Today marks our sixth RowanGIVES Day—Rowan’s annual day-long event that celebrates the generous spirit of the Rowan University Community. Each year, this event unites alumni, faculty, staff, parents, friends and students from Rowan’s three campuses to recognize the amazing impact that giving has on the University.
Check out the 2020 RowanGIVES Day Challenges and help earn additional funding for areas you support.
Help us reach 2,020 donors by 11:59 p.m.
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Help us reach 2,020 donors by 11:59 p.m. EST on March 5 to unlock $4,000 to student scholarships.
Special thanks to the Rowan University Foundation for making this challenge possible.
Calling all alumni—we need your help!
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800 alumni gifts will unlock additional $2,020 to the Rowan University Wellness Center.
Special thanks to Rowan University Alumni Board members:
100 gifts of $19.23!
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Get ready—in just three years Rowan turns 100! Make a gift of $19.23 to The Rowan Fund to help unlock $100 to each of the top 10 designations.
Special thanks to the Rowan University Foundation for making this challenge possible.
The Rowan Fund, Athletics teams and RowanSOM designations are not eligible for this challenge.
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Help RowanSOM get additional support!
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120 gifts to any of the 21 RowanSOM designations unlocks $10,000 in additional support to RowanSOM.
Special thanks to the following members of RowanSOM Leadership for contributing to this challenge:
Share our Giving Day video and unlock additional money
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We’re challenging you to spread the word! 250 uses of the hashtag and 250 shares of the Healthy Campus Initiatives post from the Rowan Alumni Facebook unlocks $500 to wellness initiatives (such as training in mental health outreach, prevention and education) at Rowan University
Special thanks to Chris ’07, M’10 and Makenzie D’Angelo ’09, M’10 for helping make this challenge possible.
What area of NJ has the most Alumni support?
As a New Jersey public research university, we recognize that our alumni may not see eye-to-eye on everything. Is it Taylor Ham or Pork roll? Sub or Hoagie? Sprinkles or Jimmies?
We even may disagree on where the borders of North, Central and South Jersey are, but we can all agree that all three regions exist —and thus the New Jersey Alumni Challenge was born.
This year, we’re challenging alumni to indicate their county of residence when they make a gift. The region with the most donors wins bragging rights as the most generous region—and an additional $500 in challenge money to the Rowan Rising Campaign will be unlocked:
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We only need 25 alumni donors!
Athletics teams with 25 or more individual alumni donors will be entered into a raffle to win $1,250. One team will be randomly chosen by John Giannini following RowanGIVES Day.
Special thanks to Bo Niland ’80 for his continued support of athletics and for making this challenge possible.
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Like – Share – Tweet
Rowan Swimming & Diving wins with 1182 total, beating football by 36
Teams with an eligible 30-second hype video (submitted and approved before March 5) will compete to earn the most combined Twitter retweets and Instagram likes on March 5. One team will win $1,250.
Click the links below to check out the videos on Instagram:
Want to have lunch with President Houshmand?
Students making a gift of $5 or more (to any designation) will be entered to win lunch with President Houshmand on April 23 from 12–1 p.m. Three winners will be randomly selected and allowed to bring up to two guests each. Donors to the Senior Challenge are eligible to participate in the Student Challenge.
Special thanks to President Houshmand for his continued support of students.
Commemorate your graduation with a gift of $20.20!
Seniors making a gift of $20.20 or more (to any designation) will be entered to win VIP Commencement ceremony tickets. Three winners will receive two VIP tickets each. Rowan's 2020 commencement ceremony is Saturday, May 9 (rain date: Sunday, May 10).
Special thanks the Rowan University Events staff Linda DiGennaro, Sara Freeman, Tina Doran and the countless number of hardworking students and volunteers who help make commencement a success each year.
Early Bird PROFs Take Flight!
The winner of the Rise and Shine Challenge: Early Childhood Demonstration Center
This one is for our early risers—the first fund with 10 donors between 6-7 a.m. EST will receive an additional $500 in support.
Special Thanks to John Zabinski for making this challenge possible.
The winner of this challenge will not be eligible for additional timed challenges.
Hungry for $1,000?
The winner of the Domino’s Lunch time challenge is: Women’s Ice Hockey with 23.
The fund with the most gifts made between 12–1 p.m. EST will receive an additional $1,000 courtesy of Domino’s Pizza of Glassboro.
Follow our Instagram stories with @RowanUniversity and
@RowanAlumni to watch President Houshmand and Provost Tony Lowman battle in an epic scavenger hunt at the Glassboro campus.
Special thanks to Adolfo Ramon, General Manager of Domino’s Pizza of Glassboro, for making this challenge and the scavenger hunt possible.
The winner of this challenge will not be eligible for additional timed challenges.
We’re seeing double!
Celebrate Happy Owl-ur with double the impact! Gifts made between 5–7 p.m. EST will be matched up to $2,000. For example: gifts of $20 double to make a $40 gift.
Special thanks to the Rowan University Foundation for making this challenge possible.
The winner of this challenge will not be eligible for additional timed challenges
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