Give Marquette Day 2023

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24 hours to transform lives: Join us on Give Marquette Day! Give Marquette Day is a special annual opportunity for the entire Marquette community to come together and support Marquette through gifts of any size, exciting giving challenges, and social media engagement. Join us today! 

HELP US REACH OUR GOAL: Make your gift today and be counted! Gifts of any amount to any fund count.

UNLOCK MATCHES AND CHALLENGES: Your gift can help unlock more than 50 matches and challenges throughout the day!

BE AN ADVOCATE. Sign up to become an advocate and help spread the word with #GiveMUDay. As an advocate, youโ€™ll be a cheerleader for Give Marquette Day, amplifying our reach by encouraging your friends and networks to join you in supporting Marquette! 

Matches & Challenges
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Donation Challenge

$50,000 if 250 donors give in the next over 1 year

Challenge Complete!

Offered by John Hartnett, Eng โ€™82 & Barbara Hartnett, Nurs โ€™82

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Donation Match

$100 per donor up to $20,000

Match Complete!

Offered by Greg Archambault, Arts โ€™81 & Cindy Archambault

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Donation Match

$50 per donor up to $6,000

Match Complete!

Offered by Marc Viale, Arts โ€™90

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Donation Challenge

$1,500,000 if 1,881 donors give in the next over 1 year

Challenge Complete!

Offered by Anonymous

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Donation Challenge

$250,000 if 1,977 donors give in the next over 1 year

Challenge Complete!

Offered by Rick Broeren, Bus Ad โ€™77 & Patrice Broeren, Sp โ€™77, Grad โ€™78

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Donation Challenge

$250,000 if 3,000 donors give in the next over 1 year

Challenge Complete!

Offered by Anonymous

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Donation Challenge

$40,000 if 1,250 donors give in the next over 1 year

Challenge Complete!

For Classes between 2003 & 2022

Offered by Members of the Young Alumni Campaign Committee & Young Alumni Leadership Council

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Donation Challenge

$1,881 if 1,881 donors give in the next over 1 year

Challenge Complete!

For Alumni donors who gave to College of Nursing Scholarship

Offered by Catherine & Catherine Powers

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Donation Match

$1,000 per donor up to $250,000

Match Complete!

For College of Engineering

Offered by John McDermott, Eng '80 & Chris McDermott

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Donation Match

$1,000 per donor up to $100,000

Match Complete!

For Applied Investment Management Program Fund

Offered by Jay Schwister, Bus Ad โ€™84 & Sara Schwister

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Donation Match

$500 per donor up to $50,000

Match Complete!

Offered by Anonymous

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Donation Match

$100 per donor up to $30,000

Match Complete!

For Parents

Offered by Carla Anderson Skogland & Keith Skogland

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Donation Match

$100 per donor up to $26,000

Match Complete!

For Faculty/Staff

Offered by Anonymous

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Donation Match

$100 per donor up to $5,000

Match Complete!

For Supply Chain Management Center

Offered by Mark, Bus Ad โ€™87, Grad โ€™91, and Lori Boutelle & John Mau, Bus Ad '14, Grad '16

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Donation Match

$100 per donor up to $2,500

Match Complete!

For Center for Professional Selling

Offered by Mark Boutelle, Bus Ad โ€™87, Grad โ€™91 & Lori Boutelle

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Donation Challenge

$100 if 10 donors give in the next over 1 year

Challenge Complete!

Offered by Anonymous

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Donation Match

$50 per donor up to $10,000

Match Complete!

For Students

Offered by David Trautschold, Eng โ€™06 & Matt Trautschold, Eng โ€™04

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Donation Match

$35 per $1 donated up to $35,000

Match Complete!

For Les Aspin Center for Government

Offered by The Tynan Family

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Donation Match

$25 per $1 donated up to $50,000

Match Complete!

For Honors Program Fund

Offered by Dr. Paul Sackett, Arts โ€™75 & Dr. Pat Sackett, Arts โ€™75

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Donation Match

$5 per $1 donated up to $100,000

Match Complete!

