Missouri S&T supporters recently doubled the impact of their donations thanks to a matching challenge for gifts of $1,000 or more issued by the Kummer Institute Foundation. The Kummer Day Giving Challenge began Oct. 9, the anniversary of the $300 million gift the university received from Fred and June Kummer in 2020, and closed Wednesday, Oct. 25.
The donations from 74 alumni, eight S&T employees, and a few donors who requested anonymity totaled over $350,000, which was matched by the foundation for a total of over $700,000. The Academy of Miner Athletics, Academy of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the Mines and Metallurgy Academy, the top three fundraising teams, each had bonus funds applied to their donation.