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One Day, One Dayton
Our 2024 goal is 5,500 donors like you who make a gift of any size to any area of the University. Join Flyers from down the street and around the world as we celebrate our community’s ability to make a collective impact. Kick-start the momentum by making your gift right now!
At the University of Dayton, we don't just fly ... We Soar!
Matching Gifts and Unlocking Challenges Spotlight
During One Day, One Dayton, challenges appear throughout the day and are created by alumni and friends rallying to make a bigger difference together. A few challenges are already created, and you can plan to take part in:
- Just for Parents: The Parent Leadership Council will give $25,350 if 1,100 parent donors make a gift by 11:59 p.m. April 9.
- New Crew Challenge: If 605 people make their very first gift to UD before 11:59 p.m. April 9, an anonymous donor from the Class of ’69 will give $20,000.
✅ Eclipse our ’23 goal — 4,500 donors: We surpassed last year's goal, and Denise ’77 and Greg ’78 Palmer gave $75,000!
✅ Just for Recurring Gifts (setting up a monthly/repeating gift): Anonymous '69 gave $10,000 because 25 donors made a recurring gift by 11:59 p.m. April 9.
Donation Challenge
$50,000 if 2,500 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
Offered by David '66 and Mary Sue Goetz
Donation Challenge
$250,000 if 6,000 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
Offered by Bill Stankey '80
Donation Challenge
$100,000 if 585 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For Classes between 1938 & 1973
Offered by Anonymous '71 and Anonymous
Donation Challenge
$100,000 if 5,500 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
Offered by Larry ’76 and Rosemari Woerner
Donation Challenge
$75,000 if 4,500 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
Offered by Denise '77 and Greg '78 Palmer
Donation Challenge
$70,000 if 540 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For School of Business Administration
Offered by The School of Business Advisory Council
Donation Challenge
$45,874 if 732 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For Engineering - Excellence Fund
Offered by The School of Engineering Advisory Council
Donation Challenge
$25,350 if 1,100 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For Parents
Offered by The Parent Leadership Council
Donation Challenge
$25,000 if 100 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For Class of 1989
Offered by Bill '89 and Kelly '90 Uhl
Donation Challenge
$25,000 if 460 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For Arts and Sciences - Excellence Fund
Offered by A 1978 alum who lived at 460 Lowes
Donation Challenge
$25,000 if 645 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For Classes between 2014 & 2023
Offered by Anonymous ’68 and Anonymous ’68
Donation Challenge
$25,000 if 415 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For Campus Ministry - Excellence Fund
Offered by Dave '75 and Julia Troppoli '76 Yeager
Donation Challenge
$15,000 if 375 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For Education and Health Sciences - Excellence Fund
Offered by Dave '71 & Norma '71 McCarthy
Donation Challenge
$10,000 if 240 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For Multi-Ethnic Education and Engagement Center (MEC)
Offered by Doug & Amy Polasky
Donation Challenge
$10,000 if 25 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For donors who made a recurring gift
Offered by Anonymous '69
Donation Challenge
$10,000 if 230 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For Arts and Sciences - Excellence Fund
Offered by Anonymous '77
Donation Challenge
$5,000 if 630 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For Students (2024-2028)
Offered by Bob '73 & Heather Cherichella
Donation Challenge
$150 if 15 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
Offered by Emily Bonistall Postel
Donation Challenge
$50 if 10 donors give in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
For Class of 2016
Offered by Anonymous
Donation Match
$10 per donor up to $350
Match Complete!
For Libraries - Excellence Fund
Offered by Ione Damasco
Donation Match
$5 per donor up to $175
Match Complete!
For Libraries - Excellence Fund
Offered by Katy Kelly
Donation Match
$5 per donor up to $50
Match Complete!
For Food and Nutrition - Dietetics
Offered by Anonymous
Donation Match
$2 per $1 donated up to $50,000
Match Complete!
For Multi-Ethnic Engineers Endowed Scholarship
Offered by Anonymous and Anonymous
Donation Match
$2 per $1 donated up to $15,000
Match Complete!
For Students
Offered by Anonymous '15
Donation Match
$2 per $1 donated up to $5,000
Match Complete!
For Mona Guerrier Fallen Endowed Scholarship for Multi-Ethnic Education and Engagement Center
Offered by Destry Fallen '86
Donation Match
$2 per $1 donated up to $1,500
Match Complete!
