Challenges

Dr. Ashley Basinger, BSPHR ‘95, DDS ‘00 will give $5,000 in DDS scholarship support if 25 donors make a gift to the UNC Adams School of Dentistry.

Dr. Ralph K. Mensah, BA ‘02, DDS ‘08, will give $1,000 in DDS mentorship support if 25 donors make a gift to the UNC Adams School of Dentistry

Dr. Kasey Hornock, DDS ’21, Uganda Trip Participant 2019, will give $500 in international trip support if 25 donors make a gift to the UNC Adams School of Dentistry.

Jennifer Manning ’89 (MSLS ’91) will give $1,000 once 40 donors make a gift of $100 or more to the American Indian Center Program Endowment.

Members of the ACRED American Indian Subcommittee will give $8,000 once 125 donors make a gift to the American Indian Center Program Endowment.

Gifts of $100 or more to the Asian American Center’s Endowment will be matched dollar for dollar by an anonymous donor up to $5,000.

50 gifts to The Asian American Center Endowment will unlock a $5,000 challenge match from an anonymous donor.

Robin Munesato Chan ‘00 and Wei Yan Chan ‘99 will give $6,500 once 125 donors make a gift to any fund at the Asian American Center.

Members of the ACRED Asian American Subcommittee will match gifts to the Asian American Center Student Grants Endowment dollar for dollar up to $15,000.

Wrestling

Enzo Catullo (’90) will give $100 for every donor that gives to Wrestling, up to 10 donors.

Swimming and Diving

Bill Brown (‘68) pledged to match up to $50,000 for every dollar that is raised towards the Koury Natatorium Renovation.

Track and Field

Sue & Charles (’83) Plambeck will give $500 dollars to Track & Field for every donor that gives to the program, up to 25 donors and $12,500.

Softball

Ken & Cheryl Williams will give $1,000 for every donor that gives to Softball, up to 25 donors.

Gymnastics

Lou and Jodi Patalano will give $55,000 to the Gymnastics Operating Endowment if 10 donors give to Gymnastics.

Women’s Basketball

Lou and Jodi Patalano will give $2,500 to Women’s Basketball for every donor that makes a gift to the program, up to 20 donors.

Rowing

An anonymous donor will give $2,000 for every donor that gives to Rowing, up to 50 donors.

Women’s Lacrosse

Jen Evans will give $1,000 for every donor that gives to Women’s Lacrosse, up to 25 donors.

Volleyball

Ken & Cheryl Williams will match every dollar given to Volleyball, up to $25,000.

Donald Wagoner MBA ’77 and Karen MBA ’77 Wagoner will give $5,000 once 50 gifts have been made to the Carolina Center for Public Service.

Billy Gerhard BSBIO 2014, MSPH 2015 will give $500 once $500 is given to the Carolina Center for Public Service.

CCPS Director, Lynn White Blanchard, MPH ’85, PhD ’89, will give $2,024 once 24 members of the class of 2024 make a gift to any fund with the Carolina Center for Public Service.

An anonymous donor will give $5,000 once 50 gifts have been made to the Carolina Center for Public Service.

Lee and Sandra Niegelsky will give $2,500 once $2,500 has been given to the Carolina Center for Public Service.

Bharath Parthasarathy ’02 and Meg Smothers Robinson ’01 will give $3,000 once 30 donors make a gift to the Carolina Center for Public Service.

Members of the ACRED Latinx Subcommittee will give $10,000 to the Carolina Latinx Center once 50 donors make a gift.

A generous group of parent donors will contribute $170,000 to the University when 900 parents make a gift of any size on GiveUNC.

A pair of generous anonymous donors will give $15,000 once 50 gifts are made to Carolina Performing Arts.

Donald Wagoner is kindly giving $5,000 if 60 donors make a gift to the Carolina Galapagos Science Fund!

Department of Music

A generous Carolina alum will match gifts to any fund in the Department of Music $2:1 up to $50,000.

