Mary Wash Day

CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you Devon Cushman 93 and our Senior Class donors! If 50 seniors make a gift to any area on Mary Wash Day, Devon will unlock a gift of $2,024 to the Fund for Mary Washington.

CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Virginia '67 and John Rigsby, and our first 540 donors! When we reach 540 gifts (Fredericksburg’s area code), Virginia Blackwell Rigsby '67 and John Rigsby will unlock a $5,000 gift to the Fund for Mary Washington!

CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you to all of our Mary Wash Day donors and sponsors! When we reach our goal of 2,500 gifts on Mary Wash Day, an anonymous donor will make a $100,000 gift to establish a scholarship for Mary Washington students in memory of Elizabeth Carolyn Vaughan Pritchett '46.

CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Steve and Donna Sheehan Gladis '68, and our alumni donors! When we reach 1,000 alumni donors on April 4, they will unlock a $10,000 gift to the Fund for Mary Washington helping support the student experience and university priorities.

CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Matt '19 and Sarah Good '19, and our first-time young alumni donors! When 50 young alumni (classes of 2014-2023) make their first-ever gift to Mary Washington, Matt '19 and Sarah Good '19 will unlock a gift of $1,000 to the Fund for Mary Washington.

CHALLENGE MET! Thank you Rob '93 and Dodie Whitt '95, and our married alumni donors! When 100 gifts are received from alumni who are married to other alumni, Rob and Dodie will give $5,000 to the Fund for Mary Washington!

CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you to our sponsor and Class of 1969 donors! When 25 gifts to any area across Mary Washington are made by members of the Class of 1969, a gift of $2,500 to the Fund for Mary Washington will be unlocked.

CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you Cedric B. Rucker '81 and our student donors! When 100 gifts are made by Mary Wash students to any area, a $1,000 gift to the Cedric B. Rucker '81 SOS Fund will be unlocked by Dean Emeritus Cedric B. Rucker '81.

CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you to our sponsors and faculty and staff donors! When 200 faculty and staff members make a gift to any area of the University on April 4, faculty and staff members Anand Rao, Kashef Majid, Sarah Dewees, and Miriam Liss will make a gift of $1,000 to support the Gwen Hale Resource Center.

CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you Susan Leavitt '83 and our noon to 1 p.m. donors! Take your lunch break with us. Susan Leavitt '83 will unlock a $3,000 gift to the Fund for Mary Washington if we receive 200 gifts to any area between noon and 1 p.m. Help kickstart the second half of Mary Wash Day by unlocking an extra $3,000 for students!

CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you Mary Helen Dellinger '90 and our Late Night donors! Mary Helen Dellinger '90 is challenging night owls to make an impact on Mary Wash Day! If we receive 200 gifts from 11 p.m. through midnight, she will unlock a gift of $1,250 to the Fund for Mary Washington. Stay up late with us to support our students and make sure we end the day with a win!

CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you Mary Louise Holmes '97 and our first 1,908 donors! When 1,908 gifts are made on Mary Wash Day, it will unlock a gift from Mary Louise Holmes '97 for $6,000 to the Fund for Mary Washington.

WE DID IT! We've received a gift from all 50 states and D.C.! Thank you to Vicky '80 and Marty Wilder '80 and our donors! If UMW receives at least one gift from every state in the U.S. and D.C. on April 4, we can unlock a $6,000 gift from Vicky Nichols Wilder ’80 and Marty Wilder ’80 to support current and future students.

CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Patti Boise Kemp '69, and our first-time donors! When we receive 250 gifts from first-time donors on April 4, Patti Boise Kemp '69 will unlock a $15,000 gift supporting student scholarships.

CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Young Alumni Council, and our young alumni donors! When we receive 300 gifts from young alumni donors (classes of 2014-2023) to any area, the Young Alumni Council (YAC) will unlock a gift of $3,000 to the Fund for Mary Washington.

CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you Kourtney and Terrance Whitehead, and our parent donors! The Whiteheads will unlock a $5,000 gift to the Fund for Mary Washington if we receive 450 gifts from parents of current UMW students and parents of alumni.

10 stuffed animal Eagles will be hidden throughout campus. If you find one, snap a picture and follow the directions on the included card to win $100 to an area of your choosing! Generously sponsored by Patti Boise Kemp '69.

CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you Valerie (ValPal) Parks '80 and our Early Eagle donors! The early Eagle gets the worm! Valerie (ValPal) Parks '80 is challenging the Mary Washington community to make an impact on Mary Wash Day! If we receive 125 gifts from 7 a.m. through 9 a.m., she will unlock a gift of $1,250 to the Fund for Mary Washington. Start the day off strong and help us kick off our first challenge!

CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you Abas '84 and Eileen Adenan '88 and our 5-7 p.m. donors! Abas '85 and Eileen Adenan '88 are challenging the Mary Washington community and honoring their time spent amongst friends in the social settings at Hamlet House in the '80s. If we receive 250 gifts between the hours of 5 and 7 p.m., Abas and Eileen will unlock a gift of $2,500 to the Fund for Mary Washington. Make your gift between 5-7 p.m. to unlock this extra support for UMW students!

MATCH MET! Thank you to our CoB Executive Advisory Board and CoB donors! Members of the COB Advisory Board are matching all gifts to the College of Business dollar-for-dollar, up to $10,000.