What a #51³Ô¹ÏÍøDay — and it’s far from over.
It started with a simple challenge: if we received 1,300 gifts today, an anonymous donor would give $1 million for financial aid.
. So two more donors stepped up and added a new challenge: 1,300 more gifts by midnight, and they’ll give an additional $2 million.
. And now the goal is even bigger: 3,513 by midnight! Watch the home page for hourly updates.
The loyalty is staggering. Maybe it’s because so many people on and off campus are sporting maroon for the last Friday the 13th in the Year of 13. Or maybe it’s because we handed Raider the Twitter feed, and he spent the morning walking about and engaging with the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø community. Raider seemed to be everywhere: in the bridge in Persson Hall, in various classrooms, and local eateries, and he went door to door on Broad Street. Here’s the video:
Here are all of the posts from Raider’s Walkabout.