Commit to Witt 2025 has ended!
Commit to Witt 2025
Commit to Witt 2025 has ended!
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1,104,817
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1,377
Gifts
Challenges
Don't miss the chance to multiply your impact, thanks to gift matching opportunities from some of our most generous donors.
Past Events
$2,000 for 200 Gifts - Women's Sports
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, John Shumate '99.
Completed
William A. McClain Center
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Jennifer Vanica '77 and Ron Cummings
Completed
Alumni Chapter Leaderboard
Pass your light and give like a Tiger! Show your alumni pride and see where your chapter stacks up in the leaderboard.
Rank | Answer | Gifts |
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1 | Columbus | 142 |
2 | Cleveland | 72 |
3 | Springfield | 55 |
4 | Cincinnati | 48 |
5 | Dayton | 47 |
6 | Washington, D.C. | 37 |
7 | Chicago | 32 |
8 | New York City | 23 |
9 | Pittsburgh | 18 |
10 | Los Angeles | 16 |
11 | Seattle | 10 |
12 | Buffalo | 7 |
13 | Denver | 7 |
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Athletics Leaderboard
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Brian '80 and Robin Agler.
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Greek Life Leaderboard - Active Chapters
Fraternity & Sorority Life at Wittenberg is dedicated to creating a co-curricular living and learning experience that enhances the educational mission of the university. Give a gift to any fund and see your chapter move up in the ranks.
Rank | Answer | Gifts |
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1 | Alpha Delta Pi | 62 |
2 | Phi Kappa Psi | 55 |
3 | Kappa Delta | 54 |
4 | Gamma Phi Beta | 40 |
5 | Beta Theta Pi | 39 |
6 | Delta Gamma | 34 |
7 | Alpha Xi Delta | 24 |
8 | Delta Tau Delta | 20 |
9 | Delta Sigma Phi | 19 |
10 | Sigma Kappa | 19 |
11 | Alpha Phi Alpha | 4 |
Ended
Double Your Impact - Board Challenge!
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! $142,200 from the Wittenberg Board of Directors.
$142,200 / $142,200 Raised
Completed

Alumni Board First-time Donor Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Alumni Association Board members!
Completed
Name an Honorary Tiger Cub
CHALLENGE COMPLETE! Thank you for naming a honorary tiger cub!
Ended

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Match
CBS Scholarship Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Special thanks to our anonymous alumnus from the Class of 1976.
$1,500 MATCHED
Completed
2
Match
Tiger Club
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Michael Senich '72.
$25,000 MATCHED
Completed
50 States Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Special thanks to our anonymous alumni couple from Arkansas.
Ended
Give Like a Tiger - Power Hour
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Betsy '98 and Peter '99 Georgiton.
50 / 50 Gifts
Completed
Ohio Tigers Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Special thanks to our anonymous alumni.
50 / 50 Gifts
Completed
2
Match
Double Your Impact - Witt Fund
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, David '69 and Cherie Baines.
$50,000 MATCHED
Completed
100 Donor Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Special thanks to our anonymous alumni challengers.
100 / 100 Donors
Completed
250 Donor Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Special thanks to our anonymous alumni challengers.
444 / 444 Donors
Completed
Bonus 100 Gift Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Dan Elsass '73 and Gail Anderson Elsass.
100 / 100 Gifts
Completed
Witt Opportunity Scholarship
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Gwen Owen and Joi Garrett Scales.
25 / 25 Gifts
Completed
2
Match
Double Your Impact: Career Explorations
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Charlie Giffin '00.
Completed
2
Match
Double Your Impact: Wittenberg Golf
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Thomas Hall '76.
$2,500 MATCHED
Completed
2
Match
Track and Field & Cross Country Match
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Judge Frye '70 and Colleen Ogle
$7,500 MATCHED
Completed
Give like the Frandsens - Donor Challenge 500 Donors
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, President Frandsen and Sharon.
500 / 500 Donors
Completed
Lunchtime Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Beverly '63 and Gary McBride.
100 / 100 Gifts
Completed
Dinnertime Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, John '73 and Mary Pelander.
100 / 100 Gifts
Completed
Dessert Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Special thanks to a couple of our anonymous donors from the classes of 1972 and 1973.
50 / 50 Gifts
Completed
Frandsen Presidency Class Years Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, President Frandsen and Sharon.
Completed
2005 Grad Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, John Lepelley '05 and Arif Mirza '05.
Completed
Bonus 90s Grads Challenge!
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Karen Larson '96.
25 / 25 Gifts
Completed
1980s Grad Bonus Challenge
BONUS CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Richard '80 and Patricia Dove.
25 / 25 Donors
Completed
1970s Grad Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, anonymous Witt Wedd couple class of '71.
