Students, faculty and staff gathered for morning biscuits and a lunchtime cake on March 7 as part of #ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵDay, the single-largest day of giving in ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ history.
The ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ School of Law community celebrated this month with biscuits, cake and T-shirt sales as dozens of people made gifts in support of Greensboro’s downtown law school.
The fourth annual #ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵDay – which was timed during ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s anniversary week – has become the single largest day of giving in each successive year. The university received 44 gifts totaling nearly $4,000 on March 7, 2017, in support of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law.
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law students purchased T-shirts with proceeds that benefitted their school.
Danielle Prongay ’14 L’17, who earned her political science degree from the university before attending ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law, said #ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵDay is an opportunity for the university and alumni body to come together to celebrate and recognize what makes ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ great.
She said that her #ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵDay contribution to the 3L Class Gift Campaign is a special token of thanks to what ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ has taught her and a message to the law school of what she thinks are important priorities moving forward.
“As a community, we celebrate achievements of the past year, milestones, and advancements that make ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ and ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Law a place of engaged learning, personal development, intellectual curiosity and formation of global, lawyer-leaders,” Prongay said. “In addition to gifts a make to the University throughout the year, I take most pride in my gift I make on #ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵDay because it is an important symbol of my dedication to ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ and our success, my appreciation of my experiences and support, as well as commitment to future developments and strategic plans that make ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ better for a generation of students to come after me.”
Hundreds of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ alumni participated in #ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵDay events hosted by the university’s regional alumni chapters. The events took place in 38 cities spanning the globe from London to Los Angeles.
The North Carolina legislature issued a charter for a four-year co-educational institution to be located near Burlington, N.C., on March 11, 1889. Seventy-six students enrolled in the first class of the new ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ College, a school whose Hebrew name for “oak” was inspired by the grove of oaks its founders discovered on the land chosen for their project.