Honors Carolina

Generous Honors Carolina Advisory Board members will match all gifts to the program dollar for dollar up to $25,000!

Center for Jewish Studies

Generous Center for Jewish Studies Advisory Board members will match all gifts to the Center dollar for dollar up to $20,000!

UNC Bluegrass Initiative

The Steering Committee for Friends of Carolina Bluegrass will match all gifts dollar for dollar to the UNC Bluegrass Initiative up to $3,500.

Shuford Program in Entrepreneurship 

Gina Bartasi ’91, Shuford Advisory Board member and founder and chair of KindBody, will match gifts of all sizes to the Shuford program dollar for dollar up to $10,000, to support students in this summer’s Shuford Away program.

Study Abroad 

Jill Olmstead ’95 would like to encourage other Carolina alumni, parents and friends to support Study Abroad on GiveUNC. She will give $20,000 to support Study Abroad when 20 donors make a gift to the program today!

Department of Classics

Amanda, Ph.D. ’72, and Mal Watlington ’68, MPA ’69 will give $10,000 if 30 donors make a gift of any amount to any fund in the Department of Classics.

Department of Romance Studies

Sam ’22, Dena ’88 and Chris Moore are giving $5,000 to the Department of Romance Studies. The Moore family hopes to encourage another 20 alumni, parents and friends to join them with a gift to the department today!

Writing and Learning Center

A generous Carolina couple will match all gifts to the Writing and Learning Center dollar for dollar up to $10,000.

Department of Biology

Gifts from 25 donors to the Department of Biology will unlock $10,000 in support of undergraduate research, thanks to the generosity of Dr. Stephen Brantley ’80.

Carolina Public Humanities

Generous anonymous donors will match all gifts to the CPH Fund $4:1 up to $20,000.

Department of City and Regional Planning

Gifts from 15 donors to the Department of City and Regional Planning will unlock $40,000 in support for the department, thanks to the generosity of an anonymous alumnus.

Young Alumni Challenge

Dean’s Circle members Sam and Tayler Jones ’14, Craig Rollins ’17, Jeet Galani ’20, and Alexis Payton ’20, MS ’21 want to inspire more young alumni to give back! Today, they will match all gifts to the College of Arts and Sciences from alumni classes of 2014-2023 dollar for dollar up to $3,900.

Members of the UNC Gillings Alumni Association Advisory Board and the Public Health Foundation Board will give $70,000 once 60 alumni make a gift to the Gillings School.

Brett Weed, MS ‘09, MPH ’16, and Sara Weed, JD ’08, will match all gifts to Gillings dollar-for-dollar up to $175,000 to support a school of public health scholarship endowment fund. Gifts of any size to any area of the Gillings School count.

Mark D. Sobsey, PhD, professor emeritus of environmental sciences and engineering, will match all gifts to Gillings dollar-for-dollar up to $431,000. Gifts of any size to any area of the Gillings School count.

Professor Shelley Earp, MD ‘70, MS ‘72, director of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center in honor of his wife Jo Anne L. Earp, ScD, long-time Gillings faculty member, and former Chair of the Health Behavior Department will give $50,000 once 50 gifts are made to the Gillings School. Gifts of any size to any area of the Gillings School count.

Carol Runyan, PhD ‘83, professor of emeritus of health behavior and former director of the University of North Carolina Injury Prevention Research Center, and Desmond Runyan, DrPH ‘83, professor emeritus of epidemiology will give $100,000 to the Gillings School for injury and violence student research once 60 faculty and staff make a gift of any size and to any area at the Gillings School.

Phillip “Chip” Davis Jr., BA ‘82, will give $25,000 to support global travel funds for students once 40 students make a gift of any amount to any fund at the Gillings School.

Virginia (’97) and Shawn Cepeda will match gifts of all sizes to the Fund for UNC Hussman, dollar for dollar up to $10,000.

Dean Raul Reis challenges the UNC Hussman community to join him in supporting our school on GiveUNC 2024.

