Forever True Day 2024

Join your Alpha Gamma Rho brothers as we work to build an endowed scholarship fund that will support future brothers in the house into perpetuity. 15 donors to this fund will unlock a $5,000 match, 25 donors will unlock an additional $5,000 match and once we reach 50 donors to the fund a final $5,000 match will be unlocked. Need more of a challenge? The Alpha Gamma Rho NI class with the most donors to this Forever True Day challenge will receive bragging rights!

The first $10,000 contributed to this fund will be matched by FarmHouse Fraternity brother, Tim Smith!

Help support the operations, priority programs, and initiatives of the Department of Horticulture. The first 50 donors to make a gift to the Horticulture General Fund Challenge will enter a drawing to be randomly selected for the opportunity to win a one-hour landscape design consultation with the Landscape Club, including a basic site overview, plant recommendations, and an elevation design sketch. The winner will be notified via email by May 1 and can join the consultation in person or virtually.

Ivy friends and alums — help make our Forever True Day wildest dreams come true! After you make your gift, head to the Ivy College of Business social media pages and like, comment, or share Dean Spalding's Forever True Day video and an additional $10 will be contributed to the Business Fund for Excellence!

Donate $500 and you may be invited to Dean Seo’s Make a Book event. Winners will be drawn from donors giving $500+ to the University Library via the 2024 Forever True Day campaign. Two winners will be drawn from all qualifying donations. Each person whose name is drawn may invite three people to join them. The event is planned for fall 2024 – the exact date is to be determined. Give today for a chance to attend this experiential learning event to craft your own hand-bound book. Participants will get to celebrate and show off their creations during a wine and cheese reception hosted by Dean Hilary Seo. Make a Book guests will also be invited to participate in Parks After Dark.

One Forever True Day donor who graduated from ISU between 2013 and 2023 will be selected to have an additional $250 contributed to their area of choice!

David Kilzer, IA A '96 and LeVern Faidley, IA A '67, have each committed $5,000 to the Tau Beta Pi Endowed Scholars Program. When 10 donors make a gift to this fund, $5,000 will be unlocked. Once 15 donors make a gift, the second $5,000 will be unlocked.

A donor couple will match the first $10,000 dollars contributed to the Wayne Fuller Graduate Scholarship in Statistics!

Double your impact on biochemistry undergraduate research! The first $10,000 contributed to the BBMB Summer Undergraduate Research Program (BSRP) will be matched. The program supports students in the Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (BBMB) to conduct full-time research over the summer while facilitating development of science-communication best practices, culminating in a fall research showcase.

The first $5,000 contributed to the College of Design Excellence Fund will be matched!

A generous donor will match the first $4,000 to the Everett Clover Agricultural Education Student Success Fund. Everett Clover was a strong influence for hundreds of agricultural educators across the state of Iowa during his long and successful career. Having taught at both the secondary and post-secondary level, he became known for his passion for teaching the next generation of leaders in agriculture. This fund is designed to impact agricultural education students, the profession that Everett was so passionate about, and provide the support they need to help them become successful agricultural educators. The impact may be realized through emergency scholarships, completion grants, tutoring services, or educational activities that will benefit students.

Help the Insect Zoo reach its goal of providing four 1-hour school programs through your generous support for this fund. For every $250 raised the Insect Zoo will provide a 1-hour school program with mileage for free! Every donor who gives $25 or more will have their name entered into a drawing to be able to select a school the donation will be made to. Any single donation of $250 will allow a donor to select which school will receive the program.

Help us double the number of scholarships we can award for the Montana Camp this summer! The first $1,500 raised will be matched by a generous donor..

Gifts in support of the LeBaron/MacKay Complex will bolster the future of the college and beautify central campus! College of Human Sciences Dean Laura Jolly and spouse David Jolly will match the first $5,000 contributed to the LeBaron/MacKay Complex Remodel Fund.

Jim Black (’81 agricultural business) challenges others to give $100+ to support the University Library. To sweeten the challenge, each donor giving $100+ to the University Library during the 2024 Forever True campaign will receive four passes for Parks After Dark. Parks After Dark will be held in fall 2024, date to be determined. The evening will include a behind the scenes tour of Special Collections & University Archives and a wine and cheese reception with Dean Hilary Seo.

Make your impact go further by supporting Theta Chi on Forever True Day! An anonymous donor will match the first $2,000 contributed to the Jon Fleming Endowed Scholarship or Theta Chi Alpha Mu Brotherhood Fund.

A generous donor will match every gift made to the Vernon Stone Fund in Architecture on Forever True Day!