A first-ever one-day university-wide campaign — #DucksGive 2016 — raised $1,832,566 from 1,507 donors between midnight May 19 and noon May 20.

Donors to A&AA also met the McKelvey Challenge, meaning that in addition to their gifts to the school, alumnus Miguel McKelvey, BArch ’99, provided an additional $100,000 match to support A&AA’s Professional Outreach and Development Office (PODS).

Interim Dean Brook Muller noted the campaign’s “spectacular success” and praised the many “exceptional A&AA team members who helped to push us beyond our goal of 101 gifts” in response to McKelvey’s match gift challenge. “These gifts are part of what makes life-changing education possible,” Muller said.

The intent of the 36-hour challenge was to inspire alumni, parents, and friends of UO to make a gift to any area of campus. The funds directly support student education.

A donor wall online page lists contributors.

Those interested in making new contributions to UO may email giving@uoregon.edu or call 541-346-1676 or 888-863-4483.