The UNC Hussman School Alumni Board will give $8,000 once 50 donors make a gift to the Fund for UNC Hussman.

Dr. Al and Beth Banes will match gifts to the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering dollar for dollar up to $5,000.

During Spirit Week, Mary Margaret Frank (BSBA ’92, MAC ’92, PhD ’99) is honoring the Kenan-Flagler mentors who impacted her life by doubling the impact of gifts to the Business School from current students. Gifts will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $5,000. Students are encouraged to honor a mentor or someone at Kenan-Flagler who inspires them in the “Why I Give” section when making their gift.

During Spirit Week, Mary Margaret Frank (BSBA ’92, MAC ’92, PhD ’99) is honoring the Kenan-Flagler mentors who impacted her life by doubling the impact of gifts to the Business School from current faculty or staff. Gifts will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $2,000 per person until all $20,000 in challenge funds are earned. Faculty and staff are encouraged to honor a mentor or someone at Kenan-Flagler who inspires them in the “Why I Give” section when making their gift.

During Spirit Week, Kenan-Flagler Board member Patrick Trask (MBA ’00) is honoring the Kenan-Flagler mentors who impacted him by doubling the impact of the first $100,000 given to the Business School by alumni. Gifts will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $2,000 per person until all $100,000 in challenge funds are earned. Alumni are encouraged to honor a mentor or someone at Kenan-Flagler who inspired them in the “Why I Give” section when making their gift.

Members of the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School Board will match all Dean’s Circle gifts of $2,000 or more dollar-for-dollar until all $450,000 in challenge funds have been earned.

Bob and Sian Harris will contribute $10,000 to UNC Kenan-Flagler if 75 recent graduates make a gift at the School’s new Dean’s Circle levels for new alumni. Undergraduate alumni can join the Dean’s Circle with a gift of $500 (1-5 years out) or $1,000 (6-10 years out) and recent graduate alumni (1-5 years out) can join with a gift of $1,000.

Parents Council Challenge

The UNC Kenan-Flagler Parents Council will match all gifts from Kenan-Flagler parents dollar-for-dollar up to $50,000!

Undergraduate Business Symposium Challenge 

In honor of the 40th anniversary of the Undergraduate Symposium this fall, Kenan-Flagler’s Undergraduate Business Program is seeking to raise $40,000 to enable even more students and potential employers to participate in this recruiting tradition.

MAC Student Assistance Challenge

Kenan-Flagler’s Master of Accounting (MAC) program is seeking to raise at least $25,000 to for a new MAC Student Assistance Fund to provide direct support to students for unexpected or essential expenses.

Mustafa Gültekin Investment Management Challenge

For GiveUNC, the Center for Excellence in Investment Management is seeking to raise $25,000 in honor of professor Mustafa Gültekin’s upcoming retirement and his service to the School.

Members of 100 Women will match all gifts to the MBA Student Assistance Fund dollar-for-dollar up to $25,000.

PhD Stipend Challenge 

The Kenan-Flagler PhD Program is seeking to raise $30,000 for a new PhD Discretionary Fund that will directly support increased stipends for current students. If all $30,000 is raised, it would provide funding for the equivalent of $500 per student in the program.

Carolina Business of Health Challenge

Members of the CBOH Board are excited to launch the Business of Health minor at Kenan-Flagler in 2025 and are challenging the community to raise $25,000 for 2025. All gifts to the CBOH will be matched dollar-for-dollar to help launch the new minor.

Burrus Fellows Fund Challenge

Beth and Erik Burrus will contribute $10,000 to the Burrus Fellows Fund when 100 donors make a gift during GiveUNC in memory of Wynn.

Family Enterprise Center Challenge

The FEC team challenges 40 people to give to the Family Enterprise Center by 4:00pm on March 26!

Wood Center Challenge 

The Wood Center for Real Estate Studies is challenging 60 donors to make a gift of any amount to the Center for GiveUNC!

