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WWU Give Day coming April 25, 2024 - Early Giving going on now!

 All contributions are being counted for Give Day! Take advantage of our matches and challenges today and be one of our first supporters for WWU Give Day 2024!


There is also a one-to-one match up to $250,000 for the Western Welcome Scholarship Campaign this year! This is the biggest match in WWU Give Day history, and we need your help as we try to meet it. Make your gift today and have twice the impact, which means offering twice as many students the opportunity for a life-changing education! Give now by clicking here!


The Western Welcome Scholarship and History-Making Match

This year, Western's top fundraising priority is the Western Welcome Scholarship — a scholarship that exemplifies Western's commitment to attracting and retaining the highest quality students. This scholarship bridges the gap between cost of attendance and financial aid. That means the gifts you make today help make Western a more inclusive and inviting university, as well as cement our status as one of Washington’s most important educational institutions.

The biggest match in WWU Give Day's history is this year. This is our opportunity to show the world what's important to Western - student success, critical thinking, academic excellence, and changing the world for the better. Taking advantage of this match doubles your impact on the world. You provide twice as many people a world-class education. Can you meet that challenge today?

 

If you’re not able to give right now, you can also sign up to be an ambassador for WWU Give Day and win swag just for helping spread the word! Click Here To Get Started! 

 

Thank You to Our 2024 WWU Give Day Platinum Sponsor, Whatcom Educational Credit Union

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Your gift is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law according to section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Our tax identification number is 91-6073519.