For College of Communication

Offered by Jerry Buldak, Jour โ€™66

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Donation Match

$5 per $1 donated up to $50,000

Match Complete!

For College of Nursing

Offered by Lisa Grabert

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Donation Match

$5 per $1 donated up to $8,300

Match Complete!

For Backpack Program and Meal Swipe Fund

Offered by Members of the Marquette Alumni Association & National Board of Directors

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Donation Match

$5 per $1 donated up to $3,500

Match Complete!

For Classes of 2017 through 2022 donors who gave to Real Estate Program Development Fund

Offered by John Feeney, Bus Ad โ€™11 & Katie Feeney, Bus Ad โ€™11

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Donation Match

$5 per donor up to $500

Match Complete!

For College or School (College of Engineering)

Offered by Alex Hansen

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Donation Match

$5 per donor up to $500

Match Complete!

For Women's Soccer Excellence Fund

Offered by Laura (Boyer) Carley, Bus Ad '07

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Donation Match

$2 per $1 donated up to $100,000

Match Complete!

For School of Dentistry

Offered by Anonymous

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Donation Match

$2 per $1 donated up to $100,000

Match Complete!

For Athletics

Offered by Chuck Swoboda, Eng โ€™89 & Karen Swoboda, Eng โ€™90

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Donation Match

$2 per $1 donated up to $10,000

Match Complete!

For Men's Lacrosse Excellence Fund

Offered by Anonymous

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Donation Match

$2 per $1 donated up to $4,000

Match Complete!

For Women's Tennis Excellence Fund

Offered by Marquette Womenโ€™s Tennis (teams from the the 1990s)

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Donation Match

$1 per $1 donated up to $50,000

Match Complete!

For College of Business Administration

Offered by Jason Graham, Bus Ad โ€™95 & Diep Graham, Bus Ad โ€™99

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Donation Match

$1 per $1 donated up to $10,000

Match Complete!

For College of Arts & Sciences

Offered by Remington Tonar, Arts '09

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Donation Match

$1 per $1 donated up to $5,000

Match Complete!

For Bridge to the Future Fund

Offered by The Lynch Family Foundation

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Donation Match

$1 per $1 donated up to $4,500

Match Complete!

For Marquette Mentors Program

Offered by 20 Marquette Alumni & Mentee Leaders

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Donation Match

$1 per $1 donated up to $4,000

Match Complete!

For Men's Golf Excellence Fund

Offered by Andy Harwood, Comm '02

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Donation Match

$1 per $1 donated up to $2,500

Match Complete!

For Debra Krajec Theatre Support Endowed

Offered by Amy Ford Souders, Arts '92 & Stephen and Heidi Hudson-Mairet

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Donation Match

$1 per $1 donated up to $2,500

Match Complete!

For Diederich Experience Fund

Offered by John Salak, Jour โ€˜79

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Donation Match

$1 per $1 donated up to $2,500

Match Complete!

For Women's Basketball Excellence Fund

Offered by Kerri Simmons, Bus Ad '89

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Donation Match

$1 per $1 donated up to $1,000

Match Complete!

For Womenโ€™s Volleyball Travel Excellence Fund

Offered by Ryan Theis

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Donation Match

$1 per $1 donated up to $1,000

Match Complete!

For Debra Krajec Theatre Support Endowed

Offered by Kyle Burman, Comm โ€™03

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Donation Match

$2 per $1 donated up to $2,500

Match Complete!

For Men's Soccer Excellence Fund

Offered by John Mau, Bus Ad โ€™14, Grad โ€™16

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Donation Match

$100 per donor up to $10,000

Match Complete!

For Men's and Women's Cross Country, Track & Field Excellence Fund

Offered by Ted Mahoney, Arts โ€™77 & Lei Mahoney

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Donation Match

$2 per $1 donated up to $10,000

Match Complete!

For Cheer and Dance Current Use Excellence Fund

Offered by Tom Chowaniec, Eng โ€™93

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Donation Match

$10 per $1 donated up to $30,000

Match Complete!

