” Auberle will release his $5,000 gift to support ITEP programming, once 15 gifts are received supporting any ITEP fund on NAU Giving Day. Make a gift now and see your gift go further!
15 / 15 Gifts
Completed
2
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Martha Portree Commission on the Status of Women Scholarship Match
The generous donor matching all gifts to the scholarship up to $2,000 has agreed to the donate the additional $1,055 of the matching gift.
$945 MATCHED
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2
Match
Match for The W. A. Franke College of Business
Support The W. A. Franke College of Business and have your gift matched by Ralph, '83, and Rebecca Henderson! They will match your gift to the FCB Dean's Fund for Innovation up to $10,000. Give now and have twice the impact! We are Lumberjacks!
$2,630 MATCHED
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2
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Monarch Butterfly Research Match
Support a School of Forestry summer research internship studying the Monarch Butterfly. Mike Wagner will match every dollar up to $5,000 to the fund.
$1,995 MATCHED
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2
Match
NAU Online, Statewide, and Personalized Learning Match
Are you an NAU Online, Statewide, or Personalized Learning student, alumni, or faculty? Then this match is for you. For more than 30 years, NAU has delivered excellence in distance learning and has evolved into one of the best online experiences in the nation. Vice Provost and Dean, Gayla Stoner, will match your gifts up to $1,000 to support innovative distance learning programs. Make your gift now to NAU Online & Innovative Educational Initiatives and have twice the impact!
$517 MATCHED
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$1,000
Office of Native American Initiatives Challenge
The Leadership Team in the Office of Native American Initiatives (ONAI) challenge you to donate to any fund that supports Native American Initiatives. The Leadership Team members will donate $1,000 collectively to support NAU ONAI students and programming once $1,000 in gifts are received. Make a gift now, increase your impact, and show the world that we are Lumberjacks!
$1,000 / $1,000 Raised
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$10,000
Support first-gen students
An anonymous donor was so moved by your Lumberjack generosity today that they are opening a new challenge starting at 5:00pm! Once an additional $10,000 is raised for funds anywhere on campus, they will unlock a $10,000 gift to benefit the First Generation Initiatives Expansion fund. NAU’s history of access and personalized support makes a college experience manageable for students whose parents never went to college. This fund expands NAU’s support network for first-gen students (47% of undergraduates) through vital workshops, information, and resources in the Pathways program. Give now to any fund and double your impact by elevating first-generation students!
$10,000 / $10,000 Raised
Completed
$10,000
Skyjacks Challenge
Make a gift to any NAU athletics funds and help unlock a gift from Col. Rebecca Seeger. As soon as 50 gifts are made to any athletics fund, she will release her $10,000 gift to support our Skyjacks.
50 / 50 Gifts
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Success!
Social - Rise and Shine Early Bird Challenge
Congrats to #NAUGivingDayChallenge winner Mercedes Kaiser! $250 will be allocated to the Virgil Masayesva Education Fund - ITEP.
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Success!
Social - We are Lumberjacks Spirit Award
Congrats to #NAUGivingDayChallenge winner Mercedes Yanez! $250 will be allocated to the Lumberjack Engagement Center Scholarship.
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$1,500
The NAU Salute! $1,500 Challenge for NAU’s Military and Veteran Students and Families
Give now and support NAU’s Veteran & Military Services at NAU. Once 15 gifts are received to any Veteran & Military Services fund, NAU alumna and NAU Foundation Board member, Vice Admiral Robin Rumble Braun, U.S. Navy (Retired)'77 will release her gift of $1,500 to support leadership development opportunities for NAU students, with an emphasis on supporting our Military and Veteran students.
15 / 15 Gifts
Completed
2
Match
University Marketing Staff Match
Do you work in University Marketing? If so, Chief Marketing Officer, Harlan Teller, will match your gift up to $500! Give now to the cause at NAU most important to you and Harlan will help you double your impact. We are Lumberjacks!
$500 MATCHED
Completed
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Top College by Amount Raised
Track to see the top performing college by total donations.
Rank Colleges Raised
1 College of Social and Behavioral Sciences $29,530.00
2 College of Environment Forestry and Natural $21,835.00
3 College of Education $19,555.00
4 The W. A. Franke College of Business $17,680.00
5 College of Arts and Letters $16,995.00
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$30,000
DeMund Foundation Challenge to Support First-Generation Jacks
The DeMund Foundation challenges you to support the first-generation students of NAU. Did you know almost 46% of students at NAU identify as first-generations scholars? You can support the needs of first-generation Jacks trailblazers and also help unlock a challenge. Once 60 donations are received to any first-generation fund, the DeMund Foundation will release their gift of $30,000! Give now and see your gift go further to support first-generation excellence! To learn more about first-generation programming visit https://nau.edu/first-gen/
60 / 60 Gifts
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2
Match
Accounting Scholarship Match
Support accounting majors at NAU! A generous donor will match gifts to the general Accounting Scholarship up to $5,000. Give now and support our Jacks!
