Giving Days 2025

Everyone who makes a gift of $33 or more through this site on March 25-26 will receive one pair of custom Monmouth University socks with our thanks. **Sock offer applies only to new gifts, and not pledge payments. Socks cannot be mailed outside the United States and its territories.**

Irene “Reenie” Menditto dedicated herself to Monmouth as a beloved member of the Honors School community for 22 years. Throughout her life of service, Reenie made a tremendous impact on students and colleagues, creating stability and a standard of excellence. In celebration of her retirement, a group of Reenie’s friends pledged to establish an endowed scholarship in her name. With her passing in 2021, this scholarship, which will last in perpetuity, took on new meaning. The Reenie Menditto Endowed Scholarship at Monmouth University will forever support Honors School students, with preference given to those who are first-generation college students (as was Reenie) and/or who have unmet financial need. To help fully fund this Scholarship, we’re inviting all who loved Reenie to make a contribution during Giving Days. The first $1,000 raised on March 25-26 will be matched, dollar-for-dollar, by Challenge donor Bill Mitchell. Please join us in honoring Reenie’s legacy today.

If we receive 50 gifts, of any amount, to any fund within the School of Science during Giving Days, an anonymous donor will unlock an additional $1,000 donation to the School of Science Excellence Fund, which will support our commitment to experiential education and personalized attention that affords students both a breadth and depth of experience.

In honor of our 20th anniversary, if we receive 20 gifts, of any amount, to an Urban Coast Institute fund on March 25 or 26, the UCI Advisory Committee will unlock an additional $5,000 donation to support UCI activities.

If we receive 40 gifts, of any amount, to a fund that supports the School of Education on March 25-26, CentralReach will unlock an additional $2,500 donation to the School of Education Excellence Fund, which allows the dean to direct support to the areas of greatest need.

Alumnus Bayaan Oluyadi, Sr. '13 challenges his fellow alumni of the 2010s to support current students! If we receive 250 gifts from alumni who graduated between 2010-2019 by 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, March 26, Bayaan will unlock an additional $500 to the Access Fund, which supports scholarships for students with unmet need.

Don Burnaford '72 will give $250 for every 15 Monmouth Football Alumni who make a gift of any amount to football with a maximum challenge gift of $2,500 from 150 alumni gifts. Help us maximize this challenge gift to support Monmouth Football!

Monmouth swimming alumni Kurt Kovach '85 and Samantha Palumbo '17 will match up to $10K in gifts to the swimming program.

Coach Joe Compagni and Brian Hanlon '88 will match the first $1,500 in gifts to women's track & field during Giving Days.

Double the impact of your gift to men’s tennis! Dr. Joseph Palazzolo ’03 will match the first $1,500 in gifts made to men’s tennis during Giving Days. Help us maximize this gift match today!

An anonymous donor has committed to give $200 to Monmouth Men's Soccer for every $1,000 in gifts made to Men's Soccer during Giving Days with a maximum challenge gift of $2,000 generated from $10,000 in gifts.

Help unlock a $2K bonus gift to women's basketball! An anonymous donor has committed to give $125 to Monmouth Women's Basketball for every $1,000 in gifts made to Women's Basketball during Giving Days with a maximum challenge gift of $2,000 generated from $16,000 in gifts.

To help us reach our goal of 100 gifts to Bowling, head coach Karen Grygiel will donate $60 for every 10 gifts made to the bowling enhancement fund during Giving Days with a maximum challenge gift of $600 for 100 gifts!

If we receive 75 gifts, of any amount, to any fund within the Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences during Giving Days, Dean Golland will unlock an additional $1,000 donation to the Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences Excellence Fund, which will support our commitment to experiential education and personalized attention that affords students both a breadth and depth of experience.

For every 10 gifts, of any amount, made to any fund within the School of Science during Giving Days, the School of Science Dean’s Advisory Council will make an additional gift of $1,000 (up to $4,000) to the School of Science Summer Research Program (SRP) Fund, which provides direct financial assistance to support student researchers.

If we receive 33 gifts, of any amount, to any fund within the Marjorie K. Unterberg School of Nursing and Health Studies during Giving Days, David Zurheide will unlock an additional $1,500 donation to the Marjorie K. Unterberg School of Nursing and Health Studies Excellence Fund, which will support unparalleled professional development opportunities for our students.

Alumna Chelsea Kmiecik '05 '08M challenges her fellow alumni of the 2000s to support current students! If we receive 200 gifts from alumni who graduated between 2000-2009 by 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, March 26, Chelsea will unlock an additional $500 to the Access Fund, which supports scholarships for students with unmet need.

The Access Fund exists to provide critical scholarship support for our students with the greatest financial need. Alumna Mayrelin Montas '20 believes she couldn’t have been successful without Monmouth, and knows how meaningful scholarships can be. With a scholarship, “I had hope.” As a way of giving back, Mayrelin would like to encourage other recent alumni to join her as a donors to the Access Fund. If 33 alumni who graduated between 2020-2025 make a gift, of any amount, to the Access Fund on March 25 or 26, Mayrelin will unlock an additional $1,000 donation to the Access Fund.

An anonymous donor will make a $150 gift for every 5 Monmouth Alumni that make a gift of any amount to Baseball during Giving Days with a maximum challenge gift of $1,500 generated from 50 alumni gifts.

Double the impact of your gift to men’s track & field. Coach Joe Compagni and Brian Hanlon '88 will match the first $1,500 in gifts to men's track & field during Giving Days.

Double the impact of your gift to women's tennis. Head Coach and Monmouth Athletics Hall of Fame member Patrice Murray '82 will match the first $1,200 in gifts made on Giving Days!

An anonymous donor has committed to give $200 to Monmouth Women's Soccer for every $1,000 in gifts made to women's soccer during Giving Days with a maximum challenge gift of $2,000 generated from $10,000 in gifts.

Help unlock a $2K bonus gift to men's lacrosse! An anonymous donor has committed to give $200 to Monmouth Men's Lacrosse for every $1,500 in gifts made to Men's Lacrosse during Giving Days with a maximum challenge gift of $2,000 generated from $15,000 in gifts.

To help us reach our goal of 100 gifts to Women's Basketball, head coach Cait Wetmore will donate $250 for every 25 gifts made to women's basketball during Giving Days with a maximum challenge gift of $1,000 for 100 gifts!

The brothers of Sigma Pi have a long-standing tradition of hosting networking lunches when students connect with mentors to talk about scholarship, university life, and to give the chapter members academic, professional, and personal advice. The first $1,000 raised for the Sigma Pi Student Meals fund on March 25-26 will be matched, dollar-for-dollar, by an anonymous Challenge donor, which will help underwrite the cost of these meetings, and make it possible for all members to participate in this unique opportunity.