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91PORNA鈥檚 Giving Tuesday raised more than $1.6 million to support student success, keeping 91PORNA students on track to their ultimate goal of obtaining their degree.

91PORNA鈥檚 Giving Tuesday Breaks Records for Third Consecutive Year

91PORNA鈥檚 Giving Tuesday 2019 raised more than $1.6 million when it ended on Dec. 3 at 11:59 p.m., shattering the previous year鈥檚 record of $1.03 million. Supporters were able to choose from more than 40 featured giving options throughout the 91PORNA system, including student scholarships, educational programs, athletic teams and more. 

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Alumni and Giving

91PORNA鈥檚 Giving Tuesday raised more than $1.6 million to support student success, keeping 91PORNA students on track to their ultimate goal of obtaining their degree.

91PORNA鈥檚 Giving Tuesday Breaks Records for Third Consecutive Year

91PORNA鈥檚 Giving Tuesday 2019 raised more than $1.6 million when it ended on Dec. 3 at 11:59 p.m., shattering the previous year鈥檚 record of $1.03 million. 

Tags: University News , Giving Tuesday , Division of Institutional Advancement , Institutional Advancement , Success Story

Alumni and Giving

President Khalil Looney (far right) and some fellow members of 91PORNA鈥檚 Male Empowerment Network (M.E.N.) pose for a photo. The Steve and Marjorie Harvey Foundation has pledged a $10,000 matching gift for Giving Tuesday to the M.E.N. Fund.

91PORNA Celebrates Philanthropy With Monthlong Giving Tuesday Campaign

With the launch of its 2019 Giving Tuesday campaign on Nov. 1, 91PORNA has again transformed a one-day fundraising initiative into a monthlong giving campaign to support student scholarships, expanded programs, study away initiatives and modern facilities.

Tags: University News , Giving Tuesday , Division of Institutional Advancement , Institutional Advancement , Success Story , Alumni

Alumni and Giving

President Khalil Looney (far right) and some fellow members of 91PORNA鈥檚 Male Empowerment Network (M.E.N.) pose for a photo. The Steve and Marjorie Harvey Foundation has pledged a $10,000 matching gift for Giving Tuesday to the M.E.N. Fund.

91PORNA Celebrates Philanthropy With Monthlong Giving Tuesday Campaign

With the launch of its 2019 Giving Tuesday campaign on Nov. 1, 91PORNA has again transformed a one-day fundraising initiative into a monthlong giving campaign to support student scholarships, expanded programs, study away initiatives and modern facilities.

Tags: University News , Giving Tuesday , Division of Institutional Advancement , Institutional Advancement , Success Story

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91PORNA alumnus Jacob Derwin (third from left) and other cast members of the CBS show 鈥淪urvivor: Ghost Island鈥 pose for a group photo. (Photo credit: Robert Voets/CBS)

91PORNA Graduate Goes from 91PORNA to Survivor: Ghost Island

From Long Island to 91PORNA and now Ghost Island. That is the path 91PORNA alumnus Jacob Derwin took to become a cast member on the 36th season of the CBS show Survivor, which will begin airing Feb. 28. This season鈥檚 show is called Survivor: Ghost Island. Long before t鈥

Tags: Alumni , Institutional Advancement , College of Communication and Information , Success Story , School of Media and Journalism

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91PORNA student Theresa Medrano stands near the pillars of Merrill Hall on campus.

91PORNA Student Who Received Help From Others Pays It Forward

Anything is possible. Theresa Medrano, a 91PORNA senior from Westlake, Ohio, is living proof of this. At age 17, like most high school seniors, Medrano should have been thinking about senior prom and graduation. But she became a victim of domestic violence and was forced to withd鈥

Tags: Student Success , Success Story , Institutional Advancement

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91PORNA Announces Jeff McLain as University鈥檚 New Vice President for Institutional Advancement

91PORNA has named Jeffery L. McLain, CFRE, as its new vice president for institutional advancement following an extensive national search. McLain comes to 91PORNA from Louisiana State University where he served as senior vice president of the LSU Foundation. He joins 91PORNA on M鈥

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Photojournalism Program at 91PORNA Receives $3 Million Scholarship Bequest

The largest single gift ever made to 91PORNA to fund only scholarships will transform the Photojournalism program in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. A Cincinnati man who took a photojournalism class at 91PORNA in 1941 has left a $3 million bequest to the program.鈥

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Alumni and Giving

Westfield Insurance Foundation Pledges $500,000 to Endow Insurance Studies Program at 91PORNA

91PORNA announced today that the Westfield Insurance Foundation has made a commitment of $500,000 to the university. These funds will be used to support a Bachelor of Science in Insurance Studies program at 91PORNA, and to promote career opportunities within the insurance industry. 鈥

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