100 / 100 Gifts
Completed
1960s Grad Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Special thanks to a couple of our anonymous donors from the classes of 1968 and 1969.
60 / 60 Gifts
Completed
Impact Witt
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Sarah Burns Blume '83.
40 / 40 Gifts
Completed
Give Like a Friend
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Melanie Norton.
50 / 50 Gifts
Completed
Physics Department Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Stacey '73 and Julia Pavlatos.
Completed
Late Night Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Richard Vieritz '70.
40 / 40 Gifts
Completed
Celebrating 180 Years!
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Dana Cummings and DSC Consulting.
100 / 100 Gifts
Completed
Psychology Department Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Brad Motter '72.
Completed
Political Science Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Dr. Richard and Marie Flickinger.
20 / 20 Gifts
Completed
West Coast Late Night Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Bill Boggs '68.
50 / 50 Gifts
Completed
Bonus Tiger Club Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Special thanks to our anonymous alumni challengers.
50 / 50 Gifts
Completed
Theatre and Dance Department
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Special thanks to our anonymous alumnus from the class of 1975.
Completed
2
Match
Double Your Impact: Tiger Club Tennis
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Special thanks to our anonymous alumni.
$1,000 MATCHED
Completed
1000 Donor Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Special thanks to one of our anonymous donors from the class of 1978.
1,000 / 1,000 Donors
Completed
1,500 Donor Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Mark Ehlers '81.
Completed
Provost Challenge - Faculty Development
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Brian Yontz.
Completed
Decades Challenge
Give like a Tiger and see which decade has the most Tiger Pride on #Commit2Witt.
Rank | Answer | Gifts |
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1 | 1970-1979 | 161 |
2 | 2000-2009 | 151 |
3 | 1980-1989 | 136 |
4 | 1990-1999 | 121 |
5 | 2010-2019 | 103 |
6 | 2020-2025 and Beyond | 76 |
7 | 1960-1969 | 61 |
8 | 1950-1959 | 2 |
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Tiger Club Leaderboard
Show your Tiger pride and help your favorite team win bonus funds to their Tiger Club fund. Top 3 teams with the most gifts receive bonus prize dollars!
Rank | Prize | Tiger Club Team | Gifts |
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1 | $1,500 | Tiger Club - Men's Lacrosse | 68 |
2 | $1,000 | Tiger Club - Football | 63 |
3 | $500 | Tiger Club - Women's Track and Cross Country | 61 |
4 | Tiger Club - Men's Track & Cross Country | 46 | |
5 | Tiger Club - Men's Golf | 27 | |
6 | Tiger Club - Women's Field Hockey | 22 | |
7 | Tiger Club - Women's Golf | 19 | |
8 | Tiger Club - Women's Lacrosse | 14 | |
9 | Tiger Club - Women's Soccer | 14 | |
10 | Tiger Club - Men's Soccer | 12 | |
11 | Tiger Club - Men's Baseball | 12 | |
12 | Tiger Club - Women's Volleyball | 11 | |
13 | Tiger Club - Women's Softball | 11 | |
14 | Tiger Club - Women's Basketball | 10 | |
15 | Tiger Club - Men's Tennis | 10 |
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Department & Program Leaderboard
Show your department pride and help your favorite Academic Program BEAT THEIR BEST #COMMIT2WITT GIFT RECORD with a gift to the program-specific fund.
Rank | Fund Designation | % +/- | Goal |
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1 | Bio-Chemistry | +100.00% |
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goal: 4
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2 | Religion | +100.00% |
2
goal: 1
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3 | Chemistry | +25.00% |
5
goal: 4
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4 | Physics | 0.00% |
6
goal: 6
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5 | History | 0.00% |
14
goal: 14
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6 | Political Science | -8.11% |
34
goal: 37
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7 | Nursing | -28.57% |
5
goal: 7
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8 | Psychology | -38.10% |
13
goal: 21
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9 | Education | -39.06% |
39
goal: 64
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10 | Theatre and Dance | -45.83% |
13
goal: 24
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11 | Environmental Science | -50.00% |
5
goal: 10
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12 | Philosophy | -50.00% |
2
goal: 4
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13 | English | -59.09% |
9
goal: 22
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14 | Math | -66.67% |
4
goal: 12
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15 | Music | -66.67% |
3
goal: 9
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Greek Life Leaderboard - Inactive Chapters
Greek Life is an important part of the campus experience for so many alumni - and even if your chapter isn't currently active, the memories don't go away! Give a gift to any fund and see your chapter move up in the ranks.
