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30+ Challenges to Unlock Support for Miller College Students

One Ball State Day | April 1

More than 30 Miller College alumni and friends have created challenges and matching gifts to multiply the impact of your support. Your gift helps unlock additional support for scholarships, experiential learning, leadership development, and global opportunities for Miller College students. Many Cardinals participate with gifts of $5, $10, or $25—because every gift helps unlock additional support for our students.

Every gift made on One Ball State Day helps move Miller College closer to unlocking these additional opportunities.

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Miller College Milestones, Gift Matching, and Challenges

Help Miller College reach these One Ball State Day milestones. Every gift moves us closer to unlocking additional support for our students.

MIller College Milestones

25 gifts for the SOAR Program

→ Unlocks $1,000 from Joel Whitesel ’89 MA ’90

50 gifts by noon

→ Unlocks $5,000 from Jason Harrington ’95

75 gifts by 3 P.M.

→ Unlocks $1,200 from Gary Gatton ’85

250 gifts on one ball state day

→ Unlocks $2,500 from Larry Metzing ’70

$20,000 Raised for Miller College

→ Unlocks $1,000 from Dean Cathy DuBois for the Study Away & Abroad Fund

  • $1,000+ gifts → matched up to $5,000 by Bill French ’81 (Study Away & Abroad)
  • Gifts matched up to $1,200 by Jeff Mantock ’90 MBA ’93 (Miller College General Fund)
  • $500 gifts matched up to $5,000 by Stefan Anderson HHD ’93 (Miller College General Fund)
  • $1,000 gifts matched up to $5,000 by an anonymous donor supporting the Study Away & Abroad Fund
  • 100% Executive Advisory Board participation → $1,000 from Dick Poppa ’74
  • Student gifts matched up to $500 by Dean Cathy DuBois
  • Department with the largest donor increase → $1,000 from Dean Cathy DuBois
  • Gifts matched up to $1,500 by Kevin O'Brien, Sr., '84 (Master Teacher Fellowship Fund) 
  • Social Media Challenge: Share why you love Miller College using #OneBallState and #MillerCollege for a chance to win Miller College swag

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Department Challenges

Each milestone below unlocks additional support when gift goals are reached. Support the department that meant the most to you.

Paul W. Parkison Department of Accounting

Accounting alumni—this is your moment to support the next generation of Cardinals in the Paul W. Parkison Department of Accounting. Help reach these milestones:

• 75 gifts → $1,000 from Chair Kelsey Brasel

• $5,000 raised → $500 from Accounting faculty

• 20 gifts between 2–3 PM → Dr. Stan will wear something other than his famous Hawaiian shirts to campus

More Accounting alumni challenges appear below—including opportunities to help unlock additional support for Beta Alpha Psi and Accounting scholarships.

• 20 advisory board gifts → $250 from Chair Sotiris Hji-Avgoustis
• 100% faculty and staff participation → $250 from Chair Sotiris Hji-Avgoustis

• 20 gifts → $1,000 from Professor of Health Economics, Phil DeCicca

• 100% faculty participation → the department will provide lunch for department faculty

• Faculty and staff gifts matched up to $400 by Chair Chan Gu

• 100% faculty participation → $500 from Chair Abs Srivastava

• 25 alumni gifts → $500 from Chair Abs Srivastava

• $500 faculty donations → $250 by Chair Jamye Foster

• 50 student donations → Pizza Party provided by the Center for Professional Selling

• 100 student donations → 5 Marketing faculty will wear a costume all day to classes

• 150 student donations → 5 Marketing faculty will get a pie in the face

Alumni Challenges

• 25 gifts to Beta Alpha Psi → $10,000 from Mike ’86 and Jeannie Dinius ’93

• 25 gifts before noon → $500 from Justin Proctor and Randie Dial

• 50 gifts to the Accounting Excellence Fund → $1,000 from Dale Parkison ’83

• 55 gifts to Accounting → $750 from Susan Allison ’86

• 100 Accounting gifts → $1,000 from an anonymous donor

• 125 Accounting gifts → $10,000 from Tony Smith ’68

• 90% Accounting Advisory Board participation → $250 from Jessica Wenning ’13

• 15 gifts to Insurance & Risk Management → $1,500 from Elevate Claims Solutions (Jill Trimmel ’98)

• Gifts to Finance & Insurance Scholarships matched up to $1,000 by Stephanie Moster ’85

• First $1,250 in gifts matched by the Marketing Advisory Board

• Gifts matched up to $500 by Jan Oliver ’68 MBA ’72

Help Unlock These Challenges

Help unlock these opportunities for Miller College students. Your participation on One Ball State Day helps activate challenges and matching gifts that expand scholarships, experiential learning, leadership development, and global opportunities for our students.

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