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Ensure No Duck Goes Hungry
By Student Food Pantry
Every Duck deserves the opportunity to succeed—and that starts with having enough to eat.
Every Duck deserves the opportunity to succeed—and that starts with having enough to eat. Student Food Pantry We reached our $25,000 fundraising goal thanks to your incredible generosity! But we’re not stopping here. With our original goal met, we’re stretching our goal to $35,000 to help even more UO students access the food and resources they need to thrive. Thank you for helping us reach this milestone and for being part of our effort to ensure every Duck has the resources they need to succeed. Let’s keep the momentum going! Every Duck deserves the opportunity to succeed—and that starts with having enough to eat. No student should have to choose between paying bills and putting a healthy meal on the table. Each month, hundreds of students experiencing food insecurity turn to the Student Food Pantry for nutritious food and essential items. For students balancing the costs of college and everyday life, that support can help them stay healthy, focused, and on track toward their goals. Now, the Student Food Pantry is expanding into a new on-campus space operated by UO staff, with the capacity to serve an anticipated 2,000 students each month. Bringing the pantry onto campus will make nutritious food more accessible while removing barriers that can make it harder for students to get the support they need. We need your help to stock this expanded space and put essential resources within reach for more students: $25 can buy three bottles of herbs and spices to provide variety and flavor in students’ meals $50 can buy 20 one-pound bags of pantry staples like dry beans, lentils, or pasta $50 can buy an emergency grocery store gift card $100 can buy five cases of canned foods, helping students add nutritious options to their weekly meals $250 can provide a month of specialty food items for those with dietary restrictions $500 can provide a month of student staff wages, helping the pantry stay open longer and serve more students $1,000 can provide supplemental groceries for 150 students for one month Your support helps ensure students have access to the resources they need to stay healthy, remain enrolled, and continue pursuing their goals. Give now and help UO students flourish.
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Send the Oregon Jazz Ensemble to Europe
By Oregon Jazz Ensemble
The Oregon Jazz Ensemble has been invited to perform at Italy’s renowned Umbria Jazz Festival in July 2027, and we need your help to make it possible.
The Oregon Jazz Ensemble has been invited to perform at Italy’s renowned Umbria Jazz Festival in July 2027, and we need your help to make it possible. Oregon Jazz Ensemble The University of Oregon’s award-winning Oregon Jazz Ensemble (OJE) has been invited to perform at the Umbria Jazz Festival in Perugia, Italy, in July 2027—one of Europe’s most celebrated jazz festivals—and we need your help to make it possible for students. This extraordinary invitation gives students the opportunity to represent the UO on an international stage and share their music with audiences from around the world. OJE also hopes to tour through France and Italy, performing at additional venues and major festivals along the way. The ensemble has a distinguished tradition of excellence, earning 17 DownBeat Magazine awards under directors Steve Owen (1988–2022) and Paul Krueger (2022–present), including Graduate College Outstanding Ensemble Performance awards in 2008, 2016, and 2025. Now, these talented Ducks have the chance to build on that tradition abroad. This European tour will give OJE students the opportunity to: Perform at internationally renowned jazz festivals Hear exceptional musicians from around the world Connect with fellow musicians across cultures Gain meaningful cultural experiences and a greater understanding of global citizenship Strengthen their career preparedness through professional performance experience, collaboration, and exposure to the international music industry But international travel comes at a significant cost, and for many students, opportunities to study or perform abroad can be financially out of reach. Your gift can help make this once-in-a-lifetime experience possible. Our goal is to raise $10,000 to support OJE students on their 2027 European tour. Reaching that goal will fully fund the tour costs for two students—and every gift will help bring the ensemble closer to taking the stage in Europe. Make a gift today and help OJE students share their talent, represent the UO, and experience the power of music to connect people across cultures!
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Building a New Home for Oregon Rowing
By Friends of Oregon Rowing
With your help, we can upgrade the UO Rowing boathouse and better support the dedicated student-athletes who train and compete there.
