Name: Ignite Scholarship - For First Generation Students
Start: 2025-08-25T00:00:00-0400
End: 2025-09-30T23:59:00-0400
Location: CMU Giving Week

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$ 538,010 raised 1,453 gifts

Ignite Scholarship - For First Generation Students has raised $ 6,923 from 17 gifts!

Ignite Scholarship - For First Generation Students

Support first-generation students for CMU's 133rd Anniversary

The Ignite Scholarship - For First Generation Students is awarded to incoming and current undergraduate first generation students who demonstrate financial need. This scholarship aims to ignite the passion and support first generation students during their journey at CMU.

Were you a first-generation student? If so, please lend support to current or incoming first-generation students at CMU!

Thank you for participating!

Sep 22, 2025

We are grateful to alumni and friends who have participated in the CMU Giving Week Quest in support of our students. There’s still time to give a gift for CMU’s 133rd Anniversary! If you haven’t yet, consider making a gift to your favorite CMU scholarship or fund and help ignite the path for student success.

Only 333 more gifts needed to reach 1,333!

Sep 17, 2025

We’ve reached an incredible 1,000 gifts. Thank you so much, alumni and friends! We’re one more donor goal away from unlocking $1,333 for the Ignite Scholarship that helps first-generation students. A gift to any fund helps!

$1,333

1,333 Donor Challenge

Once we reach 1,333 donors, $1,333 goes to the Ignite Scholarship - For First Generation Students!

1,333 / 1,333 Gifts

Completed

$333

333 Donor Challenge

Once we reach 333 donors, $333 goes to the Students First General Scholarship Fund!

333 / 333 Gifts

Completed

$933

933 Donor Challenge

Once we reach 933 donors, $933 goes to the Finish Up Chips Scholarship!

933 / 933 Gifts

Completed

Success!

Maroon and Gold Mile Giveaway

Renew or upgrade your CMU Alumni Association membership to Gold on September 17 and save! For just 24 hours on this day, Gold Membership is $24 and you earn a special CMU-branded keychain. Renew or upgrade: bit.ly/24cmugold

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$1,133

Unlock an Ignite Scholarship - For First Generation Students Reward

Help first-generation students succeed! Once this fund reaches $1,133, a reward of the same amount gets unlocked.

$1,133 / $1,133 Raised

Completed

$633

633 Donor Challenge

Once we reach 633 donors, $633 goes to the Student Emergency Fund!

633 / 633 Gifts

Completed

Success!

First 100 Donors Prize!

Be one of the first 100 donors and receive a special CMU Giving Week glitter sticker!

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Success!

133rd Donor Prize

Legend says that the 133rd donor to travel on the CMU Giving Week Quest path will discover a special hoodie from the CMU Bookstore! Try your luck at grabbing the 133rd spot on the quest and the hoodie is yours!

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