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Proceeds from the gift will fund life-changing scholarships that serve students with high financial need in ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s Odyssey Program. These scholarships are among the top priorities of the upcoming ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ LEADS Campaign, the largest fundraising campaign in the university’s history.

Alumni, students, families, faculty, staff and friends gave 6,376 gifts and more than $2.3 million in honor of the day, propelling this year’s ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Day celebration to new heights.

Trustee Shelly Skeens Hazel ’78 and her family advance university priorities to deepen scholarship funding and enhance ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s iconic campus. 

Today all members of the worldwide ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ community are invited to participate in this day-long celebration by making a gift to the university and sharing their ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ pride on social media. 

Feel good this holiday season by supporting ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ and you will receive a special thank you. Everyone who makes a gift from June 1 to Dec. 31 will receive a commemorative 2019 ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ calendar.

Alumni volunteers worked with ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ to coordinate fundraising efforts and host special events on campus during Homecoming weekend, Nov. 2-4.

The social gathering space for ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ fans is made possible through generous gifts from Glen Raven Inc. and ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Trustee Allen E. Gant Jr. and his wife, Denise. The club's official opening is for the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ men's basketball game against the University of North Carolina on Friday, Nov. 9.

The building dedication during Homecoming offered the opportunity to express gratitude for supporters of the project including ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ parents Jim and Beth Sankey of Charlotte, N.C. The building is named for Jim Sankey's father, a business leader in Canton, Ohio, who passed away in 2013.