A record number of donors supports the Libraries on the 2024 Day of Giving

Donors bolstered the Libraries’ support of student success and affordable education with 336 gifts on the Day of Giving—a 46% increase from last year's previous-record total—that added up to over $1.8 million. Thank you, donors!

"We are so grateful to our donors for their support on Day of Giving, along with their year-round generosity,” says Greg Raschke, Senior Vice Provost and Director of Libraries. “The Libraries is NC State's competitive advantage, and we could not play that role for students and researchers without the giving of our wonderful donors."

Major gifts established four new Libraries endowments:

• FOL Board member Lawrence Bivins and wife Lori Tussey created a graduate fellowship in support of animal welfare and environmental stewardship through their estate—the Libraries’ first full graduate fellowship.
• Alumnus and FOL Board member Mitchell Moravec created the Rupert Nacoste Libraries Wolf Tales Endowment, endowing the project that collects the stories of the NC State community, past and present.
• Sandra Kelly created the Myron and Sandra Kelly Libraries Scholarship Endowment through an estate gift in support of Libraries student workers. 
• FOL Board member Rachel Clarke created the Lewis J. Clarke Family Libraries Student Scholarship Endowment in support of Libraries student workers, with a preference to majors from the College of Design. 

Donors also supported a wide variety of the Libraries’ services and programs. Retired faculty member David Danehower created the Matthew and Sarah Alt-Textbook Support Fund to help students and faculty achieve equitable education. Supporters Christina and Matthew Kuhl and Jennifer and Bill Van Lear demonstrated their commitment to giving students a competitive edge by leveraging unrestricted gifts to support students.

“This Day of Giving beautifully illustrated the commitment of the entire Pack community to ensuring access to a great NC State education for students now and in the future,” says Tim Edelen, Associate Director of Libraries Development.

Gifts created three new Libraries Student Scholarships for our student workers:

• Board member Walda Powell created the Powell Family Libraries Student Scholarship to support students interested in STEM careers.
• Karlie and Ben Marlowe created the Marlowe Family Libraries Student Scholarship to support students from the western part of North Carolina.
• Dennis and MaryCraven Poteat created the Dennis and MaryCraven Libraries Student Scholarship to help students in need.

Read about some of this year’s 18 Libraries Student Scholarship awardees like Tierra Williamson, who plans to use applied math for better meteorology, Ire Debayo-Doherty, who hopes to break barriers for women in the computer science field, and Vishal Gogusetti, whose interests in international relations may lead him into diplomatic or intelligence work. 

And our student scholarships often go beyond financial support. Read more about how scholarship awardees have built lasting relationships with Libraries donors through our annual Donors & Scholars event here.