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On March 8, International Women\u2019s Day, 671 alumnae\/i, students, faculty, staff, friends, parents, and spouses went online to support Hollins, surpassing the goal of 642, the average number of days a student spends at the university.<\/p>\nOn March 8, International Women\u2019s Day, 671 alumnae\/i, students, faculty, staff, friends, parents, and spouses went online to support Hollins, surpassing the goal of 642, the average number of days a student spends at the university.<\/p>\n
The class of 1992 had the best showing, with 41 classmates participating. Morning, afternoon, and evening challenges got the day started and kept the momentum going. The class of 1992 won the \u201cmorning class challenge\u201d as the class not in reunion this year with the most donors before\u00a012:00 p.m. EST.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0classes of 1958\u00a0and 2016\u00a0tied in the\u00a0\u201cafternoon reunion class challenge,\u201d and the class of 2006 dominated the\u00a0\u201clate-night young alumnae challenge.\u201d The night ended with\u00a0Margaret Gibbs \u201971\u00a0winning the\u00a0\u201clast-chance challenge\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0and a Hollins scarf by being the donor with the largest gift between 10:00 and 11:59 p.m. The total amount raised during the 24-hour challenge was $145,757.<\/p>\n For more about the day, visit hollins.edu\/dayofgiving or search #hollinsdayofgiving on\u00a0Facebook,\u00a0Instagram, and\u00a0Twitter.<\/p>\n I have given to Hollins since I was a young graduate, small gifts to be sure, but small gifts add up to big ones. My mother taught, \u201cThe more you give, the richer you feel.\u201d Earlier this year, when the tax bill threatened higher education institutions, I promised myself to make my commitment even more visible and real.<\/p>\n While I\u2019m grateful for learning at Hollins how to creatively run a program \u201con a shoestring,\u201d our best programs need to be supported with generous resources. The deeply spiritual nature of the Hollins campus, community, and educational endeavors is evident. Our efforts to appreciate the religious practices of all and to live respectfully with difference may be the way the human race will survive. I want to support the chaplaincy and interfaith commitments at Hollins, even when I\u2019m gone.<\/p>\n I know that those who lead decision-making efforts at Hollins are careful and wise. I have seen them at work! Giving to Hollins is a blessing for me, as Hollins itself is. I want to give more, and estate planning is the way I can do it.<\/p>\n The Rev. Dr. Jan Fuller is university chaplain and lecturer at the Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life at Elon University.<\/p>\n Day of Giving passes goal Class of 1992 logged highest participation On March 8, International Women\u2019s Day, 671 alumnae\/i, students, faculty, staff, friends, parents, and spouses went online to support Hollins, surpassing the goal of 642, the average number of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8105,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,51],"tags":[72],"class_list":["post-7994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-giving","category-homepage","tag-spring-2018"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7994"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8115,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7994\/revisions\/8115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"divider\"](\"http:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/wave.png\")
<\/p>\nDonor Spotlight<\/h2>\n
Jan Fuller \u201978: \u201cGiving to Hollins is a blessing for me\u201d<\/h3>\n
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I love Hollins. That is the bottom line for me. From the first day I set foot on the campus (move-in day in 1974), to the day I began working there as chaplain, and until now, I give thanks for the effect of Hollins in my life and leadership, in my sense of self, and even in my faith. In 24 years as chaplain, I witnessed the transformative nature of a Hollins education, of the experience of a women\u2019s community, and the deep and broad community of Hollins women who are making the world a better place. I often give thanks for [former dean] Bridget Puzon, [former president] Nancy Gray, [former president] Paula Brownlee, [retired professor of music] Jim Leland, [late professor of English] John Cunningham, and so many others.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"