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Portland and Biddeford, Maine

UNE's annual Giving Day set for Tuesday, March 21

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Each year, members of the ϶community come forward to offer challenges, matches, and incentives to encourage giving on or before Giving Day.

On Tuesday, March 21, the ϶community will come together to support students during

Giving Day has become the unofficial kickoff of the end of the academic year. “After a long Maine winter, Giving Day is a fun way for all of us to come together and celebrate all that makes ϶special while raising important funds for the University,” said Alicia Fereday, vice president of Institutional Advancement.

Each year, members of the ϶community come forward to offer challenges, matches, and incentives to encourage giving on or before . This year, they are as follows:

  • When 850 people make a gift by Tuesday, March 21, the ϶Board of Trustees will donate an additional $15,000 to support ϶students.
     
  • If you are making your first gift ever or in a really long time, your donation will be matched 100%! ($25,000 in matching funds available!)
     
  • When 175 alumni, faculty, professional staff, and students of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) make a gift, Dean Jonathan Millen will take a chilly plunge in the Saco River off of Freddy Beach on March 24. He invites any and all brave Nor’easters to join him!
     
  • College of Dental Medicine's Dean Nicole Kimmes challenges the CDM community to "Give Your Year" by making a gift that represents your graduation year. Once the total hits $2,017 (in honor of the first graduating class of CDM), Dean Kimmes will match that with a gift of $2,018 in honor of that class celebrating its 5th Reunion this year!

For all members of the ϶community, there is no better day to than Tuesday, March 21.

All of the details about Giving Day and how to make your gift can be found at or contact ϶Institutional Advancement at annualfund@une.edu.

About the ϶

The ϶ is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of . In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.