$1,020 MATCHED
Ended
2
Match
All-Steinway School Match
Arts and Letters Advisory Council member, Dr. David Shaffer and Dr. Donna Weistrop, are offering a one-to-one match for every dollar raised towards the All-Steinway School Fund up to $7,850. This is the amount needed to purchase one Boston upright Steinway. With your giving, we can DOUBLE the number of pianos to bring us closer to our All-Steinway School goal. Learn more at https://nau.edu/music/about/all-steinway-school-initiative/
$4,290 MATCHED
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$1,000
CAPCOT Challenge
Hey NAU staff, are you a member of a CAPCOT Department? If so, Vice President of Capital Planning & Campus Operations, Daniel Okoli, challenges you! Once 25% of CAPCOT employees make a donation and $2,500 is donated from the unit, he will release his gift of $1,000. The CAPCOT department with the highest dollar amount raised can choose where to donate $250 of the $1,000 challenge.
$2,500 / $2,500 Raised
Completed
2
Match
CEFNS Dean Match
Jason Wilder, Dean of College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, will match any gift from a current student or recent alumni (graduated in the last 10 years) who donates to any fund in CEFNS up to $1,250. Double your impact!
$1,250 MATCHED
Completed
2
Match
CEIAS Dean Match
Andy Wang , Dean of the College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, is matching all gifts up to $1,000 to fund innovative and impactful student success and learning initiatives for students within the the college. Give now and have twice the impact!
$1,000 MATCHED
Completed
2
Match
Cline Library Match
Cynthia Childrey, Dean of Cline Library, and donors Florence and Harold Young, will match all gifts to the Cline Library Fund up to $2,500. NAU's Cline Library is an essential part of NAU life on the Flagstaff Mountain Campus. Students, faculty, and staff all use the library to achieve their career goals. Give now and have twice the impact!
$867 MATCHED
Ended
2
Match
Cline Library Student Workforce Promise Match
James Owens and Florence and Harold Young will match all gifts made to the Cline Library Student Workforce Promise Fund up to $4,500. Give now and have the twice the impact on Cline Library student workers.
$1,240 MATCHED
Ended
$6,500
College of Education Leadership Team Challenge
Donate to any fund in the College of Education. Once COE receives $6,500 in total gifts, members of the COE Leadership Team will donate an additional $6,500 to support students and programs in the College of Education. Your gift will make twice the impact on NAU Giving Day. We are Lumberjacks!
$6,500 / $6,500 Raised
Completed
2
Match
Dale Hoskins Memorial Fund Match
A generous donor is matching all gifts up to $5,000 in memory of Dr. Dale Hoskins who spent 30 years teaching broadcasting at the School of Communication. Dr. Hoskins will be remembered for his passion and ability to connect with students and make them laugh. Your gift to the Dale Hoskins Memorial Fund, will enhance student learning in multi-platform media and will support guest lectures, student travel to conferences and other student professional development.
$4,665 MATCHED
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2
Match
Enrollment Management Staff Match
Vice President of Enrollment Management Anika Olsen will match all Enrollment Management staff gifts up to $1,000 to any fund. Make a gift now and have twice the impact. We are Lumberjacks!
$1,000 MATCHED
Completed
Success!
Facebook Live- 12:00 pm MST - Undergrad Research Symposium Check-in
Hear from a student researcher presenting during the virtual Undergraduate Research Symposium and learn about ways you can support student research this NAU Giving Day! https://www.facebook.com/naualumni
Completed
$1,000
FCB Dean Challenge
Once 10 faculty or staff of The W.A. Franke College of Business (FCB) make a gift to support any fund in the college, Dean Ashok Subramanian will release his $1,000 gift to support the Friends of FCB Faculty Fund. We are FCB, we are Lumberjacks!
10 / 10 Gifts
Completed
$2,000
Graduate College Challenge
Did you earn your graduate degree at NAU? Once 20 gifts are made by graduate alumni to any fund at the university, Maribeth Watwood, Dean of the Graduate College, will unlock a $2,000 gift to support a scholarship benefiting current graduate students.
20 / 20 Gifts
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2
Match
Honor NAU professor Dr. Wright with a matching gift
A new award was created to honor Stephen Wright, Ph.D., former SBS Dean, former director of NAU’s Center for International Affairs and longtime NAU professor. Dr. Wright has been inspiring generations of political, and international affairs students. Make a gift in his honor and former student, Tony Gibson, '01, will double your impact by matching all gifts up to $25,000 to support the Stephen Wright, Ph.D. International Fund (SWIF). Give now and have twice the impact!
$5,685 MATCHED
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2
Match
Honors Dean Capstone Project Grant Match
Kevin Gustafson, Dean of the Honors College, will match all gifts to support Honors Capstone Projects up to $1,000. The Honors Capstone is the culminating showcase of an Honors student’s personal, academic, and career goals. Students complete a variety of projects that make a big impact. Some of this year's projects include creating a video game to teach Arizona high school students about economics, developing a pop-culture education curriculum to encourage STEM students, and researching Arizona state water quality. Give now and support our Honors students!
