{"id":35072,"date":"2019-04-03T09:59:32","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T13:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/?p=35072"},"modified":"2019-04-16T12:35:57","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T16:35:57","slug":"giving-day-2019-is-here-the-cas-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/giving-day-2019-is-here-the-cas-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Giving Day a Huge Success"},"content":{"rendered":"

Giving Day 2019<\/a>\u00a0was the University’s biggest yet, with over $3.25 million raised across campus. CAS played a large role in that. Over 1,500 gifts were made across the College to raise $201,059.16\u2014a new record!\u00a0<\/span>CAS participated in three challenges, and the leaders switched constantly throughout the day. Below you’ll find the winners of the challenges and the prize money awarded:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
ARTS & SCIENCES DONOR CHALLENGE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Place<\/td>\nProgram<\/td>\nDonors<\/td>\nAmount Raised<\/td>\nPrize<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1st<\/td>\nCore Curriculum<\/strong><\/td>\n256<\/td>\n$13,155.56<\/td>\n$10,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2nd<\/td>\nBiology<\/strong><\/td>\n217<\/td>\n$6,669.17<\/td>\n$5,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3rd<\/td>\nClassical Studies<\/strong><\/td>\n125<\/td>\n$4,365.07<\/td>\n$3,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4th<\/td>\nEconomics<\/strong><\/td>\n119<\/td>\n$10,860.00<\/td>\n$2,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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ARTS & SCIENCES MOST IMPROVED CHALLENGE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Place<\/td>\nProgram<\/td>\nDonors<\/td>\nPercent of 2018 Donors<\/td>\nPrize<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1st<\/td>\nPhysics<\/strong><\/td>\n88<\/td>\n1466.67%<\/td>\n$10,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2nd<\/td>\nRomance Studies<\/strong><\/td>\n28<\/td>\n700.00%<\/td>\n$5,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3rd<\/td>\nSociology<\/strong><\/td>\n36<\/td>\n360.00%<\/td>\n$3,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4th<\/td>\nArchaeology<\/strong><\/td>\n41<\/td>\n315.38%<\/td>\n$2,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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ARTS & SCIENCES MOST REVENUE CHALLENGE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Place<\/td>\nProgram<\/td>\nDonors<\/td>\nAmount Raised<\/td>\nPrize<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1st<\/td>\nCore Curriculum<\/strong><\/td>\n256<\/td>\n$13,155.56<\/td>\n$10,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2nd<\/td>\nEconomics<\/strong><\/td>\n119<\/td>\n$10,860.00<\/td>\n$5,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3rd<\/td>\nArchaeology<\/strong><\/td>\n41<\/td>\n$7,040.00<\/td>\n$3,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4th<\/td>\nSociology<\/strong><\/td>\n36<\/td>\n$6,922.00<\/td>\n$2,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


\nIn addition to these winners, the\u00a0<\/span>Chemistry<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Biology<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Departments<\/strong>\u00a0won the oldest graduating class hourly challenge for an additional $1,000 (split between the two departments), and extra kudos to the\u00a0<\/span>Biology Department<\/strong>, who once again won the faculty\/staff hourly challenge for an added $1,000 in bonus funds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you all for your great work in fostering a community of learning and generosity. If you still have\u00a0Giving\u00a0Day\u00a0cash gifts in your possession,\u00a0<\/span>please deliver them to Gifts and Records at 1 Silber Way (7th\u00a0floor)<\/strong>\u00a0as soon as possible, and please let Development & Alumni Relations know any feedback you have regarding the preparations for your\u00a0Giving\u00a0Day\u00a0campaign by completing this short\u00a0<\/span>survey<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CAS has its biggest Giving Day yet!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15047,"featured_media":35196,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35072"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15047"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35072"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35197,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35072\/revisions\/35197"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}