{"id":32844,"date":"2017-04-05T15:17:42","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T19:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=32844"},"modified":"2017-04-11T08:21:45","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T12:21:45","slug":"emu-community-shows-love-raises-106500-lovemu-giving-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2017\/emu-community-shows-love-raises-106500-lovemu-giving-day\/","title":{"rendered":"EMU community shows the love, raises $106,500 during LovEMU Giving Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"848\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-u1aCLgb8bg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The final gift of <a href=\"http:\/\/love.emu.edu\">LovEMU<\/a> Giving Day came in at 11:57 p.m. Tuesday evening, capping an exciting day of fundraising at Eastern Mennonite University.<\/p>\n<p>For a first-time event, the participation was outstanding, said Director of Alumni and Parent Engagement Jeff Shank.<\/p>\n<p>A total of $106,500 was raised from 692 gifts, exceeding goals of $100,000 and 500 gifts.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"highlight highlight-right\">Missed LovEMU day but still want to give? Click <a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/giving\/donate\/give-now\/\">here<\/a>.<\/aside>\n<p>With a format that encouraged competition and \u201cshowing the love\u201d for a certain \u201cbeloved\u201d academic or athletic program, competition for \u201cvotes\u201d went late into the evening.<\/p>\n<p>The winning academic department and athletic team, which each receive $500, were teacher education and the women\u2019s volleyball team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis day was really more about love and community spirit than anything else,\u201d said Shank. \u201cI\u2019ve been overwhelmed by the gratitude that everyone has for this place and how it\u2019s impacted their life. People see a real and important value in the kind of education offered at EMU and they want to make sure it\u2019s available now and in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Students were encouraged to participate by making a gift or reaching out to three contacts with a text or call to encourage donations; 214 undergraduate students participated, surpassing the goal of 100.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32846\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32846\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2017\/04\/emu-community-shows-love-raises-106500-lovemu-giving-day\/20170404-lovemu-giving-day-004-1000px\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32846\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32846\" src=\"\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/04\/20170404-LovEMU-Giving-Day-004-1000px-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/04\/20170404-LovEMU-Giving-Day-004-1000px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/04\/20170404-LovEMU-Giving-Day-004-1000px-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/04\/20170404-LovEMU-Giving-Day-004-1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Susan Schult Huxman, accompanied by HeRM and Director of Alumni and Parent Engagement Jeff Shank visits Professor Judy Mullet&#8217;s psychology class with Strite&#8217;s donut holes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Several anonymous generous donors, as well as President Susan Schultz Huxman, offered to match gifts if various goals were met by certain groups, including current and former board of trustee members (38 participated), faculty and staff (155 participated), parents and grandparents (109 participated). A special lunchtime challenge called for 30 gifts during the lunch hour to unlock a matching gift of $5,000; 110 people topped that challenge within the first half hour of the time period.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Love to EMU: Comments from donors<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Donors were invited to share why they love EMU. Here&#8217;s a sampling of comments.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I love the encouragement to seek a career that will shape the world we live in.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Excellent academics mixed with exploring the spiritual implications of life learning and vocation.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Providing our daughter with an environment where she can grow in Christ and in confidence.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I appreciate the professors&#8217; guidance at EMU. They challenged me in a gentle way, helping to nurture in me a reflective, critical, and compassionate worldview. I would not be who I am today without my Middle East cross-cultural experience and the interdisciplinary opportunities my professors nudged me to pursue.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Being here always felt like coming home.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Knowing that alumni like <a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2017\/03\/peace-worker-michael-j-m-j-sharp-remembered-grieving-emu-community\/\">MJ Sharp<\/a> were walking the talk and carrying out the mission of EMU in the real world, which is messy and painful \u2014that makes me believe even deeper in the work of peacebuilding and being a global citizen.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I love EMU because the people I work with feel like family.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0EMU changed my life and created a space where empathy and non-violence were strengths.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Commitment to Anabaptist values: EMU teaches you to practice what you preach.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>LovEMU Giving Day final numbers 2017<\/b><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32847\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32847\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2017\/04\/emu-community-shows-love-raises-106500-lovemu-giving-day\/20170404-lovemu-giving-day-094-1000px\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32847\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32847\" src=\"\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/04\/20170404-LovEMU-Giving-Day-094-1000px-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/04\/20170404-LovEMU-Giving-Day-094-1000px-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/04\/20170404-LovEMU-Giving-Day-094-1000px.jpg 666w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32847\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HeRM provided plenty of reasons to dance and jump for joy in the midday fundraising outside Northlawn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>Top five departments receiving votes<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Teacher education \u2014 71 votes<\/li>\n<li>Nursing \u2014 58<\/li>\n<li>Center for Justice and Peacebuilding \u2014 56<\/li>\n<li>Biology and chemistry \u2014 43<\/li>\n<li>Business and economics \u2014 37<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>Top five athletic teams receiving votes<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Women\u2019s volleyball \u2014 93 votes<\/li>\n<li>Women\u2019s soccer \u2014 82<\/li>\n<li>Men\u2019s basketball \u2014 59<\/li>\n<li>Women\u2019s basketball \u2014 48<\/li>\n<li>Men\u2019s soccer \u2014 46<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The final gift of LovEMU Giving Day came in at 11:57 p.m. Tuesday evening, capping an exciting day of fundraising at Eastern Mennonite University. 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