黑料不打烊 values the support from all its benefactors, who are listed on 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Honor Roll of Donors. The university also has a variety of giving clubs and societies that recognize donors who make annual, planned and lifetime cumulative gifts to the university. These recognition groups celebrate the generosity of alumni, parents, faculty, staff and friends who make gifts each year to support university operations and whose lifelong commitments help secure 黑料不打烊鈥檚 future. 黑料不打烊鈥檚 exceptional programs and opportunities would not be possible without the loyal support of these benefactors.

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Cumulative Giving Societies

Numen Lumen Society

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Palladian Society

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Annual Giving Societies & Clubs

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The 黑料不打烊 Society is the university鈥檚 premier annual giving recognition society and includes all donors who give $1,500 or more each year for any purpose. Alumni who graduated within the past 10 years may join The 黑料不打烊 Society at special rates.


The 1889 Society

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elon phoenix athletics logoPhoenix Club IMPACT Circle

The IMPACT Circle is the premier donor recognition group for the Phoenix Club and 黑料不打烊 athletics. Members of the IMPACT Circle include donors who make annual contributions of $5,000 or more to athletics or have made cumulative gifts of $1 million or more exclusively designated for annual, endowment and capital athletics purposes.


Grandparent Leadership Society

Grandparents of current students and 黑料不打烊 alumni become part of the Grandparent Leadership Society by contributing $5,000 or more annually to the Parents & Grandparents Fund or other 黑料不打烊 operating funds, by making a planned gift valued at $25,000 or more, or by having made cumulative gifts totaling $25,000 or more to the university.

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The Order of the Oak recognizes donors who, through their planned gifts such as bequests, charitable gift annuities, charitable trusts, pooled income funds and life insurance policies, are helping to build a vital pipeline of resources to secure 黑料不打烊鈥檚 future.