Rank | Answer | Gifts |
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1 | Lambda Chi | 35 |
2 | Phi Gamma Delta (Fiji) | 30 |
3 | Chi Omega | 22 |
4 | Alpha Tau Omega | 16 |
5 | Delta Zeta | 16 |
6 | Phi Mu Delta | 9 |
7 | Sigma Nu | 6 |
8 | Phi Kappa Alpha | 5 |
Ended
2
Match
Early Giving Bonus Challenge!
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Special thanks to our anonymous alumni challengers.
$15,000 MATCHED
Completed
Make Your Commitment on Commit to Witt Day
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Alumni Association Board members!
Ended
Early Giving Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Janet E. Jackson '75.
$2,500 / $2,500 Raised
Completed
Where's Ezry Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Cheryl '78 and Howard Petty.
Completed

Give Like a Tiger - Immediate University Priorities
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Bob Merzweiler '76.
200 / 200 Gifts
Completed
2
Match
Double Your Impact - Men's Soccer
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Tom Kaiser '79.
$2,000 MATCHED
Completed
Challenge for Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Special thanks to our anonymous challenger.
Completed
Shaping Generations Through Education!
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Steve '75 and Mary Alice '75 Neely.
750 / 750 Gifts
Completed
#WittWed Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Beth '85 and Steven '85 Rizzi.
100 / 100 Gifts
Completed
Sunrise Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Nancy Matthews '66.
40 / 40 Gifts
Completed
Bonus: Next 100 Donor Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Stacey '73 and Julia Pavlatos.
100 / 100 Donors
Completed
Next 100 Gifts
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Don '61 and Marty '95 (H) Hillerich.
100 / 100 Gifts
Completed
2
Match
Faith in Action Challenge: Strengthening Wittenberg's Future
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Tom and Mary Beth Walter.
Completed
2
Match
Witt Opportunity Scholarship
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Laurie '79 and Dave '79 Griffin.
$1,845 MATCHED
Completed
2
Match
Double Your Impact: Men's Lacrosse
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Ted '10 and Mackenzie Winders.
$1,000 MATCHED
Completed
Men's Soccer Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Diane '94 and Brenden '94 Wetherton.
Completed
2
Match
Double Your Impact: The Bell Challenge!
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Tosha '07 and Dustin Bell.
$5,030 MATCHED
Completed
2
Match
Bonus: Double Your Impact: The Wittenberg Fund
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Special thanks to our anonymous alumni challengers.
$10,000 MATCHED
Completed
Snack Time Power Hour
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Chuck '71 and Mimi '71 Bush.
20 / 20 Gifts
Completed
2
Match
Bonus Dinnertime Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Bob Buchholtz '71.
$3,000 MATCHED
Completed
Class of 2025 - President's Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, President Frandsen and Sharon.
Completed
2000-2009 Grad Year Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Julian '01 and Brianne '04 Gilbert.
50 / 50 Gifts
Completed
90s Grads Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Dave Huml '91.
25 / 25 Gifts
Completed
1980s Grad Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, George '84 and Judy '82 Huntley.
100 / 100 Gifts
Completed
Class of 1979 Reunion Challenge
Class of 1979, if you have not made your reunion gift yet, you can mark this important milestone with a #Commit2Witt gift! Join your fellow classmates in leaving a legacy by contributing to the Class of 1979 Endowed Scholarship Fund!
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Match
Bonus 1970s Challenge: Double Your Impact!
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Mark '71 and Judy '70 Kubeja.
$5,000 MATCHED
Completed
Bonus Unlock: 1960s Grads
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Special thanks to our anonymous donor from the class of 1964.
Completed
Witt's Greatest Needs
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Michael '76 and Gwendolyn Summers.
200 / 200 Gifts
Completed
Impact Witt Students
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Julie '80 and Charles Britton.
100 / 100 Gifts
Completed
Funk Family Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Jim '71 and Sherree Funk.
50 / 50 Gifts
Completed
Tiger Pride Challenge!
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Special thanks to our anonymous alumni challengers.
60 / 60 Gifts
Completed
Local Alumni Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Special thanks to our anonymous alumnus from the class of 1983.
50 / 50 Gifts
Completed
Springfield Alumni Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Karen Duncan '67.
20 / 20 Gifts
Completed
Bonus Unlock: Light the Way!
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Jan Schwiebert Wade '62.
50 / 50 Gifts
Completed
Prinz Power Challenge!
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Robin Skinner Prinz '73.
100 / 100 Gifts
Completed
Bonus Unlock: Tiger Club
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Special thanks to our anonymous alumni challengers.
50 / 50 Gifts
Completed
Bonus Power Hour
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, John Rugh '53.
Ended
750 Donor Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Derek '84 and Jennifer McKelvey.
750 / 750 Donors
Completed
1200 Donor Challenge!
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Special thanks to our anonymous alumni challengers.
Completed