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Events

Don't miss the chance to multiply your impact, thanks to gift matching opportunities from some of our most generous donors.

Past Events


$2,500
Alan and Angie Kallmeyer Department of Mechanical Engineering Challenge
50 gifts to the Mechanical Engineering Program Fund will unlock $2,500 to support scholarships.
50 / 50 Gifts
Completed
$2,500
Andrea Travnicek Bison Athletic Excellence Fund Challenge for Soccer
15 gifts to the Bison Athletic Excellence Soccer Fund will unlock $2,500 to support women’s soccer.
15 / 15 Gifts
Completed
$25,000
Anonymous College of Human Sciences and Education Challenge
100 gifts to the College of Human Sciences and Education will unlock $50,000 as part of the Anonymous College of Human Sciences and Education Challenge. If 100-gift challenge met, an additional 25 gifts will unlock another $25,000!
125 / 125 Gifts
Completed
$25,000
Anonymous Performing Arts Match
25 gifts to any Performing Arts fund will unlock $25,000 to support scholarships.
25 / 25 Gifts
Completed
Leaderboard
Athletics Leaderboard Competition!
Join the competition by making a gift to help meet each team’s challenge! Watch the Athletics leaderboard throughout the day.
Rank Athletics BAEF Challenge Gifts
1 TEAM MAKERS 67
2 SOCCER 50
3 FOOTBALL 42
4 TRACK/CROSS COUNTRY - WOMEN 40
5 BASKETBALL - MEN 36
Ended
$2,500
Bizon Brothers LLP BAEF Challenge for Football
75 gifts to the Bison Athletic Excellence Football Fund will unlock $2,500 to support the football program.
Completed
$5,000
Bruce Maylath Study Abroad Challenge
15 gifts to the Study Abroad Scholarship Fund will unlock $5,000 to support students who study abroad.
15 / 15 Gifts
Completed
2
Match
Confluence Landscape Architecture Match
Gifts to the Friends of Lanscape Architecture fund will be matched 1:1 up to $2,500.
$2,500 MATCHED
Completed
$50,000
Dale Richard Buchanan Student Support Challenge
50 gifts to any fund under Student Support will unlock $50,000 in support of scholarships!
50 / 50 Gifts
Completed
2
Match
David and Aileen (Askegard) Clough Agriculture Match
For every dollar given to the College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources, David and Aileen (Askegard) Clough will gift $1 for scholarship support up to $4,000.
$4,000 MATCHED
Completed
2
Match
Dean Zaderaka College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources Match
For every dollar given to the College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources, Dean Zaderaka will gift $1 for scholarship support up to $2,500.
$2,500 MATCHED
Completed
$5,000
Doris Hertsgaard Student Emergency Fund Challenge
50 gifts to the Student Emergency Fund will unlock $5,000 to support students in need.
50 / 50 Gifts
Completed
2
Match
Dr. Jane Schuh Microbiology Scholarship Match
Gifts to the Microbiology Department will be matched $1: $1, up to $5,000, by Dr. Jane Schuh to support microbiology student scholarships.
$5,000 MATCHED
Completed
2
Match
Emily P Reynolds Historic Costume Collection Room Renovation Match
Virginia Clark Johnson and Judith E Lundstrom will match $1:$1 up to $10,000 to assist in the renovations to protect the collection and provide students with resources to reach their full potential.
$10,000 MATCHED
Completed
$2,500
Fred and Linda Paavola Sudro Society Challenge
50 gifts to the Sudro Society School of Pharmacy Program fund will unlock $2,500 to support the Sudro Society School of Pharmacy Program.
50 / 50 Gifts
Completed
2
Match
Greg and Lynae Lardy College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources Match
For every dollar given to the College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources, Greg and Lynae Lardy will gift $1 for scholarship support up to $12,500.
$12,500 MATCHED
Completed
2
Match
Hemstad Giving Day Match - Help Feed Students
Kristen Marchus-Hemstad & Leif Hemstad will match donations $1:$1 to the NDSU Food Security Fund up to $2,500.
Completed
2
Match
J.B. Swank & Family Agriculture Match
For every dollar given to the College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources, J.B. Swank and Family will gift $1 for program support up to $2,500.
$2,500 MATCHED
Completed
$2,500
Jay Bartley Men’s Golf Challenge
15 gifts to the Bison Athletic Excellence Men's Golf Fund will unlock $2,500 of support!
15 / 15 Gifts
Completed
2
Match
Jessica Wachter Visual Arts Match
For every dollar given to the Visual Arts Department Fund, Jessica Wachter will gift $1 of support up to $2,500 to support Visual Arts scholarships.
