Events

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Past Events


$10,000
University of Idaho Foundation Challenge
We did it! Thank you U of I Foundation!
Completed
$500
Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Sciences Donor Challenge
Special thanks to Shelley McGuire and all of our FCS donors!
25 / 25 Donors
Completed
Leaderboard
CALS Department Leaderboard Challenge
The top three departments with the largest percentage increase of donors to their respective annual funds based on last year's Vandal Giving Day will unlock bonus funds totaling $5,500! Special thanks to our generous donors for sponsoring this challenge: Doug Gross & Mary Hasenoehrl, Blair Wilson, and Bill Newbry!
Rank Prize Fund Designation % +/- Goal
1 $2,500 Department of Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology +140.00% 24
goal: 10
2 $2,000 Margaret Ritchie School of Family & Consumer Sciences +47.06% 25
goal: 17
3 $1,000 Department of Animal, Veterinary & Food Sciences -25.00% 6
goal: 8
4 Department of Plant Sciences -46.15% 7
goal: 13
5 Department of Agricultural Educations, Leadership & Communications -56.25% 7
goal: 16
Ended
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Overnighter College Challenge
The top three college scholarships that raise the most from 11pm to 5am will receive $1,000 each, courtesy of the University of Idaho Foundation.
Rank Prize College Scholarships Raised
1 $1,000 Paul Joyce Memorial BCB Fellowship $775.00
2 $1,000 College of Law Tribal Homelands Scholarship $600.00
3 $1,000 Idaho Heritage Project - Rural Services Scholarship $550.00
4 College of Law Scholarship Fund $250.00
5 Vandal Scholarship Fund $100.00
Ended
Success!
Brave. Bold. Furry Friends Challenge
Thanks to our Brave. Bold. Furry Friends Challenge winners!
Completed
Event
Tortoise Challenge
Slow and steady can still win this race! The Tortoise Challenge is for the fund that needs a slight push to get to the finish line.
Ended
$1,000
Dean Parrella CALS Excellence Challenge
Thanks to Dean Parrella and all of our Vandal Giving Day donors! Go Vandals!
150 / 150 Gifts
Completed
$250
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Donor Challenge
Special thanks to Chris McIntosh and all of our AERS donors!
15 / 15 Donors
Completed
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Vandal Student Experience Leaderboard
The three funds with the highest number of gifts will earn $1,500 each, courtesy of the University of Idaho Foundation. 156 applicable funds include excellence funds, Equity & Diversity, fellowships, research, emergency funds, study abroad programs, Recreation & Wellbeing, Operation Education, WWAMI, student clubs, Greek funds, and many more!
Rank Prize Experience Programs Gifts
1 $1,500 Kristin Clovis Gamma Phi Beta Memorial Scholarship 66
2 $1,500 CAMP: Si Se Puede Endowment 61
3 $1,500 Paul Joyce Memorial BCB Fellowship 47
4 Native American Student Center (NASC) 43
5 College of Law Excellence Fund 42
Ended
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Vandal Procrastinator Challenge
Jason Owen is the Vandal Procrastinator of 2022! Congrats, Jason and thank you!
Ended
Success!
UIAA Brave. Bold. Adventures Challenge
Thanks to our UIAA Brave. Bold. Adventures Challenge winners!
Completed
Success!
Early Bird Challenge
Congratulations! 1st Place: Jesse Martinez, 2nd Place: Lysa Salsbury, 3rd Place: James Trayford, and 4th Place: Molly Widdicombe!
Completed