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UNE's annual Giving Day is March 22

Graphic stating #OneTwoGiveBlue for UNE's annual Giving Day
For all members of the UNE community, there is no better day to make a gift to support the UNE experience than Tuesday, March 22.
Watch the livestream and learn more about the event

On Tuesday, March 22, the UNE community will come together to “Give Blue” during UNE’s annual Giving Day.

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 UNE special while raising important funds for the university,” said Alicia Fereday, Vice President of Institutional Advancement.

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

  • When 800 donors make a gift on or before Tuesday, March 22, members of the Board of Trustees will contribute $10,000;
     
  • Gifts from new UNE donors will be matched 1:1 up to $16,000 thanks to a challenge from Wright-Ryan and UNE Trustees;
     
  • When more than 150 Westbrook Junior College and Westbrook College donors make their gift, a Westbrook alumna will make a $15,000 gift to UNE;
     
  • When 150 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. He says he is recruiting others, so stay tuned!

For all members of the UNE community, there is no better day to make a gift to support the UNE experience than Tuesday, March 22.

Your gift just might be the one that puts us over the top.

To watch our Giving Day livestream on the day, or to learn more, visit www.une.edu/onetwogiveblue or contact UNE Institutional Advancement at annualfund@une.edu.

About the University of New England

The University of New England 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 flexible, accredited online degrees. 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.