Give Day at Campbellsville University
Wow, what an amazing Give Day! Thanks to you and our incredible CU community, we’ve seen Tiger spirit and generosity in action all across the country. Your gift is making a real impact for our students and programs—thank you!
Results from Give Day 2025 are below!
GOAL: $100,000
$88,449 DONATIONS RECEIVED
474 GIFTS MADE
474 TOTAL SUPPORT
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SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK |
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GOAL: 100 GIFTS 19 received 19 total with match |
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SCHOOL OF NURSING |
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GOAL: 100 GIFTS 24 received 24 total with match |
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SCHOOL OF MUSIC |
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GOAL: 100 GIFTS 70 received 70 total with match |
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COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES (Human Performance, Humanities, Mass Communication, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, & Social Sciences) |
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GOAL: 100 GIFTS 63 received 63 total with match |
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SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY |
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GOAL: 100 GIFTS 28 received 28 total with match |
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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, ECONOMICS & TECHNOLOGY |
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GOAL: 100 GIFTS 22 received 22 total with match |
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SCHOOL OF CHIROPRACTIC |
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GOAL: 100 GIFTS 9 received 9 total with match |
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CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS |
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GOAL: 100 GIFTS 17 received 17 total with match |
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SCHOOL OF EDUCATION |
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GOAL: 100 GIFTS 35 received 35 total with match |
Get ready to see your favorite academic leaders go head-to-head in hilarious challenges, all for a great cause! The Battle of the Deans is part of CU’s Homecoming and Give Day festivities, bringing students, alumni, and faculty together to support their schools and have some fun along the way.
Event Timeline:
Tent Festival Kickoff on October 4th, 2025
- Stop by the Homecoming Tent Festival to cast your vote (aka, donation!) for your favorite Dean.
- Each Dean will have a donation bucket at their tent to drop in a gift, giving them an early lead!
- The top 3 leaders will be announced during the football game.
Battle of the Deans on October 14 @ 5:30 PM
- Stop by Stapp Lawn to see Deans compete in a series of wild and wacky games.
- After each round, the last Dean to finish is eliminated until only two remain!
- Hosted live with play-by-play commentary and some surprise “referees” to keep it fair and fun.
- Free admission | Food trucks available | Bring your friends and cheer on your Dean!
What’s at Stake?
All of this leads up to Give Day on October 23, CU’s official giving event.
- The Battle of the Deans winner will be awarded 50 bonus gifts toward their Give Day total.
- The Dean (and school) with the most gifts by the end of Give Day wins!
- A portion of the funds raised will go directly to the winning academic program.
Game Details:
Get ready for some fun, friendly competition with these hilarious and challenging games! Here's what the Deans will be facing.
Objective: Move a cookie from your forehead to your mouth, using only your facial muscles!
- No hands allowed.
- If the cookie drops, players may pick it up and try again or get a new one.
Objective: Find hidden letters in food and unscramble the word, using only your face.
- Letters are hidden in items like pie, cupcakes, or whipped cream.
- No hands, just dig in with your face!
- First to unscramble the word wins.
Objective: Balance candy on a popsicle stick held in your mouth, then transport it.
- Stack X number of flat candies on the stick.
- Walk across the room and drop them into a bowl.
- Drop any? Go back and start over!
Objective: Knock round items off cups using a tennis ball in pantyhose, worn on your head!
- Swing the ball to knock items off (without toppling the cups).
- Cups must stay standing for it to count.
- First to clear all cups wins.
Objective: Stack 25 pennies using only one hand, as fast as possible.
- Complete the stack in under a minute.
- Fastest player wins!
Objective: Transfer ping pong balls using only a spoon in your mouth.
- One bowl full of ping pong balls, one empty.
- Transfer as many as you can in 60 seconds.
- No hands allowed!
Objective: Name as many U.S. Presidents as you can in 60 seconds.
- Write answers on paper.
- The most correct names wins.
Objective: List as many U.S. state capitals as possible in one minute.
- Write them down.
- Highest number wins!
Objective: Sort Lucky Charms cereal into separate categories.
- Dump out the cereal.
- Separate each charm shape into its own pile.
- First to finish wins.
*Please note: Gifts submitted through this page will not appear immediately on the Give Day donor list above. All donations are processed by our Alumni Office, and it may take time for your gift to be verified and reflected on the page. We appreciate your generosity and patience as we ensure every contribution is accurately recorded, and thank you for supporting Campbellsville University!