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

On Nov. 5, ����Vlog��ý 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 ����Vlog��ý 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 ����Vlog��ý’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 ����Vlog��ý’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 ����Vlog��ý Fund touch virtually every area of campus life, provide the flexibility to meet the College’s greatest needs, and ensure that ����Vlog��ý continues to deliver on its promise of academic excellence, mentorship, and student opportunities.

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

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

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

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