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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
$2,000 for 200 Gifts - Women's Sports
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, John Shumate '99.
Completed
$1,000
William A. McClain Center
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Jennifer Vanica '77 and Ron Cummings
Completed
Leaderboard
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.
Which Alumni Chapter region do you reside in?
Rank Answer Gifts
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
Ended
Event
Athletics Leaderboard
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Brian '80 and Robin Agler.
Ended
Leaderboard
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.
Are you affiliated with one of our active Greek Life Chapters?
Rank Answer Gifts
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
$142,200
Double Your Impact - Board Challenge!
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! $142,200 from the Wittenberg Board of Directors.
$142,200 / $142,200 Raised
Completed
$2,025
Alumni Board First-time Donor Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Alumni Association Board members!
Completed
Event
Name an Honorary Tiger Cub
CHALLENGE COMPLETE! Thank you for naming a honorary tiger cub!
Ended
2
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
Event
50 States Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Special thanks to our anonymous alumni couple from Arkansas.
Ended
$1,845
Give Like a Tiger - Power Hour
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Betsy '98 and Peter '99 Georgiton.
50 / 50 Gifts
Completed
$2,000
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
$1,000
100 Donor Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Special thanks to our anonymous alumni challengers.
100 / 100 Donors
Completed
$1,000
250 Donor Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Special thanks to our anonymous alumni challengers.
444 / 444 Donors
Completed
$1,000
Bonus 100 Gift Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Dan Elsass '73 and Gail Anderson Elsass.
100 / 100 Gifts
Completed
$1,845
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
$1,500
Give like the Frandsens - Donor Challenge 500 Donors
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, President Frandsen and Sharon.
500 / 500 Donors
Completed
$1,000
Lunchtime Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Beverly '63 and Gary McBride.
100 / 100 Gifts
Completed
$1,500
Dinnertime Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, John '73 and Mary Pelander.
100 / 100 Gifts
Completed
$2,000
Dessert Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Special thanks to a couple of our anonymous donors from the classes of 1972 and 1973.
50 / 50 Gifts
Completed
$2,018
Frandsen Presidency Class Years Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, President Frandsen and Sharon.
Completed
Success!
2005 Grad Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, John Lepelley '05 and Arif Mirza '05.
Completed
$1,000
Bonus 90s Grads Challenge!
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Karen Larson '96.
25 / 25 Gifts
Completed
$3,000
1980s Grad Bonus Challenge
BONUS CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Richard '80 and Patricia Dove.
25 / 25 Donors
Completed
$10,000
1970s Grad Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, anonymous Witt Wedd couple class of '71.
100 / 100 Gifts
Completed
$1,000
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
$1,000
Impact Witt
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Sarah Burns Blume '83.
40 / 40 Gifts
Completed
$2,025
Give Like a Friend
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Melanie Norton.
50 / 50 Gifts
Completed
$1,000
Physics Department Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Stacey '73 and Julia Pavlatos.
Completed
$1,000
Late Night Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Richard Vieritz '70.
40 / 40 Gifts
Completed
$1,845
Celebrating 180 Years!
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Dana Cummings and DSC Consulting.
100 / 100 Gifts
Completed
$1,000
Psychology Department Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Brad Motter '72.
Completed
$1,000
Political Science Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Dr. Richard and Marie Flickinger.
20 / 20 Gifts
Completed
$10,000
West Coast Late Night Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Bill Boggs '68.
50 / 50 Gifts
Completed
$3,400
Bonus Tiger Club Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Special thanks to our anonymous alumni challengers.
50 / 50 Gifts
Completed
$1,500
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
$1,000
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
1,500 Donor Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Mark Ehlers '81.
Completed
$1,845
Provost Challenge - Faculty Development
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Brian Yontz.
Completed
Leaderboard
Decades Challenge
Give like a Tiger and see which decade has the most Tiger Pride on #Commit2Witt.
What Decade did you or will you Graduate in?
Rank Answer Gifts
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
Ended
Leaderboard
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
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
Ended
Leaderboard
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
1 Bio-Chemistry +100.00% 8
goal: 4
2 Religion +100.00% 2
goal: 1
3 Chemistry +25.00% 5
goal: 4
4 Physics 0.00% 6
goal: 6
5 History 0.00% 14
goal: 14
Ended
Leaderboard
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.
Are you affiliated with one of our inactive Greek Life Chapters?
Rank Answer Gifts
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
Event
Make Your Commitment on Commit to Witt Day
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Alumni Association Board members!
Ended
$2,500
Early Giving Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Janet E. Jackson '75.
$2,500 / $2,500 Raised
Completed
Success!
Where's Ezry Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Cheryl '78 and Howard Petty.
Completed
$5,000
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
Success!
Challenge for Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Special thanks to our anonymous challenger.
Completed
$2,500
Shaping Generations Through Education!
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Steve '75 and Mary Alice '75 Neely.
750 / 750 Gifts
Completed
$2,000
#WittWed Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Beth '85 and Steven '85 Rizzi.
100 / 100 Gifts
Completed
$1,000
Sunrise Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Nancy Matthews '66.
40 / 40 Gifts
Completed
$1,000
Bonus: Next 100 Donor Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Stacey '73 and Julia Pavlatos.
100 / 100 Donors
Completed
$2,000
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
$1,000
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
$1,000
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
$250
Class of 2025 - President's Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, President Frandsen and Sharon.
Completed
$1,750
2000-2009 Grad Year Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Julian '01 and Brianne '04 Gilbert.
50 / 50 Gifts
Completed
$5,000
90s Grads Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Dave Huml '91.
25 / 25 Gifts
Completed
$10,000
1980s Grad Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, George '84 and Judy '82 Huntley.
100 / 100 Gifts
Completed
Event
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!
Ended
2
Match
Bonus 1970s Challenge: Double Your Impact!
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Mark '71 and Judy '70 Kubeja.
$5,000 MATCHED
Completed
$1,000
Bonus Unlock: 1960s Grads
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Special thanks to our anonymous donor from the class of 1964.
Completed
$7,000
Witt's Greatest Needs
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Michael '76 and Gwendolyn Summers.
200 / 200 Gifts
Completed
$1,000
Impact Witt Students
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Julie '80 and Charles Britton.
100 / 100 Gifts
Completed
$1,000
Funk Family Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Jim '71 and Sherree Funk.
50 / 50 Gifts
Completed
$6,000
Tiger Pride Challenge!
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Special thanks to our anonymous alumni challengers.
60 / 60 Gifts
Completed
$1,000
Local Alumni Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Special thanks to our anonymous alumnus from the class of 1983.
50 / 50 Gifts
Completed
$1,000
Springfield Alumni Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Karen Duncan '67.
20 / 20 Gifts
Completed
$1,000
Bonus Unlock: Light the Way!
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Jan Schwiebert Wade '62.
50 / 50 Gifts
Completed
$1,000
Prinz Power Challenge!
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Robin Skinner Prinz '73.
100 / 100 Gifts
Completed
$3,400
Bonus Unlock: Tiger Club
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Special thanks to our anonymous alumni challengers.
50 / 50 Gifts
Completed
Event
Bonus Power Hour
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, John Rugh '53.
Ended
$1,000
750 Donor Challenge
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Derek '84 and Jennifer McKelvey.
750 / 750 Donors
Completed
$1,200
1200 Donor Challenge!
CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Special thanks to our anonymous alumni challengers.
Completed
Areas of Support
Immediate University Priorities Student Access & Scholarships Department & Program Support Experiential Learning & Study Away Campus Stewardship & Facilities William A. McClain Center Faculty & Staff Excellence Athletics Campus Life

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