FSU community donates a whopping $193,000+ during 'Great Give'

The students, faculty, staff and alumni of Florida State University joined forces for 36 hours on Jan. 23-24 to raise $193,838.10 during "The Great Give," the university's first exclusively online fundraising effort. The university community surpassed the campaign's $161,000 goal by nearly $33,000.

"On behalf of Florida State University and the FSU Foundation, we want to thank everyone who elected to support the university during The Great Give," said Andy A. Jhanji, executive vice president of the Foundation. "We are excited with the results from our first-ever online campaign."

All of the university's colleges, programs and funds that support academic and athletic excellence stand to benefit from the campaign, which was a collaboration between the FSU Foundation, Seminole Boosters, the Florida State University Alumni Association and the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art.

"I chose to support The Great Give because I firmly believe in the programs …