100 Women Diversity & Inclusion Challenge

Members of 100 Women will match all gifts to the Kenan-Flagler Diversity & Inclusion Initiative Fund dollar-for-dollar up to $10,000.

Battle for Carolina Challenge

Members of the UNC Kenan-Flagler Alumni Council will contribute $50,000 to the School when 150 alumni and friends make a gift to the Business School during the Battle for Carolina!

Brigid ’95 and Erik Troan will give $10,000 if 50 donors make a gift to Morehead Planetarium and Science Center.

An anonymous donor will match all gifts to Morehead Planetarium and Science Center dollar for dollar up to $10,000.

Mal Watlington, BS ’68, MPA ’69, and Amanda Watlington, PHD ’72, will give $1,000 once North Carolina Botanical Garden raises $25,000 or more. 

NRI advisory board members are offering a 1:1 matching gift today only. They will match each dollar with a dollar up to $10,000. 

An anonymous alumna ’93 and ’95 will give $25,000 to the Carolina Covenant Scholarships Fund once 50 gifts are made to the Carolina Covenant.

An anonymous alumna ’93 and ’95 will match gifts of $100 or more to the Carolina Covenant Scholarships Fund dollar for dollar up to $25,000.

An anonymous donor will match gifts of $100 or more to the Blue Sky Scholars Fund dollar-for-dollar up to $25,000.

An anonymous donor will give $20,000 to the Blue Sky Scholarship program once 50 gifts are made to the Blue Sky Scholars Fund.

All gifts to the School of Data Science and Society will be matched 1 to 1.

Oliver Johnson and Tracy Goyne will each give $2,000 a year for five years once 25 gifts are made to the Community, Well-being and Belonging Fund today.

The Arnolds will give $60,000 once 40 gifts are made to the Arnold Educator Support Fund during GiveUNC.

The UNC MPA Alumni Association Board will contribute $50 to the program for every gift to the UNC MPA Director’s Innovation Endowment Fund up to $1,600.

Be one of 20 donors to make a gift to the UNC MPA Director’s Innovation Endowment Fund to unlock a $40,000 challenge gift from members of the 2024 UNC MPA Alumni Coates Society.

Dean Martin JD ’92 and Carol Brinkley will make a gift of $5,000 once Carolina Law reaches 100 gifts by Noon.

The Young Alumni Leadership Council (YALC) Board Members will give $15,000 when 15 donors (or more!) make gifts of $1,000+ in the next three hours.

Alice Richey JD ’86 will generously give $10,000 once Carolina Law reaches 200 gifts.

Haiko Geratz JD ’93 will give $50,000 in support of a student scholarship of $50,000 once Carolina Law reaches 300 gifts. His generosity will be bolstered by a generous matching gift program at his firm, resulting in $100,000 in scholarship support.

Faculty and Staff Lunchtime Challenge: Carolina Nursing faculty member and alumna, Ashley Leak Bryant, Ph.D. ’11 will make a $3,000 gift to the School of Nursing once 10 Carolina Nursing faculty and staff members make a gift to any fund at the School of Nursing on GiveUNC.

Colleen Hamilton Lee, BSN ’73, and Bill Lee, BA ’70, MD ’74, will donate $50,000 once 50 donors make a gift of any size to any area of the School of Nursing.

School of Nursing Alumni Association Chair Mary Maddrey Chandler, BSN ‘83 will make a $1,000 gift to the Senior Class Campaign to support their student scholarship initiative when 25 students make a gift of any size to the Senior Class Campaign fund on GiveUNC.

In loving memory of former ACRED chair Lucrecia Moore, Reyna Walters-Morgan, Virginia Cardenas and Lou Patalano will give $3,500 once 25 donors make a gift to the Undergraduate International Studies Fellowship at the Stone Center. Students will be awarded this fellowship in 2024-2025 in honor of her service.

Cedric Brown ’89 will give $2,000 once 75 donors make a gift to the Stone Center.