$1,675 MATCHED
Ended
2
Match
Joan A. Floura & Mark Charney Landscape Architecture Match
For every dollar given to the Friends of Landscape Architecture, Joan A. Floura & Mark Charney will gift $1 for scholarship support up to $5,000.
$5,000 MATCHED
Completed
$35,000
Jon and Denae Horn Civil Engineering Scholarship Endowment Challenge
30 gifts to the College of Engineering will unlock $35,000 as part of the Jon and Denae Horn Civil Engineering Scholarship Challenge. If 30-gift challenge is met, an additional 30 gifts will unlock another $35,000!
60 / 60 Gifts
Completed
$15,000
Ken and Marie Zetocha Volleyball Challenge
20 gifts to the Bison Athletic Excellence Volleyball Fund will unlock $15,000 of support!
20 / 20 Gifts
Completed
$25,000
Kevin & Harriette McCaul College of Science and Mathematics Challenge
25 gifts to the College of Science and Mathematics will unlock $25,000 that will support students, programs and faculty in the College of Science and Mathematics.
25 / 25 Gifts
Completed
$2,500
Kirk and Katherine Watt Bison Athletic Excellence Challenge for Men's Basketball
50 gifts to the Bison Athletic Excellence Men’s Basketball Fund will unlock $2,500 to support men’s basketball.
Completed
2
Match
Lynette & Lon Flage Extension Match
Lynette and Lon Flage will match gifts given to the NDSU Extension Fund 1:1 up to $2,500.
$2,500 MATCHED
Completed
$2,500
Mark Anderson Wrestling Challenge
25 gifts to the Bison Athletic Excellence Wrestling Fund will unlock $2,500 of support!
Completed
$5,000
Mike and Michelle Food Security Challenge
25 gifts to the NDSU Food Security fund will unlock $5,000 to support food security for students!
25 / 25 Gifts
Completed
2
Match
Music School Initiative Fund Match
For every dollar given to the Music School Initiative fund, Roger Minch will gift $1 toward the rebuilding of a Steinway Concert Grand Piano up to $4,000.
Completed
2
Match
Paul & Laurie Steffes College of Engineering Match
For every dollar given to the College of Engineering, Paul and Laurie Steffes will gift $1 to support students, programs and faculty up to $10,000!
$10,000 MATCHED
Completed
$75,000
Plant Sciences Learning Center “75 gifts for $75K” Challenge
75 gifts to the Plant Sciences Learning Center Fund will unlock a $75,000 gift from Ed & Brenda Deckard and Dwain & Gladys Meyer.
75 / 75 Gifts
Completed
2
Match
Randy Schmeling and Dotti Dixon Presidential Scholarship Match
For every dollar given to the NDSU Presidential Scholarship Fund, Randy Schmeling and Dotti Dixon will gift $1 for scholarship support up to $5,000!
Completed
2
Match
Ron & Kaye Olson Business Match
For every dollar given to the College of Business, Ron and Kay Olson will gift $1 for scholarship support up to $50,000.
$50,000 MATCHED
Completed
2
Match
Ron and Sue Nichols Human Sciences and Education Match
For every dollar given to the College of Human Sciences and Education, Ron and Sue Nichols will gift $1 for scholarship support up to $5,000.
$5,000 MATCHED
Completed
2
Match
Rural Leadership ND Alumni Match
Gifts to the Rural Leadership North Dakota fund will be matched 1:1 up to $5,000.
$5,000 MATCHED
Completed
2
Match
Shannon Schlecht Agribusiness and Applied Economics Scholarship Match
For every dollar given to the Agribusiness and Applied Economics Fund, Shannon Schlecht will gift $1 for scholarship support up to $2,500.
$2,500 MATCHED
Completed
$50,000
Spencer and Carol Duin College of Engineering Challenge
50 gifts to the College of Engineering will unlock $50,000 as part of the Spencer and Carol Duin Challenge. If 50-gift challenge is met, an additional 50 gifts will unlock another $50,000!
100 / 100 Gifts
Completed
$5,000
The Snyder Coatings & Polymeric Materials Challenge
10 gifts to the Coatings & Polymeric Materials Department Fund will unlock $5,000.
10 / 10 Gifts
Completed
2
Match
Tom and Georgia Dawson Music School Initiative Challenge
For every dollar given to a Challey School of Music fund, Tom and Georgia Dawson will gift $1 to the Challey School of Music fund up to $2,500.
Completed
$3,000
Troy and Darla Thimjon Bison Athletic Excellence Challenge for Men's Cross Country and Track & Field
40 gifts to the Bison Athletic Excellence Men’s Cross Country and Track & Field Fund will unlock $3,000 to support athletes in these sports.
