The Class of 2025 takes the crown for most donors and the Class of 1968 had the most funds raised.

In the Schine Student Center, 38 student groups tabled throughout the day and inspired a 294% increase in donor participation for the student organization challenge, raising dollars for their specific projects. Schine also hosted tabletop games, giveaways and free food. If you didn’t catch the 15 live shows broadcast throughout the day, featuring 10 student co-hosts and 17 guests, you can find them next week on the .

�鶹Ƶ��Giving Day wouldn’t have been possible without the power of Orange:

• Personal link sharing resulted in 996 donors and more than $75,000 dollars
• 185 people made their first-ever gift to �鶹Ƶ��University
• All 13 schools and colleges hosted events or tabled throughout the day
• 38 challenges and matches inspired others to give back
• Three teams of Spirit Squad members in golf carts handed out swag, stamp cards and candy​
• Four alumni clubs in New York City, Atlanta, Tampa Bay, and South Florida hosted Giving Day events.

Thank you for making �鶹Ƶ��Giving Day a day to remember! It wouldn’t be One Day for Orange without YOU!

isn’t just about gifts—it’s a campuswide celebration where the Orange community comes together to make an impact!

Here’s how you can be part of this exciting day on Thursday, March 27:

• Free Food, Games and Giveaways
  Schine Student Center | 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
  • Energize your day. Challenge your colleagues and classmates to a friendly game of ring toss, satisfy your sweet tooth with post-lunch treats and score some exclusive Orange swag!
• Student Organization Showcase
  Schine Student Center | 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
  • Discover the incredible work of 30+ student organizations. Your visit helps them earn extra challenge dollars, turning student dreams into reality. Which innovative student project will capture your heart?
• Orange Impact Livestream
  | Every hour from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.
  • Tune in at the top of each hour for live shows featuring the amazing accomplishments of SU students, faculty and staff members! Watch the Orange pride in action, streaming live from Schine.
• Power Your Passion
  • —whether it’s $5 or $500! Support the areas of campus most meaningful to you, unlock challenge dollars to multiply your impact and help your favorite department climb the leaderboards.

Let’s show what the Orange community can accomplish together!

We’ve set an ambitious goal of 6,600 donors this year. When we unite as one Orange community, even small gifts create massive impact. It’s not about the size of your donation—it’s about joining together with fellow �鶹Ƶ��supporters worldwide.

Ready to join the friendly competition?

• ��and watch your impact multiply! Last year’s advocates TRIPLED the number of gifts made. Share your unique link, track the donations you inspire and claim your exclusive “Geared Up Otto” sticker!
• Get in early!�� now and challenge your �鶹Ƶ��friends to match you. Every contribution moves us closer to our 6,600 donor goal.
• Follow the action live��at —our real-time leaderboards show which schools, programs and classes are leading the charge. Can your favorite area take the top spot?

Whether you support scholarships, campus improvements or groundbreaking research, your participation matters. Together, we’re not just giving—we’re competing to create the strongest possible �鶹Ƶ��for generations to come.

Don’t sit on the sidelines for #CuseGivingDay. Join the thousands of Orange supporters worldwide to help us hit that 6,600 donor goal and write the next chapter in �鶹Ƶ��University’s story!

The �鶹Ƶ��University football game day kit has everything you need to show your Orange pride and support our amazing student-athletes.

Get pumped, Orange Nation! Excitement is building as the �鶹Ƶ��University football team gets ready for the DIRECTV Holiday Bowl in sunny San Diego, California, on Friday, Dec. 27 at 8 p.m. EST/5 p.m. PST. Remember this winning season with your very own game day kit, which has everything you need to show your Orange pride and support our amazing student-athletes.

What’s in the Game Day Kit?

