CHICAGO, May 18, 2017 鈥� On May 3 North Park held its annual day of giving, #NPUBlueandGoldDay. Alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends rose to the challenge and made #NPUBlueandGoldDay a huge success.
A total of $137,388 was donated. 鈥淚 had a number of people tell me they kept watching and refreshing our Giving Day website. It was so encouraging. The energy was high on and off campus,鈥� said Shena Keith, assistant vice president for advancement. The 鈥淲ear it. Give it. Share it.鈥� campaign caught on and spirits on campus were high.
The Office of Advancement had a goal of 503 donors for the May 3 event, which was surpassed with a total of 526 donors.聽 Alumni accounted for 52% of the donors, but faculty/staff (14%), friends (6%), parents (4%), and students (4%) also made substantial gifts.
Ragnar the Viking, the student body mascot, helped to rally support for #NPUBlueandGoldDay with appearances in videos and at campus events on May 3. He also joined nearly 400 students, faculty, and staff to take a giant N-P-U photo in celebration of the day. 鈥淏est Giving Day ever!鈥� proclaimed Ragnar.