For Provost Initiatives
Offered by Darlene Weaver
Donation Challenge
$2 if $1 is donated in the next 5 months
Challenge Complete!
Offered by Anonymous
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $75,000
Match Complete!
For Champions & Scholars (Athletics)
Offered by Anonymous '68 and Anonymous '68
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $50,000
Match Complete!
For Class of 1974
Offered by Ursula '74 and Steve '74 Post
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $25,000
Match Complete!
For Campus Ministry - Excellence Fund
Offered by Dave '75 and Julia Troppoli '76 Yeager
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $25,000
Match Complete!
For Champions & Scholars (Athletics)
Offered by Margie ’68 and Bill ’68 Klesse
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $25,000
Match Complete!
For Business Administration - Excellence Fund
Offered by Joe ‘76 & Maryann Bausman
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $25,000
Match Complete!
For Engineering - Excellence Fund
Offered by An anonymous Mechanical Engineering alum ’87
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $25,000
Match Complete!
For Engineering - Excellence Fund
Offered by Margie ’68 and Bill ’68 Klesse
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $25,000
Match Complete!
For Arts and Sciences - Excellence Fund
Offered by Margie ’68 and Bill ’68 Klesse
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $25,000
Match Complete!
For Forever Marianist
Offered by Greg '94 and Kay Harmeyer '94
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $25,000
Match Complete!
For Davis Center for Portfolio Management
Offered by Dick ‘72 and Sue Davis
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $25,000
Match Complete!
For Law Faculty Excellence Fund
Offered by Greg Palmer ’78
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $15,000
Match Complete!
For Education and Health Sciences - Excellence Fund
Offered by John ’68 and Kathy ’68 McKeon
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $15,000
Match Complete!
For Business Administration - Excellence Fund
Offered by John ’68 and Kathy ’68 McKeon
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $10,000
Match Complete!
For Food4Flyers Food Pantry
Offered by Anonymous and Anonymous
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $10,000
Match Complete!
For Softball Restricted Fund
Offered by Mark '85 and Maureen Schutter and Kathy Tamer ‘73
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $5,000
Match Complete!
For Women's Tennis Restricted Fund
Offered by Anonymous '88
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $5,000
Match Complete!
For Physical Therapy Doctoral Program
Offered by The Department of Physical Therapy (DPT) faculty
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $5,000
Match Complete!
For Men's Tennis Restricted Fund
Offered by Anonymous '88
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $5,000
Match Complete!
For Champions & Scholars (Athletics)
Offered by Bob '73 & Heather Cherichella
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $5,000
Match Complete!
For Business Administration - Excellence Fund
Offered by Bob '73 & Heather Cherichella
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $2,500
Match Complete!
For Women's Golf Restricted Fund
Offered by Bob '73 & Heather Cherichella
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $2,500
Match Complete!
For Men's Golf Restricted Fund
Offered by Bob '73 & Heather Cherichella
Donation Match
$1 per $1 donated up to $150
Match Complete!
For Marian Library Fund
Offered by Kayla Harris
Thank you to everyone who made a gift during our sixth annual One Day, One Dayton!
Numbers as of midnight:
7,023 people have made a gift to their favorite area of UD.
We hit our three milestones, and then reached even higher to unlock $250,000 from Bill Stankey ’80!
We covered all 50 states.
And raised more than $3,433,389.
We’re still counting, but we will send you an official summary soon.
GO FLYERS!
151 days ago by Emily Baldwin
✅ More than 1,100 Flyer parents made a gift and the Parent Leadership Council gave $25,350.
151 days ago by Emily BaldwinWe hit 6,000 donors with time to spare, and Bill Stankey ’80 gave $250,000! Way to go, Flyer Nation. When we rally in community, we can accomplish anything. Every gift we make today will support UD students for generations. So, how high will we soar tonight?!? Go Flyers!
We reached 5,500 donors, and Larry ’76 and Rosemary Woerner gave $100,000!
We eclipsed last year's goal, and Denise ’77 and Greg ’78 Palmer gave $75,000!
More than 2,500 donors made a gift before 10 a.m., and David ’66 and Mary Sue Goetz gave $50,000!