With your help, we can upgrade the UO Rowing boathouse and better support the dedicated student-athletes who train and compete there. Friends of Oregon Rowing Since the 1960s, UO Rowing has brought over 1,700 student-athletes to Dexter Reservoir. But after 50 years, the team’s boathouse needs major repairs to meet today’s needs. With your help, we can upgrade this aging facility and better support the dedicated student-athletes who train and compete there. A new boathouse would: Provide a warmer, more welcoming, and safer space for the team Increase storage capacity for equipment and maintenance Improve the program’s visibility in the local community and across Oregon Help grow rowing participation and increase the team’s performance Attract and retain first-class coaching for a thriving rowing program Working with UO Campus Planning and Facilities Management, Oregon Rowing alumni determined the new boathouse would cost $3 million and established a fund to make the project possible. We are excited to share that progress has already begun with over $150,000 in donations and pledges! Your gift can help move this effort forward. Help build a home that will keep the club rowing for the next 50 years with a gift today. If the club and its affinity group, Friends of Oregon Rowing, have raised excess or insufficient funds required to build the boathouse by the end of 2029, these funds will be made available for current use by the UO Rowing club.
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Support Student Experiences that Reach Far Beyond Eugene
By Global Engagement
Celebrate International Education Month by helping UO students access study abroad and international internship opportunities
Celebrate International Education Month by helping UO students access study abroad and international internship opportunities Global Engagement The U.S. celebrates International Education Week each November. At the University of Oregon, we decided one week was not enough. We celebrate International Education Month. Every international journey begins somewhere. For some Ducks, it began with a suitcase and a long flight to Eugene. For others, it began when they left Oregon to study elsewhere in the world. They may not have known it then, but the experience would stay with them. It would change how they understood the world and how they saw themselves. It would shape careers, create lifelong friendships, and connect them to people and places they would carry with them long after they returned home. That is what the best international experiences do. Support an international flock But for many students, these experiences are out of reach. That's why we're launching a $10,000 fundraising campaign to help make these opportunities possible for more students. And this year, one Duck is helping us make an even greater impact. UO alumnus Josh Friedman knows firsthand the value of international education. As a student, Josh studied abroad in Italy. Now, he's helping create opportunities for the next generation of Ducks to have international experiences of their own. Josh has generously committed an additional $5,000 if our community reaches its $10,000 fundraising goal. Together, we can turn $10,000 into $15,000 to support international education at the UO. Every gift brings us closer to unlocking Josh's challenge and opening more doors for students. Gifts of every size support a shared fund for study abroad, international internships, and other opportunities to learn across borders, as well as the partnerships that connect the UO to the world. Your support can help future Ducks begin an international journey of their own and contribute to work that reaches far beyond Eugene. Your gift can make a difference $100 covers visa fees, helping a student take an important step toward an international experience. $200 covers the cost of a passport, opening the door to opportunities around the world. $500 helps remove financial barriers to studying abroad. $1,000 helps cover international airfare, making a life-changing global experience more accessible. $2,000 provides emergency financial assistance to an international student facing unexpected hardship, helping them overcome challenges, remain enrolled, and continue their UO education. Your impact travels far Today, the UO continues to welcome students from around the world and send Ducks across the globe. But our international mission extends well beyond where our students come from or where they go. UO faculty, researchers, students, and international partners are working across borders to address some of the world's greatest challenges. They are sharing knowledge, asking difficult questions, and bringing together perspectives that no single university or country could provide on its own. Global engagement is not simply about crossing borders. It is about what becomes possible when people and ideas come together. Our alumni remain an important part of that work. They are ambassadors, mentors, advocates, partners, and lifelong members of a global Oregon community. During International Education Month, we invite you to celebrate the experiences that brought the world to Oregon and carried Oregon into the world. Help us reach our $10,000 goal, unlock Josh Friedman's additional $5,000 gift, and create more opportunities for the next generation of Ducks. Your gift can help a student begin an international journey of their own. They may not know yet where that journey will lead. That is part of what makes it so powerful.
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