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Western Welcome Scholarship - $250,000 match! WHOLE Pantry of Living Essentials Athletics Club Sports College of Business and Economics College of Fine and Performing Arts College of Humanities and Social Sciences College of Science and Engineering College of the Environment Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate School Honors College Programs/Centers/Institutes Student Clubs Western Libraries Western on the Peninsulas Woodring College of Education
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Double your impact for the Merle Prim Scholarship for Diversity and Inclusion!
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Double your impact for the Merle Prim Scholarship for Diversity and Inclusion!
An anonymous donor has provided a dollar-for-dollar match up to $10,000 for this scholarship! Make your gift here to support diversity and inclusion!
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Match for Psychology Student Research and Travel provided by Foundry10
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Match for Psychology Student Research and Travel provided by Foundry10
Foundry10 has supported WWU Psychology students with a one-to-one match to the Psychology Student Research and Travel Fund. Your gift can help our psych students go to conferences, engage in groundbreaking studies, and more! Give now to take advantage of the match!
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Robert and Bess Christman Scholarship Match - Double your support of Geology students!
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Robert and Bess Christman Scholarship Match - Double your support of Geology students!
The first $500 in gifts to the Robert and Bess Christman Scholarship will be matched dollar for dollar by their daughter Maureen Christman, in loving memory of the many ways they positively impacted the WWU and Bellingham Community. Your contribution will have double the impact on the geology students who receive that scholarship!
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Management Information Systems (MIS) Program Challenge
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Management Information Systems (MIS) Program Challenge
The first $250 in gifts to the MIS program will be matched dollar for dollar by an MIS program supporter (up to $50 per donor). Your $50 will have $100 in impact!
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Recent Grad Match Opportunity!
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Recent Grad Match Opportunity!
The first 60 gifts from recent graduates (Graduated in the last 10 years) will receive an extra $50 match!
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The Copeland Women's Rugby Match
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The Copeland Women's Rugby Match
A generous supporter, Scott Copeland, has matched the first $1,000 of gifts to our Women's Rugby team! Double your gifts impact today!
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Matching Gift Opportunity for MSCM!
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Matching Gift Opportunity for MSCM!
A generous donor has offered a $5,000 match for the MSCM & Operations Program! Make your gift today to DOUBLE your impact!
$1,500 MATCHED
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Janis & Wes Peterson Student Teacher Support Match
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Janis & Wes Peterson Student Teacher Support Match
Janis and Wes Peterson had close contact with student teachers over their long careers in education. They are aware of some of the difficulties and burdens student teaching brought to the lives of many students, like traveling long distances to teach in the classroom a student teacher was assigned. Janis and Wes are very pleased to have the opportunity to offer assistance to students in need of help meeting financial obligations that have fallen to them as part of their student teaching assignment. All donations go directly to supporting WWU student teachers with the most significant financial need to complete their certification. Your gift today, taking advantage of the Peterson's generous match, can help current and future student teachers be far more successful, and thus, reach even more young people. Give today to have the twice impact!
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WWU Retirement Association Scholarship Challenge
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WWU Retirement Association Scholarship Challenge
For every $100 raised for scholarships, the WWU Retirement Association will contribute another $100 to the WWURA Scholarship, up to $3,600!
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Institute for Critical Disability Studies Scholarship Challenge!
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Institute for Critical Disability Studies Scholarship Challenge!
For every $100 given to ANY ICDS fund, anonymous (and very generous!) donors will contribute $100 to the ICDS General Scholarship Fund up to $1,700! What an incredible way to support the work of the ICDS!
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Savviest Student Organization Challenge!
The student club or team with the most donors when we finish processing all the Give Day gifts will win an extra $1,000! Final results available after all Give Day gifts are processed. Using fake donor names to inflate results may disqualify a club or team.
Rank Prize Savviest Student Organization Challenge Donors
1 $1,000 Student Clubs 2
2 Men's Rowing 1
3 WWU Hip Hop Dance Team 1
4 Adoptees Alliance 0
5 Alpha Kappa Psi Omega Beta 0
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Woodring Winners Challenge!
The department or program housed in the Woodring College of Education that receives the highest number of unique donors will win an extra $1,000! Final results available when we finish processing all the Give Day gifts. Gifts from fake donors to inflate donor count may disqualify a department or program.
Rank Prize Woodring Winners Challenge! Donors
1 $1,000 Education Leadership 1
2 Woodring Equity & Diversity Programs 1
3 Janis & Wes Peterson Student Teacher Support Fund 1
4 Adult and Higher Education 0
5 Athletes to Educators 0
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College of Science and Engineering Donor Challenge!
The department, project or program in CSE that received the highest number of unique donors will receive an extra $1,000! Final results available after we process all Give Day gifts. Inflating donor count using fake donor names may disqualify a project, department, or program.
Rank Prize CSE Donor Challenge! Donors
1 $1,000 Chemistry Department 1
2 Physics and Astronomy 1
3 Biology 1
4 Computer Science 1
5 Alma Clark Glass Scholarship for STEM 0
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College of Fine and Performing Arts Donor Challenge!
The department, project or program in CFPA that receives the highest number of unique donors will receive an extra $1,000! Final results available after we process all Give Day gifts. Inflating donor count using fake donor names may disqualify a project, department, or program.
Rank Prize CFPA Donor Challenge! Raised
1 $1,000 Design Department $100.00
2 Art and Art History Department $0.00
3 Arts Enterprise and Cultural Innovation $0.00
4 B Gallery $0.00
5 Dance $0.00
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Heritage Bank Sponsorship
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Heritage Bank Sponsorship
Many thanks to our friends at Heritage Bank for providing a generous sponsorship in support of Give Day!
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50-state Challenge!
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50-state Challenge!
Did you know we have Vikings in every state? The first Viking to make a gift from each state will receive an additional $100 match for the fund to which they gave!
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Chrysalis Inn and Spa Sponsorship
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Chrysalis Inn and Spa Sponsorship
Many thanks to our friends at Chrysalis Inn and Spa for providing a generous sponsorship in support of Give Day!
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Early Bird Challenge!
From 1 AM to 6 AM on Give Day, the first $50 of every gift will be matched, up to $5,000! You're already up; you might as well make it worthwhile! Give now to help earn an additional $5,000 for the area of WWU you're most passionate about!