Inspired by favorite traditions like “beat buttons” and banner flips, the kit includes:

• an 11-inch by 17-inch poster featuring Coach Fran Brown to track the season’s games;
• an 8.5-inch by 11-inch sticker sheet with Beat [Opponent] banners, game dates and pennant stickers to customize your poster;
• five Otto temporary tattoos to boost your game-day spirit; and
• a small felt �鶹Ƶ��pennant to add some Orange flair to any space

How Can I Get One?

and make a gift of $10 or more to the Athletics Opportunity Fund, and a kit will be sent straight to you!��Get your game day kit now and cheer on the Orange while supporting our student-athletes. It’s a win-win, just like we’re hoping the end of this season will be with a win in the Holiday Bowl. Let’s go, Syracuse!

To mark Giving Tuesday, the global generosity movement that started in 2012, the University introduced Giving ’CUSEday in 2016. Since then, it’s become a beloved tradition for our campus, encouraging everyone—alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends—to come together and give back in meaningful ways.

Your Gift, Their Future

Every dollar you contribute to the Annual Fund opens doors of opportunity—funding scholarships, groundbreaking research and transformative student experiences. Your gift isn’t simply an act of generosity; you’re investing in the dreams of future leaders.

Double Your Impact Today!

Make history with us by supporting one of 18 remarkable student organizations in their Fall 2024 Student Organization Challenge. Your gift goes even further with additional challenge funds:

• $1,000 bonus for the group with the most unique donors
• $700 for the second-place organization
• $300 for the third-place finisher

Show Your Orange Pride

Join the movement! Share your giving story by posting an #Unselfie on social media with #GivingCUSEday. Let’s show the world the extraordinary power of Orange generosity!

Ready to Make a Difference?

Visit now to:

• Support groundbreaking student initiatives
• Fund life-changing scholarships
• Champion your favorite student organization
• Be part of something bigger than yourself

Together, we can create ripples of change that will impact generations of �鶹Ƶ��students.

Make your gift now on the .

Let’s show the world what Orange can do, together!

Paul Parpard

On a winter day 25 years ago, Paul Parpard G’94, then a professor in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, observed the view from his office in Lyman Hall on campus. From his window he could see the snow-covered turrets of Tolley Hall and the rooftops of Maxwell Hall and Crouse College. Inspired, he snapped a photo, which he then used to create a beautiful painting he named “�鶹Ƶ��University Winter.”

This year, Parpard’s painting was chosen as the winner of the second annual �鶹Ƶ��University Poster Challenge. Those who will receive one of 600 numbered, limited-edition posters. The Annual Fund supports the University’s highest priorities.

Parpard, 82, is an accomplished artist, designer, painter, sculptor and wood carver. He lives in Cazenovia, New York, where he also has had an art studio since 1968.

Parpard began working as a graphic designer for the University, creating brochures, pamphlets and promotional materials. Some of his favorite projects were designing the holiday cards for the football and basketball teams. He also created the logo for �鶹Ƶ��Football’s 100-year anniversary in 1989.

Transitioning to education, Parpard served as a professor in the College of Visual and Performing Arts for more than 10 years, teaching communication design, advertising design and computer graphic design. In 1994, he earned a master of fine arts from the University.

“�鶹Ƶ��University Winter”

Some of his favorite years at the University were from 1985-89 when his daughter, Denise Parpard Harrison G’89, was a student in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Later, when Denise worked in New York city in promotional marketing for CHANEL, Estée Lauder and Lancôme, Parpard planned an annual trip to the city for his students to go to museums and art studios and visit Denise at her job to meet with the design departments.

The Parpard family enjoys rooting for �鶹Ƶ��sports, especially football and basketball.��Parpard loves to go to games in the JMA Wireless Dome and even celebrated his 80th birthday there at the Paul McCartney concert in 2022.

He is grateful to Syracuse’s advancement staff for choosing his painting “�鶹Ƶ��University Winter” as the art poster to support the Forever Orange Campaign. “It’s great to think that �鶹Ƶ��alumni all around the country will have a copy of this poster,” he says. “It means a lot to me to be able to help raise scholarship money for future �鶹Ƶ��students.”

