Giving Days 2025

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 Monmouth alumni make 100 gifts, of any amount, to any fund, between 12:00-2:00pm (Eastern) on Tuesday, March 25, the Alumni Association Board of Directors will unlock an additional $1,000 to the Alumni Endowed Scholarship Fund, which provides financial assistance to first-year undergraduates 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.

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.

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 to the School of Science Summer Research Program (SRP) Fund, which provides direct financial assistance to support student researchers.

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.

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.

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.**