A big thank you to everyone who participated in Michigan Tech’s first Leap Year Challenge! We asked alumni from class years 1987 to 2015 to make a gift—of any amount and any designation—to Michigan Tech during the month of February. Here are the exciting results:

· 277 alumni from these class years participated
· 285 gifts and pledges received totaling $40,174
· 118 first-time donors made gifts and pledges totaling $7,998

Thanks to the 65 alumni who made gifts to Tech earlier this year, but chose to make another gift in February. And thank you to the 93 alumni who renewed their previous fiscal year support during February.

While our overall goal was 841 gifts by February 29, the alumni donor who offered the $29,000 challenge contribution still chose to make the gift, because he was so pleased with the enthusiasm, effort and results!

We proudly present our Leap Year Challenge Honor Roll of Donors online here: http://www.mtu.edu/leapyear/index-n.php#. The highlighted names are winners of the random drawing to receive a Husky Statue Snow Globe.

Thanks again for answering the challenge and taking the leap to support Michigan Tech and our students. We couldn’t have done it without you!