Claim your limited-edition poster by .

Boost the ’Cuse takes all of ’CUSE. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to be part of this momentous occasion and contribute to our continued success. Let’s show the world what it means to be Forever Orange!

On-campus activities:

1. Scott Hanson will broadcast LIVE from Newhouse!

Tune in on March 23, 2023, starting at 8:44 a.m. when NFL RedZone’s Scott Hanson ’93 anchors 16 live shows from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications studios, with David Barbier ’23 hosting various segments from the Schine Student Center and Club 44. View the to see the full list of interviews, prerecorded videos and student performances to enjoy throughout the day.

2. Free snacks and �鶹Ƶ��swag

Visit select locations for treats and merch while supplies last. Start your day with a hot cocoa bar, complete with marshmallows, whipped cream and sprinkles. Make your own trail mix creation and an orange float, and grab a half-moon cookie and an orange as an afternoon pick-me-up. Across campus, tables hosted by schools, colleges and units will feature fun activities and delicious snacks. . At each table, grab some Boost the ’Cuse branded merchandise, including pennants, charging cables, reusable coffee sleeves and more.

3. Visit with Otto

Everyone’s favorite Orange mascot will be in the Schine Student Center at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. for high-fives, hugs and photos.

4. Crafts across campus AND a 360

On campus, don’t miss out on the fun activities available to everyone! Get creative and stamp your own canvas zipper pouch at the Barnes Center at The Arch or color your own 1.5-inch pin-back button at the Schine Student Center. And, be sure to stop by the 360-degree photo booth in Schine’s lower atrium near the video wall to snap a unique keepsake.

5. Hidden Ottos

As part of Forever Orange Week, 20 plush Ottos will be hidden around campus. Follow @SUalums on social media for clues and be the first to find an Otto to win a prize pack. For each Otto discovered, $100 will be donated to a fund of your choice on behalf of the Generation Orange Leadership Council and the �鶹Ƶ��University Alumni Association. Plus, that donation will be matched with another $100 by the Chancellor Challenge, meaning each Otto is worth $200.

6. Support the part of campus that’s important to you.

Boost the ’Cuse empowers you to , whether it’s a specific school, college or program. Your generosity can make a significant impact and help students achieve their goals. to make your gift go even further.

7. Happy Birthday ’Cuse!

As the day comes to an end, we’ll join together to sing Happy Birthday to �鶹Ƶ��University on the! Although Boost the ‘Cuse will be over, our celebration continues on Friday, March 24, at 2 p.m. in the Schine Center with the annual Chili Cookoff, where you can taste the best recipes from the University community and vote for your favorite. Wear your best Orange and enjoy photo booths, trivia and sweet birthday treats. This event is sponsored by the Forever Orange Student Alumni Council, Office of Student Engagement and the Office of Alumni Engagement.

This is a time for us all to unite, support �鶹Ƶ��University and demonstrate our unwavering Forever Orange spirit. Are you ready to Boost the ’Cuse?

As a former faculty member, Harold Jones is an advocate of the University’s largest-ever fundraising effort, Forever Orange: The Campaign for �鶹Ƶ��University. The campaign is in line with his specific goals of promoting academic excellence and research enhancements to encourage student and faculty discovery.

“I want to see the University continue to thrive,” Jones says. “Significant ongoing giving from a broad spectrum of supporters will be necessary for us to maintain our momentum and attain our potential.”

For many years, Jones championed the University through service. He came to �鶹Ƶ��in 1988 as chair of the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics in the College of Arts and Sciences. He was chair for nine years and professor of Spanish for 23 years. He also taught courses in virtual reality and postmodern reading for the Renée Crown University Honors Program. In 2005, he was the founding faculty member of the Winston Fisher Seminar course on Business and the Liberal Arts. After retirement, he turned his attention to philanthropy.

“Giving is engaging and rewarding and provides me with a reason to get up in the morning,” he says. “It lets me meet interesting and delightful people who are committed to doing good.”