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Night Owl Challenge
Every gift given to ANY part of WWU between 10 PM and midnight will unlock an additional $50 gift to the Western Welcome Scholarship, up to $2,000! Your last-minute $10, $20, or $30 gift could have $60, $70, or $80 of impact!
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Lunchtime Crunchtime
The top 2 funds with the most unique donors between 11 AM and 1 PM on 4/25 will receive an additional $2500 each! Note: Giving under fake names to inflate donor count may disqualify a given fund
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Double your impact for Behavioral Neuroscience research stipends!
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Double your impact for Behavioral Neuroscience research stipends!
Did you know WWU's Behavioral Neuroscience program is incredibly highly regarded? That's because we work hard to make sure our students have real-world experience conducting research. A very generous donor has pledged to match every dollar given to Behavioral Neuroscience up to $6,000! Your gift will have twice the impact!
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Double your impact for the WISE Scholarship!
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Double your impact for the WISE Scholarship!
Two generous alumnae, Amber Peterson '02 and Kathleen Larese '01, have pledged to match the first $8,000 of giving to the WISE Scholarship! Your gift is crucial!
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$7,000 Match for International Business!
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$7,000 Match for International Business!
A generous $7,000 matching pool for International Business has been provided by generous faculty and alums! Will you take advantage and double your impact by giving now?
$2,350 MATCHED
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Graduate School Match Alert!
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Graduate School Match Alert!
The first $5000 in gifts to the Kitto Graduate School Hub will be generously matched 1:1 by a close friend of Kathy Kitto, Diane Norman! Give now to unlock the matching dollars and double your impact!
$275 MATCHED
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Help fight food insecurity! $10,000 match to the WHOLE Food Pantry!
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Help fight food insecurity! $10,000 match to the WHOLE Food Pantry!
The Western Hub of Living Essentials (WHOLE) Food Pantry helps provide basic needs items (food, hygiene, and more) for students who need a hand sometimes. An anonymous donor has put up $10,000 as a dollar-for-dollar match to ANY gift given to the WHOLE Food Pantry. Your gift can have twice the impact! Make your contribution now!
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Western Libraries Match!
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Western Libraries Match!
A generous supporter has offered to match the first $1,000 of gifts to the Western Libraries! Take advantage today and double your impact!
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$250,000 Match for the Western Welcome Scholarship!
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$250,000 Match for the Western Welcome Scholarship!
WWU Give Day's BIGGEST match ever! The Western Welcome Scholarship is a recruitment and retention scholarship designed to bridge the gap between financial aid and the cost of attendance. Your gift today can have TWICE as much impact! Give now to support our students!
$1,160 MATCHED
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3,000th Donor Challenge!
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3,000th Donor Challenge!
The 3,000th donor to WWU Give Day 2023 will unlock an additional $750 for the fund to which they donated!
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2,000th Donor Challenge!
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2,000th Donor Challenge!
The 2,000th donor will unlock an additional $750 for the program to which they gave! Your $100 gift could have BIG impact!
62 / 2,000 Donors
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The Battle for Business!
The department in CBE with the most unique donors at the end of Give Day will receive an additional $1,000! Final results available after we finish processing all the gifts. Fake donor names may disqualify the department.
Rank Prize The Battle for Business! Donors
1 $1,000 International Business Program 8
2 Marketing Program 8
3 MSCM & Operations 5
4 Make Waves with the Moss Adams Student Success Ctr 2
5 Accounting Department 2
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Victorious Viking Athletes Challenge!
The athletic team with the highest number of unique donors will win an additional $1,000! Results will be final when we finish processing all the Give Day gifts. Using fake donor names to inflate results may disqualify a team.
Rank Prize Victorious Viking Athletes Challenge! Donors
1 $1,000 Athletics 4
2 Varsity Volleyball 3
3 Varsity Golf (Men's & Women's) 1
4 Cheer 0
5 Cross Country & Track and Field 0
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Fairhaven Fundraisers Challenge!
The project or program in Fairhaven College that has the highest number of unique donors will win an additional $1,000! Final results available once we process all the Give Day gifts. Using fake donor names to inflate donor count may disqualify a project or program.
Rank Prize Department Raised
1 $1,000 Fairhaven College Opportunity Scholarship $0.00
2 Salish Sea Recording Studio $0.00
3 The Fairhaven Outback Farm $0.00
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College of Humanities and Social Sciences Donor Challenge!
The department, project or program in CHSS that receives the highest number of unique donors will receive an extra $1,000! Final results available after we process all Give Day gifts. Inflating donor count using fake donor names may disqualify a project, department, or program.
Rank Prize CHSS Donor Challenge! Donors
1 $1,000 Linguistics 2
2 Communication Sciences and Disorders 1
3 Philosophy Department 1
4 Modern and Classical Languages 1
5 Behavioral Neuroscience Program 1
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Want to create your own match or challenge?
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Want to create your own match or challenge?
Want to make your own match or challenge? Email giving@wwu.edu and we'll set it up for you! Statistically, matches generate an 18-28% increase in dollars and donors, so your gift could have 18-28% more impact!
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Give Day Ambassador Challenge
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Give Day Ambassador Challenge
The Top 5 WWU Give Day Ambassadors this year will receive $1,000 each to allocate to their Give Day area of choice after Give Day concludes! Sign up and share for your shot at making a $1,000 impact today!
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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Match Alert!
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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Match Alert!
Generous alum David Cole, '84, has agreed to match the first $15,000 in gifts to the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program! That means your gift of $10 becomes $20, $40 becomes $80, or even $1,000 becomes $2,000! Give now to take advantage of this generous match!
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WECU Sponsorship
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WECU Sponsorship
Many thanks to our friends at Whatcom Educational Credit Union for providing a generous sponsorship in support of Give Day!
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The Number One Vikings Match!
The Number One Vikings are those who make the first official Give Day gifts! The first $1,000 given after 12:01 AM on 4/25 will be matched dollar-for-dollar!
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Last Call!
The 500th donor between 10 PM and 11:59 PM will receive an additional $5,000 match to their gift. You can make a huge impact on the area of Western you love most!
500 Donor Goal
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The Final Four Match
The final four gifts given on Give Day will each receive an additional $500 match!
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1 WA 47
2 AZ 2
2 CA 2
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