For Urban Scholars Current Use Scholarship

Offered by Kathleen Vondran, Arts โ€™71 & John Vondran

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Donation Match

$100 per donor up to $10,000

Match Complete!

For Real Estate Program Development Fund

Offered by Joe McElwee, Bus Ad '77 & Nanette McElwee, Sp '77, Grad '78

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Donation Match

$1 per $1 donated up to $50,000

Match Complete!

For College of Health Sciences

Offered by Daniel Real, Bus Ad โ€™81 & Susan Cronin Real, Bus Ad โ€˜81

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Donation Match

$1 per $1 donated up to $10,000

Match Complete!

For Stephen K Adlard Men's Soccer Memorial Scholarship

Offered by Adam Ubert, H Sci โ€™04, Kyle Weber, H Sci โ€™06, PT โ€™08 & Heather Weber, Bus Ad โ€™06, Grad โ€™09

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Donation Match

$100 per donor up to $10,000

Match Complete!

For Center for Peacemaking - Civil Rights Pilgrimage

Offered by Anonymous

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Donation Match

$1 per $1 donated up to $10,000

Match Complete!

For Opus College of Engineering Fund

Offered by Anonymous

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Donation Match

$1 per $1 donated up to $25,000

Match Complete!

For Ignacio Ellacuria, S.J., Dreamer's Endowed Scholarship

Offered by Dan Scholl & Guadalupe Scholl

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Donation Match

$2 per $1 donated up to $9,000

Match Complete!

For Marquette Neuro Recovery Clinic Community Support Fund

Offered by The Elizabeth Elser Doolittle Charitable Trust No. ACE II & Paul Petitjean, Bus Ad โ€™82, and Anne Petitjean, PT โ€™82

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Donation Match

$1 per $1 donated up to $25,000

Match Complete!

For Institute for Women's Leadership (IWL) Current Use Excellence Fund

Offered by The Institute for Womenโ€™s Leadership Advisory Council

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Donation Match

$5 per $1 donated up to $25,000

Match Complete!

For Innovation: Explorer Challenge

Offered by John Schaefer, Arts '66 & Terry Schaefer

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Updates
Final Countdown Participation Challenge

The Final Countdown: An anonymous alumni donor will give $500 for each gift we receive during the final hour of Give Marquette Day, up to $50,000. Plus, the last donor to make a gift by 11:59 p.m. CT will win a special Marquette prize package.

558 days ago by Amanda Lang
UPDATE: Challenge Met!


โœ… 50 States Challenge - Mary Ellen, Arts โ€™78, and Scott, Arts โ€™77, Dent โ€™82, Stanek, National Campaign Co-chairs, have donated $100,000 to support the Wellness + Recreation Facility Fund in honor of Mike and Amy Lovell because we received a gift from a donor in each of the 50 states.


558 days ago by Sara Hall
UPDATE: Challenge Met!

โœ… Joe Riggio, Eng โ€™84, has given $10,000 to Marquette because 250 donors from the West Region made a gift on Give Marquette Day.

558 days ago by Sara Hall
UPDATE: Challenge Met!

โœ… Young Alumni Participation Challenge - Members of the Young Alumni Campaign Committee and Young Alumni Leadership Council have given $40,000 to Marquette because 1,250 young alumni (graduates from 2003-2022) made a gift to any fund on Give Marquette Day.

558 days ago by Sara Hall
UPDATE: Challenge Met!

โœ… Northeast Campaign Committee Challenge - Members of the Northeast Campaign Committee have given $475,000 to Marquette because 250 donors from the Northeast made a gift on Give Marquette Day.

558 days ago by Sara Hall
UPDATE: Challenge Met!

โœ… New Donor Challenge - The Reeves family has given $25,000 to support Equity in MKE because 500 new donors have participated on Give Marquette Day.

558 days ago by Sara Hall
UPDATE: Match Met

โœ… Honors Program - Dr. Paul Sackett, Arts โ€™75, and Dr. Pat Sackett, Arts โ€™75, have given $25 for every $1 donated toward the Honors Program Fund, up to $50,000.

558 days ago by Sara Hall
UPDATE: Blue's Birthday Challenge Met