$1,000 MATCHED
Completed
2
Match
Institute for Native-serving Educators Match
Institute for Native-serving Educators (INE) supports teachers serving in Indigenous communities by providing long-term professional development aimed at improving teachers’ content knowledge and ability to develop and deliver academically rigorous, culturally responsive curricula to their students. Thanks to Penny Emerson, all gifts to INE will be matched today up to $5,000. Give now and see your gift go further. We are Lumberjacks!
$5,000 MATCHED
Completed
2
Match
ITS Staff Match
Several ITS employees contributed to NA Giving Day through payroll deductions, Chief Information Officer, Steven Burrell, will be releasing the additional $391 to meet this match!
$681 MATCHED
Ended
2
Match
Match for FCB Faculty Research
Ralph, '83, and Rebecca Henderson will match all gifts to the Friends of FCB Faculty Fund up to $10,000. Make your gift now and see your gift doubled to make twice the impact! The Friends of FCB Faculty Fund supports faculty research and empowers professors to reach their full potential, further increasing their impact on students and programming in the The W.A. Franke College of Business.
$1,785 MATCHED
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2
Match
Mathematics Match
CEFNS Interim Associate Dean, Scot Raab, will match any gift to Mathematics and Statistics. Your gift can go further on NAU Giving Day. Go Jacks!
$500 MATCHED
Completed
$4,050
NAU Alumni Association Board of Directors’ We are Lumberjack Challenge
In honor of NAU's tradition of excellence since 1899, the NAU Alumni Association Board of Directors' current and former leaders are sponsoring a challenge to inspire alumni to give back their alma mater on Giving Day. The Board will unlock a $4,050 challenge once 189 alumni donate to any fund. Let’s celebrate what connects all of us and show the world that We are Lumberjacks!
189 / 189 Donors
Completed
2
Match
NAU Staff Cares Match
On #NAUGivingDay, NAU employee gifts to NAU Cares Fund will be matched up to $1,000. NAU employees can extend the impact you make every day by giving to this fund that supports traditionally underrepresented students facing financial emergencies. Show the Lumberjack community what we can do together!
$635 MATCHED
Ended
2
Match
Quantum Mobile Project Match
The Quantum Mobile lab brings ‘hands-on’ quantum science experiences to schools in both urban and remote communities of Arizona. The mobile lab provides access to sophisticated laboratory tools and research to a pre-college audience who would not have access to a quantum lab otherwise. A generous donor is matching all gifts that support the Quantum Mobile lab up to $2,000. Give now, and make twice the impact for STEM in our Arizona communities.
$900 MATCHED
Ended
2
Match
SBS Dean Match
John Masserini, Interim Dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, is matching all gifts up to $1,500 to fund innovative and impactful student success and learning initiatives for students within SBS. Give now and have twice the impact!
$790 MATCHED
Ended
Success!
Social - #TBT Walk Down Memory Lane challenge
Congrats to #NAUGivingDayChallenge winner Joy Gaeraths! $250 will be allocated to the Athletics General Department Fund.
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Success!
Social - Show Your Pride
Congrats to #NAUGivingDayChallenge winner Chelsea McKeirnan! $250 will be allocated to the NAU Honors College.
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$1,500
Sociology Challenge
Dennis Roberts, '74, challenges Lumberjacks to support sociology students! Once $1,500 in gifts are made to any sociology fund, Dennis will release his gift of $1,500 to support the Kanan Scholarship. Make a gift now and have twice the impact. We are Lumberjacks!
$1,500 / $1,500 Raised
Completed
$2,500
The W.A. Franke College of Business Challenge
Penny Emerson will release a gift of $2,500 to support The W.A. Franke College of Business (FCB) programming once 15 gifts are made to any FCB fund. YOU can have twice the impact when you give to support FCB!
15 / 15 Gifts
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Top Alumni Chapter by Gifts
Top Alumni Chapter by Gifts on NAU Giving Day
If you are a member of an NAU Alumni Chapter, please select your Chapter below:
Rank Answer Gifts
1 Flagstaff Chapter 40
2 Phoenix Chapter 18
3 Native American Chapter 5
4 San Diego Chapter 3
5 Denver Chapter 3
6 Yuma Chapter 3
7 Dallas/Forth Worth Chapter 2
8 Prescott Chapter 2
9 Portland Chapter 2
10 Washington D.C. Chapter 1
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Top College by Gifts
Track to see the top performing college by total gifts.
Rank College Gifts
1 College of Social and Behavioral Sciences 131
2 College of Environment Forestry and Natural 114
3 College of Education 107
4 The W. A. Franke College of Business 97
5 College of Health and Human Services 91
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Turn your state True Blue with your gift!
Rank State Gifts
1 AZ 945
2 CA 130
3 CO 36
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