Completed
$14,000
Vonasek Student Support Challenge
25 gifts to any fund under Student Support will unlock $14,000 to support Student Activities!
25 / 25 Gifts
Completed
$50,000
Your Legacy is Our Future!
Would you like to hear how to lower taxes or trade a gift for income? If NDSU receives 50 planned gift information requests, it will unlock a $50,000 gift from a husband-and-wife alum team that will benefit scholarships in the College of Health Professions. To participate, when making a gift to any area select “yes” to the estate planning question during checkout.
50 / 50 Gifts
Completed
$50,000
Anonymous College of Engineering Challenge
50 gifts to the College of Engineering will unlock $50,000 as part of the Anonymous College of Engineering Challenge.
50 / 50 Gifts
Completed
2
Match
Anonymous Endowed Scholarship Match
For every dollar given to the College of Science and Mathematics, an anonymous donor will gift $1 for scholarship support up to $3,000.
$3,000 MATCHED
Completed
$25,000
Anonymous Pharmacy Scholarship Match
Every 25 gifts to the College of Health Professions will unlock $25,000 up to $75,000 to support pharmacy scholarships.
75 / 75 Gifts
Completed
2
Match
Bajwa Precision Ag Endowment Match
Sreekala and Dilpreet Bajwa will match donations given to the College of Agriculture, Food Systems and Natural Resources $1:$1, up to $5,000!
$5,000 MATCHED
Completed
$3,500
Brian and Heather Bergantine BAEF Challenge for Women's Cross Country and Track & Field
30 gifts to the Bison Athletic Excellence Women’s Cross Country and Track & Field Fund will unlock $3,500 to support athletes in these sports.
30 / 30 Gifts
Completed
$10,000
Char Zaeske Athletic Academic Success Challenge
15 gifts will unlock $10,000 to support NDSU Athletic Academic Success!
15 / 15 Gifts
Completed
$11,500
Craig and Claudine Anderson Agribusiness and Applied Economics Challenge
25 gifts to the Agribusiness and Applied Economics fund will unlock $11,500 in support of graduate student programs.
25 / 25 Gifts
Completed
2
Match
Dan Wogsland Peltier Complex Match
Dan Wogsland will match gifts given to the Peltier Complex 1:1 up to $2,500.
$2,500 MATCHED
Completed
2
Match
David and Aileen (Askegard) Clough Human Sciences and Education Match
For every dollar given to the College of Human Sciences and Education, David and Aileen (Askegard) Clough will gift $1 for scholarship support up to $4,000.
$4,000 MATCHED
Completed
$10,000
Derrick and Kristen Dinger/Northwestern Mutual Women’s Basketball Challenge
30 gifts to the Bison Athletic Excellence Women’s Basketball Fund will unlock $10,000 for support!
30 / 30 Gifts
Completed
$8,000
Dr. Ann Burnett Women & Gender Studies Challenge
25 gifts to the Women and Gender Studies program fund will unlock $8,000 to support scholarships.
25 / 25 Gifts
Completed
$10,000
Elnore & Ron Grow Science and Mathematics Challenge
15 Gifts to the College of Science and Mathematics will unlock $10,000 that will support scholarships in the College of Science and Mathematics.
15 / 15 Gifts
Completed
$2,500
Fred and Linda Paavola Public Health Challenge
30 gifts to the Department of Public Health Program fund will unlock $2,500 to support the Department of Public Health.
30 / 30 Gifts
Completed
2
Match
Gold Star Alumni Band Scholarship Fund Match
For every dollar given to the NDSU Alumni Band Scholarship fund or the Orv and Gen Eidem Jazz Alive Scholarship fund, Randy and Clare Nielson will gift $1 for music scholarships up to $2,500.
Completed
2
Match
Healthcare and Higher Education Collaborative Public Health Match
A committed donor group will match donations to the Department of Public Health Program Fund $1:$1 up to $3,000.
$3,000 MATCHED
Completed
2
Match
J Gora Civil Engineering Scholarship Endowment Match
For every dollar given to the College of Engineering, J. Gora will gift $1 for scholarship support up to $5,000!
$5,000 MATCHED
Completed
2
Match
Janet and James Gilsdorf College of Health Professions Match
For every dollar given to the College of Health Professions, Janet and James Gilsdorf will gift $1 for Public Health scholarship support up to $15,000.
$15,000 MATCHED
Completed
$10,000
Jerry & Carol Mayer Geo-Alumni Challenge
20 gifts to the Geo-Alumni Endowment Fund will unlock $10,000 that will support the Geo-Alumni Endowment.
