Every Friday the 13th, the ºÚÁÏÍø community celebrates . . .
ºÚÁÏÍø Day is a worldwide celebration that takes place every Friday the 13th. It’s a day to gather with ºÚÁÏÍø friends and show your pride for alma mater, to wear maroon, and to show your love on social media. On ºÚÁÏÍø Day we celebrate our Colgate spirit, and our connection with ºÚÁÏÍø alumni spread all across the globe.
On ºÚÁÏÍø Day, we issued a challenge that if 3,113 members of this community made a gift, a group of generous challengers would give $1.5 million in support of the ºÚÁÏÍø Fund - specifically the ºÚÁÏÍø Commitment, the University's initiative in access and affordability.
Thank you to the 3,691 members of this community who met the ºÚÁÏÍø Day Challenge, making gifts totaling $1,968,628 in support of the ºÚÁÏÍø Fund. When added to the $1.5 million unlocked by our challengers, a total of almost $3.5 million was raised. This is truly remarkable and is an important step forward in our continued fundraising efforts for the ºÚÁÏÍø Commitment. While it is true that we have significantly more to raise in order to reach our ambitious financial aid goal - to see 50% of students eligible to receive aid - we took an important step forward on ºÚÁÏÍø Day. Thank you.