An anonymous donor will match gifts to the Stone Center dollar for dollar up to $3,000.

In honor of her 50th graduation anniversary, Maxine Brown-Davis ’74 will match gifts of $50 or more to the Stone Center up to $1,200.

The Carolina Veterans Alumni Network will give $2,500 once 20 donors make a gift to the Carolina Veterans Program Fund.

A generous couple will give $50,000 once 400 donors make a gift to The Carolina Fund.

An anonymous alumnus and his wife will match all gifts dollar for dollar up to $100,000 for Graduate Student Fellowships.

Gifts to The Graduate School Fund for Experiential Learning will be matched dollar for dollar up to $5,000 from an anonymous alumnus.

All gifts to support Summer Research Fellowships at The Graduate School will be matched dollar for dollar up to $7,000 by Dr. and Mrs. Howard Aldrich.

Gifts will be matched dollar for dollar up to $10,000 for The Graduate School Dean’s Fund.

Almer Reddick and Lou Patalano of the Carolina Male Empowerment Network (MEN) Advisory Board will give $2,000 once 20 donors make a gift to Carolina MEN.

The Young Alumni Leadership Council will give $20,000 to The Young Alumni Carolina Covenant Scholarship Endowment Fund once 225 donors make a gift.

A generous donor will give $10,000 if 50 donors make a gift to the Chancellor’s Global Education Fund.

Frank Moretz, MD ’75, will give $100,000 once 75 donors make a gift to medical education.

Bryan Brice, Jr. ’85 & ’90 Carson Holding Brice’89 & ’97 will donate $25,000 once the UNC Institute for the Environment receives 60 gifts.

Bryan Brice, Jr. ’85 & ’90 Carson Holding Brice ’89 & ’97 will donate $11,250 once the UNC Institute for the Environment receives 20 student donations.

An anonymous member of the UNC Institute for the Environment’s Board of Visitors will donate $2,000 for every gift made to the UNC Institute for the Environment during Give UNC up to $33,000.

Institute for the Environment (IE) Director Michael Piehler BS ’90, MPH ’94, PHD ’97 will donate $50 for every donation from IE faculty/staff to any area within the IE, to support a seed grant program to launch IE pilot research, education and engagement projects up to $1,000.

An anonymous MSW alum will match all gifts to the UNC School of Social Work General Scholarships Fund dollar for dollar up to $50,000.

Marc ‘87 and Kristen Abbey will match dollar-for-dollar up to $50,000 for all gifts to the MSW Practicum Scholarships Fund.

Ginger ’88, MSW ’94 and Marvin ’87 Bethune will give $4,000 when 5 students make a gift of any amount to the UNC School of Social Work.

Dean Ramona Denby-Brinson and Associate Dean Kandace Davis Farrar will each give $2,500, totaling $5,000, when 50 faculty/staff members make a gift of any amount to the UNC School of Social Work.

Carl ‘71 and Susan Baumann will match all gifts to the School of Social Work dollar for dollar up to $25,000.

Mary Boone Bernsen ’66 MSLS ’73, former student employee (Wilson Library), will give $5,000 if 225 gifts are made to the University Libraries.

The William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust will match all gifts to the Wilson Special Collections Library Fellowships and Awards dollar for dollar up to $30,000.

Liz Bezera ’75, ‘MSLS ’77, former student employee (Art Library, Wilson Library and Undergraduate Library), will give $1,000 if 10 gifts of $100 or more are made before noon to the University Libraries.

Ted Teague ‘95, former student employee (Wilson Library), will give $5,000 if 50 gifts are made to the University Libraries.

Mary Virginia Spruill Currie ’76, MA ’78, MSLS ’79, former student employee (Southern Historical Collection), will give $10,000 if 100 gifts are made to the University Libraries.

Andrew Herman ’91, MAC ‘92, former student employee (Undergraduate Library), will give $20,000 if 200 gifts are made to the University Libraries.