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Save-the-Date: Thousands Strong 2021 Will Take Place November 10-11.

Thousands Strong is an opportunity for alumni and friends to engage with NIU in an exciting, virtual initiative that will increase and expand alumni pride and engagement, cultivate donor prospects and celebrate the impact of philanthropy at Northern Illinois University.

This year, this Day of Giving virtual initiative will start the evening of Nov. 10 and run through Nov. 11, with a variety of opportunities to help students and the University.

 

 

$34,000
NIU Foundation Board Challenge for the Northern Fund
The NIU Foundation Board of Directors are encouraging Huskies to support one the NIU Foundation's most powerful sources of philanthropy, the Northern Fund. When 200 gifts are made to the Northern Fund, their collective gift of $34,000 will be unlocked into the Thousands Strong totals.
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$50,000
Wirth-Evans Challenge for the Department of History
NIU alumna Dr. Mary Wirth ’74 and Dr. Dennis Evans want to inspire gifts to the Department of History during Thousands Strong. When 100 gifts are made, their $50,000 gift to the William P. Wirth Memorial Fund in History will be added to the Day of Giving totals. This fund honors one of the department’s proud alumni and supports the needs of today’s History students.
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$25,000
Lamb Challenge for Project Finish Line
When 20 gifts are made to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences' Finish Line Scholarship Fund, $25,000 from Mark and Donna Lamb will be added to the Thousand Strong totals.
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$500
Five Hundred from Faculty for Environmental Studies
The faculty for NIU's Institute for the Study of the Environment, Sustainability, & Energy are encouraging gifts to Environmental Studies. When $1,000 is donated to Environmental Studies, it unlocks their collective gift of $500 for student scholarships in their program.
$1,000 Goal
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$6,000
CHHS Momentum Challenge
An anonymous donor is offering a challenge to encourage gifts to CHHS! When 60 gifts are made to any area within CHHS, it will unlock a gift of $6,000.
60 Gift Goal
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$15,000
CHHS Achievement Challenge
An anonymous donor wants to help CHHS set a new giving day record! When 100 gifts are made to any area within CHHS, it will unlock a gift of $15,000.
100 Gift Goal
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$5,000
Jerry and Annette Johns Project Graduate Match
College of Education Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus, Dr. Jerry L. Johns, and College of Education alumna Annette L. Johns, M.S.Ed. ’77, want to inspire giving toward the College of Education’s Project Graduate. When donations to that initiative reach $5,000, they will double the impact for COE students with a matching gift of $5,000.
$5,000 Goal
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$500
Alberta Solfisburg Challenge
NIU Retiree and College of Education friend Alberta Solfisburg wants to start the Day of Giving off right. When COE receives its first 5 gifts from our donors, she will gift $500 to Project Graduate.
5 Gift Goal
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$2,000
Dennis and Pat Gurney Challenge
Double College of Education alumni Dennis Gurney, M.S. Ed, '69 and Pat Gurney, B.S.Ed. ’68, M.S.Ed. ’74, want to inspire giving toward the College of Education. When COE receives 25 total gifts, they will gift $2,000 to Project Graduate.
25 Gift Goal
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$2,500
College of Education Dean's Challenge
The Dean of the College of Education, Dr. Laurie Elish-Piper, wants to inspire giving toward the College of Education. When COE receives 50 total gifts, she will increase the impact by gifting $2,500 to College Strategic Priorities Fund.
50 Gift Goal
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$10,000
Sunshine Charitable Foundation/Denise Bunning Challenge
College of Education alumna Denise A. Bunning, M.S. Ed, '89 wants to inspire more people to make a positive impact on the lives of COE students. When 100 total gifts are received, her family foundation, Sunshine Charitable Foundation, will gift $10,000 into our Strategic Priorities Fund.
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Adela de la Torre Latino Honor Society Match
A generous donor will match all donations dollar-for-dollar, up to $2,000, in scholarship support for students in the Latino Resource Center's Adela de la Torre Latino Honor Society.
$3,000
The Eickhoff Family Veterans Scholarship Challenge
The Eickhoff family has created a special challenge to increase the impact of their scholarship for veterans. When 20 gifts are made to the Eickhoff Family Veterans Scholarship, a gift of $3,000 will be unlocked into the totals.
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