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President's Excellence Fund
President's Excellence Fund - For Idaho, for the world.

Gifts to the president's Excellence Fund help the University of Idaho meet its strategic goals and initiatives. This fund provides President Scott Green with the flexibility to meet immediate needs while strategically leveraging timely and unique opportunities. Over the past few years this fund has been directed to telling our story, loud and proud, brave and bold. Your investment in this fund is working for the greater good of Idaho, and the world. 

This year, we recorded the largest freshman class in the history of the university - up 17.8%!. 

For the third year in a row, U of I is ranked as the Best Value Public University in the West by U.S. News and World Report, and second in the nation behind the University of North Carolina. 

Undergraduate enrollment is up 3.8%.

First-year student undergraduate Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE), is up 35%.

First-year international undergraduate enrollment is up 65.3%.

This Vandal Giving Day, consider a gift to the President's Excellence Fund and help us tell our story because the world needs more Vandals!

$10,000
University of Idaho Foundation Challenge
We did it! Thank you, U of I Foundation and outstanding supporters!
1,500 / 1,500 Gifts
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Brave. Bold. Furry Friends Challenge
Thanks to our Brave. Bold. Furry Friends Challenge winners!
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Vandal Procrastinator Challenge
Procrastinators, this one is for you! Holding out to the last minute may have paid off, literally. The last donor of Vandal Giving Day - ending April 5 at 5:48 p.m. (PT) earns $500 to support the fund of their choice, courtesy of the University of Idaho Foundation.
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Early Bird Challenge
Four chances to give with four winners! Thanks to the University of Idaho Foundation, the first four donors to Vandal Giving Day 2023 will earn cash bonuses toward the fund of their choice! $1,500 for the 1st donor, $1,000 for 2nd, $750 for the 3rd and $500 for the 4th!
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Overnighter Challenge
The top two funds to raise the most money from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. will receive $500 each, courtesy of the University of Idaho Foundation!
Rank Prize Overnighter Program Challenge Raised
1 $500 Athletics $3,535.00
2 $500 Science $1,150.00
3 Business and Economics $1,100.00
4 Vandal Healing Garden and Memorial $615.00
5 Access for All $500.00
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Vandal Pride, Far and Wide
Rank State Gifts
1 ID 2
2 WA 1
3 AA 0
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Or you can contact us at vandalsgive@uidaho.edu.