20 / 20 Gifts
Completed
$5,000
Jim and Naomi Hambrick Team Makers Challenge
Help NDSU Team Makers unlock a $5,000 gift from Jim and Naomi Hambrick after 75 gifts are made to the Team Makers Fund.
Completed
$5,000
John and Kim Erickson Bison Athletic Excellence Challenge for Baseball
40 Gifts to the Bison Athletic Excellence Baseball Fund will unlock $5,000 to support the baseball program.
Completed
$30,000
Justice Dale V. Sandstrom Challenge
25 gifts to the Political Science and Public Policy Department Fund will unlock $30,000 that will support student scholarships.
25 / 25 Gifts
Completed
2
Match
Kendall and Gloria Nygard Scholarship Endowment Fund Match
For every dollar given to the Computer Science Program fund, Kendall and Gloria Nygard will gift $1 of scholarship support up to $5,000.
Completed
$25,000
Killilea Family College of Science and Mathematics Student Support Challenge
40 gifts to the College of Science and Mathematics will unlock $25,000 that will support scholarships in the College of Science and Mathematics.
40 / 40 Gifts
Completed
$2,500
Kristi Hanson SoDAA Challenge
50 gifts to the School Design, Architecture, and Art will unlock $2,500 to support scholarships.
50 / 50 Gifts
Completed
2
Match
M. L. Buchanan Scholarship Match
Every dollar given to the College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources, David Buchanan will gift $1 for scholarship support up to $2,500.
$2,500 MATCHED
Completed
$10,000
Mike and Jodie Herzog Women’s Golf Challenge
15 gifts to the Bison Athletic Excellence Women's Golf Fund will unlock $10,000 of support!
15 / 15 Gifts
Completed
2
Match
NDSU Student Government Food Security Match
NDSU Student Government will match donations $1:$1 to the NDSU Food Security Fund up to $5,000.
Completed
$50,000
Peltier Complex Challenge
25 gifts to the Peltier Complex will unlock a $50,000 gift from Jay and Becky Peltier.
25 / 25 Gifts
Completed
2
Match
Rainbow Futures Fund Match
Kent Sack, MD will match donations given to the Rainbow Futures Fund which supports students who are LGBTQ+, non-binary, gender fluid, Two-Spirit traditions or lesser-abled $1:$1, up to $2,500!
Completed
2
Match
Rob and Georgia Graves Match
For every dollar given to any fund in the School of Design, Architecture, and Art, Rob and Georgia Graves will gift $1 of support up to $27,000.
$27,000 MATCHED
Completed
2
Match
Ron and Sue Nichols College of Ag Match
For every dollar given to the College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources, Ron and Sue Nichols will gift $1 for scholarship support up to $5,000.
$5,000 MATCHED
Completed
2
Match
Ron Holecek Architecture Challenge
Ron Holecek will match donations $1:$1 to the Friends of Architecture fund up to $2,500.
$2,500 MATCHED
Completed
$50,000
Sarah Martinsen Memorial Challenge
25 gifts to the Sociology & Anthropology Department Fund will unlock $50,000 to support the Sarah Martinsen Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund.
25 / 25 Gifts
Completed
$2,500
Shelly Rhein-Rowedder Bison Athletic Excellence Fund Challenge for Softball
20 gifts to the Bison Athletic Excellence Softball Fund will unlock $2,500 to support softball.
20 / 20 Gifts
Completed
2
Match
The North Dakota Rexall Club 2021 Giving Day Match
The North Dakota Rexall Club will match donations given to the North Dakota Rexall Club Scholarship Endowment $1:$1, up to $4,000.
$2,380 MATCHED
Ended
2
Match
Todd Knain Business Challenge
For every dollar given to the College of Business, Todd Knain will gift $1 for scholarship support up to $5,000.
$5,000 MATCHED
Completed
$2,500
Tracy Legel and husband, Courtney Borman, Cheer Leading Challenge
25 gifts to the Bison Athletic Excellence Cheer Fund will unlock $2,500 to support NDSU Cheer.
Completed
2
Match
Verle and Sandra “Sanderson” Peterson 4-H Youth Development Scholarship Match
For every dollar given to the Center for 4-H Youth Development fund, Verle and Sandra “Sanderson” Peterson will gift $1 for scholarship support up to $5,000.
$5,000 MATCHED
Completed
$25,000
Welch Engineering Scholarship Challenge
70 gifts to the College of Engineering Scholarship fund or Barry & Sue Schuchard Scholarship Fund will unlock $25,000 to support scholarships.
70 / 70 Gifts
Completed