To further the University’s goal of world-class teaching, Jones has established three endowments for faculty in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics. Advancing faculty through endowed funds helps �鶹Ƶ��University prioritize support for teaching and research.

The $175,000 Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics Research Achievement Award Endowed Fund rewards faculty based on an exceptional research paper published within the past five years.

Jones also contributed $175,000 to the Gerlinde Ulm Sanford Award, which selects faculty recipients based on outstanding contributions to the department in the spirit of those made by former department chair and professor of German Gerlinde Ulm Sanford during her lifetime.

The third endowment for $160,000 supports Symposium: A Quarterly Journal in Modern Literatures, which has been published by �鶹Ƶ��University since the 1940s. The journal awards a cash prize for the best articles published by senior faculty, junior faculty and graduate students around the world. The endowment has also allowed the journal to broaden its scope to sponsor seminars and conferences.

“In both his professional career and personal life, Harold embodies the civic-minded and humanistic ideals of the liberal arts,” says Karin Ruhlandt, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and distinguished professor of chemistry. “Time and again, he has generously supported the College to ensure that the strength and vitality of our scholarship connects and enriches our campus community and the world. Harold and Barbara truly live their values—and in doing so they are beacons of light and inspiration for this and future generations. I am grateful to know them.”

In support of �鶹Ƶ��University’s commitment to student research, Jones has made many contributions highlighting his love for the arts. He donated $150,000 to the Steinway Campaign in pursuit of the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music’s goal of becoming an All-Steinway School, which would place it in the top 150 music schools and conservatories in the world. His contribution enabled the purchase of a new Steinway concert grand piano for students.

“Harold has been a dedicated member of our campus community for over three decades,” says Chancellor Kent Syverud. “His generosity and passion will continue to positively impact the lives of our students for many more decades to come.”

Jones has also found many ways for his love of books to benefit the �鶹Ƶ��University Libraries. He has donated a major collection of rare Hispanic books valued at $270,000 to the Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) in Bird Library.

He was curator of the 2016 exhibition “Avida Dollars: Salvador Dalí, Joseph Forêt and the Three Most Expensive Books in the World,” hosted by the SCRC, and the Libraries created the Harold Jones Collection of Salvador Dalí and Joseph Forêt. To support the Forever Orange campaign, Jones plans to make a considerable addition to this archive next year.

“The Libraries is extremely grateful to Harold and Barbara Jones for their generosity to the Special Collections Research Center. Gifts like these enable scholars and students to gain experience with rare and valuable primary source materials,” says David Seaman, dean of the Libraries and University librarian.

Jones has seen firsthand the important work �鶹Ƶ��University is doing and how gifts can make an impact on faculty and students. On the topic of giving, he quotes Cervantes’ “Don Quixote”: “The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.”

As Jones pursues his philanthropic endeavors, with his wife as his beloved partner, he keeps in mind the global significance that contributions to �鶹Ƶ��University can make—today and in the future.

“�鶹Ƶ��University is a complex institution, so anyone should be able to find one or more elements of the University to bond with,” he says. “Contributions can foster your personal interests, the University in general, and global education as a foundation of civilization.

“Considering the challenges the world faces today, the survival of civilization and a supportive environment could well depend on us. May we choose Cervantes’ ‘wise application’ of wealth over the next few decades and beyond.”

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�鶹Ƶ�� Forever Orange
Orange isn’t just our color. It’s our promise to leave the world better than we found it. Forever Orange: The Campaign for �鶹Ƶ��University is poised to do just that. Fueled by 150 years of fearless firsts, together we can enhance academic excellence, transform the student experience and expand unique opportunities for learning and growth. Forever Orange endeavors to raise $1.5 billion in philanthropic support, inspire 125,000 individual donors to participate in the campaign, and actively engage one in five alumni in the life of the University. Now is the time to show the world what Orange can do. Visit to learn more.