Donors
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| Alumni Class | Donors | Raised ($) |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 52 | $5,715 |
| 1997 | 63 | $25,520 |
| 1984 | 81 | $74,138 |
| 1979 | 69 | $33,654 |
| 1981 | 51 | $114,589 |
| 2015 | 49 | $19,220 |
| 1996 | 58 | $11,667 |
| 1986 | 46 | $16,010 |
| 1967 | 27 | $7,625 |
| 1998 | 77 | $12,251 |
| 2003 | 53 | $9,655 |
| 2010 | 51 | $4,635 |
| 1976 | 38 | $144,440 |
| 1990 | 67 | $25,295 |
| 2014 | 67 | $3,212 |
| 1988 | 50 | $50,575 |
| 1959 | 3 | $850 |
| 2022 | 70 | $2,455 |
| 1964 | 18 | $23,425 |
| 2017 | 36 | $2,615 |
| 1969 | 46 | $29,350 |
| 1978 | 47 | $67,600 |
| 2018 | 39 | $6,998 |
| 1991 | 60 | $20,335 |
| 2020 | 49 | $2,695 |
| 2021 | 59 | $3,602 |
| 2001 | 44 | $6,786 |
| 1972 | 43 | $46,280 |
| 1983 | 51 | $11,770 |
| 1982 | 52 | $20,912 |
| 2000 | 58 | $12,560 |
| 1987 | 61 | $35,286 |
| 1971 | 55 | $146,601 |
| 1951 | 0 | $0 |
| 1942 | 0 | $0 |
| 1950 | 0 | $0 |
| 1941 | 0 | $0 |
| 1940 | 0 | $0 |
| 2009 | 87 | $11,112 |
| 2019 | 88 | $4,888 |
| 1938 | 0 | $0 |
| 1985 | 53 | $19,325 |
| 2016 | 42 | $4,401 |
| 2012 | 43 | $2,825 |
| 1977 | 41 | $95,332 |
| 1965 | 16 | $2,960 |
| 2002 | 59 | $10,530 |
| 2007 | 44 | $4,510 |
| 2005 | 39 | $4,934 |
| 1968 | 48 | $221,372 |
| 1953 | 2 | $100 |
| 1962 | 5 | $375 |
| 1958 | 7 | $700 |
| 1960 | 2 | $375 |
| 1994 | 95 | $43,339 |
| 1948 | 0 | $0 |
| 1939 | 0 | $0 |
| 1999 | 85 | $11,745 |
| 1995 | 83 | $24,465 |
| 1973 | 81 | $546,390 |
| 1943 | 1 | $100 |
| 1992 | 78 | $25,032 |
| 1952 | 0 | $0 |
| 2023 | 93 | $5,403 |
| 1947 | 0 | $0 |
| 1974 | 112 | $77,164 |
| 1956 | 0 | $0 |
| 1949 | 1 | $500 |
| 1955 | 2 | $200 |
| 1944 | 0 | $0 |
| 2006 | 37 | $3,061 |
| 1989 | 115 | $79,589 |
| 1957 | 2 | $250 |
| 2004 | 93 | $13,986 |
| 1954 | 0 | $0 |
| 1945 | 0 | $0 |
| 1966 | 30 | $58,350 |
| 1946 | 1 | $100 |
| 1993 | 109 | $17,375 |
| 1961 | 5 | $1,500 |
| 1980 | 36 | $261,421 |
| 2011 | 42 | $4,764 |
| 2013 | 40 | $2,477 |
| 1970 | 42 | $22,855 |
| 1975 | 35 | $58,120 |
| 1963 | 12 | $4,730 |
| Student Class | Donors | Raised ($) |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 88 | $3,191 |
| 2027 | 76 | $2,387 |
| 2028 | 10 | $184 |
| 2024 | 155 | $8,819 |
| 2025 | 163 | $4,195 |
| Area of Impact | Donors | Raised ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Multi-Ethnic Education and Engagement Center (MEC) | 110 | $23,172 |
| University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI) | 3 | $70 |
| Forever Marianist | 76 | $53,244 |
| Campus Ministry - Excellence Fund | 366 | $78,807 |
| Athletics (Champions & Scholars) | 287 | $65,117 |
| Libraries - Excellence Fund | 85 | $9,781 |
| Student Development - Excellence Fund | 100 | $11,680 |
| UD Fund (area of greatest need) | 1697 | $276,342 |
| Education and Health Sciences - Excellence Fund | 235 | $54,677 |
| Arts and Sciences - Excellence Fund | 333 | $75,538 |
| Engineering - Excellence Fund | 523 | $207,592 |
| Business Administration - Excellence Fund | 329 | $325,162 |
| Law - Excellence Fund | 47 | $4,646 |
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