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Show Your Skidmore Pride!
Celebrate Charter Day May 23, 2024. Join us in supporting a legacy of innovation and creativity. Your gift propels future leaders, creators, and thinkers. Make your Skidmore Fund gift in honor of Charter Day and tell the world that Creative Thought Matters more than ever.
Donor Challenge: Double your impact, gifts on Charter Day will be matched 1:1 thanks to a generous gift from our Lead Charter Day Challengers.
You can direct your giving to any of the following priorities:
- Academic and Faculty Support
- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
- Friends of Skidmore Athletics
- Friends of the Tang Teaching Museum
- McCaffery-Wagman Tennis and Wellness Center
- Opportunity Program
- Racial Justice Initiative
- Scholarships and Financial Aid
- Sustainable Skidmore
- Support it all!
What is Charter Day? It marks the anniversary of our establishment as a four-year liberal arts institution in 1922, but it is also a day about a community coming together to declare that it believes in Skidmore, in education, and that Creative Thought Matters.
How you can help: Spread the word and encourage others to make a gift on Charter Day. Sign up to become an Advocate or send a message through the Volunteer Information Portal (VIP). As a way of saying thanks, you will be entered to win one of five $50 gift cards from the Skidmore Shop
You made our Charter Day a resounding success! Thanks to your overwhelming generosity and Skidmore spirit, we achieved a new record!
$1,125,857 from 609 alumni, families, and friends
Your giving truly impacts the lives of our students and enhances support for our world-class faculty. You are making a difference in the areas of the College that mean the most to you. From research and internships to athletics and engaging speakers, supporting the Skidmore Fund ensures that Skidmore remains a hub of creativity and innovation.
Our heartfelt gratitude goes to our Lead Charter Day Challengers and to all the alumni, parents, and families who established challenges and offered matches. Your efforts magnified the impact of every gift—thank you!
Your belief in, and commitment to, the value of a Skidmore education is inspiring and aptly celebrates our charter as the four-year college we are today. Together, we are investing in our Skidmore that means so much to us all and in the future leaders who will go on to change the world.
With appreciation,
Michael McPhillips
Senior Director, Skidmore Fund
Last night, 65 members of the Classes of 2014-2023 joined together for lawn games – bocce, cornhole, croquet, and shuffleboard – in anticipation of Charter Day. Lots of fun and connections!
Big thanks to Belle Chen ’17, Zoe Gershuny ’15, Yasmin Goodman ’22, Benjamin Jurney '14, Matt Luekeheide ’17, Victor Miezah '23, Jordana Suriel ’21,Issy Mejia '23. Check out the photos below, and look for upcoming events for recent graduates:
Co-Sponsored by: Alumni Engagement, The Skidmore Fund, Skidmore of New York City, and The Alumni Association Board of Directors.
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