Laney Graduate School

Shaping leaders in service to the global good, the James T. Laney School of Graduate Studies prepares a diverse, inclusive student body for success through scholarship, research, teaching, and programming. 

Through your generous support, Laney Graduate School is positioned to ready students for a larger range of careers in a competitive, ever-changing job market and aid them in identifying new ways to utilize their degrees by translating their skills into professional success. In partnership with you, we are uniquely suited to equip the leaders of tomorrow to see themselves as global citizens with the ability to identify and address wide-ranging challenges. Our unwavering commitment to cultivate and sustain an academic community that engages diverse intellectual capacity and values inclusive excellence drives our work. This work would not be possible without you!

As a community, we have a duty to prepare students for careers with the potential to change hearts, minds, and the world. We invite to you to invest in Laney to prepare tomorrow’s leaders and shape the future of our school.  

For Emory Day of Giving, we are highlighting these giving opportunities: 

Laney Graduate School Diversity Gift Fund: Provides financial resources to enhance student-centric diversity efforts at Laney by enriching the community, developing outreach partnerships, creating an inclusive campus, and recruiting scholars from diverse backgrounds. 

Graduate School Fellowship Support Fund: Ensures that all students of our community enjoy an enriching university experience by providing stipend support. 

Laney Graduate School Professional Development Support Fund: Affords students opportunities to enhance their professional development by participating in conferences, conducting research, and more.  

Master’s in Development Practice (MDP) Program Fund: Provides much needed financial support to recruit and retain top-tier MDP students, who work to address the most pressing challenges of our time in the face of global poverty, natural disasters, climate change, conflict and insecurity, and disease. 

Laney Graduate School Fund for Excellence: Supports strategic priorities identified by the Dean that address immediate needs of the school. 

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Schools and Colleges: Most Donors Leaderboard

Emory’s nine colleges and schools are competing for bragging rights and bonus dollars during Emory Day of Giving. Keep your school at the top of the Leaderboard by making a gift and asking others to join you! The six schools with the most donors by 6:00 p.m. EDT on March 23 will share $10,000 in bonus awards for their schools' Fund for Excellence.

Rank	Prize	Schools and Colleges	Donors
1	$2,800	Oxford College	492
2	$2,300	Emory College of Arts and Sciences	453
3	$1,800	Goizueta Business School	301
4	$1,300	Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing	256
5	$1,000	Candler School of Theology	246
6	$800	Emory Law	189
7		Rollins School of Public Health	136
8		School of Medicine	128
9		Laney Graduate School	73

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Alumni Boards and Networks: Most Gifts Leaderboard

Emory’s alumni boards, regional networks, and affinity groups are challenging each other to a friendly Emory Day of Giving competition: the 15 groups chosen most often by Emory alumni when making their gifts will share $10,000 in bonus awards! The top three large networks (denoted with a *), top eight other networks, and top four boards (denoted with a +) will receive awards. Alumni donors: first, designate your gift to an area/fund at Emory, then on the checkout page, select “alumni” as your affiliation and choose one of the 50+ participating networks.

Boost your Emory Alumni Network on the Network Leaderboard!

Rank	Answer	Gifts
1	Oxford School Boards+	240
2	New York Network*	184
3	ATL Alumnae and Women*	55
4	Global 60 Plus Network*	47
5	Advancement Volunteer (EAVN)	42
6	Emory Alumni Board+	36
7	ATL Over 40 Network*	33
8	ATL Caucus of Black Alumni	29
9	ATL Young Alumni Network*	26
10	Broward Network	24
11	Emory College Alumni Board	23
12	Candler Alumni Board+	22
13	Miami Network	18
14	Tampa Network	18
15	San Francisco Network	18

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Faculty and Staff Giving Challenge

Congratulations to these funds that won the Faculty and Staff Giving Challenge! 1st place, Candler School of Theology' Fund for Excellence ($2000); 2nd place School of Nursing's Nurses Alumni Association Scholarship ($1500); 3rd place Oxford College's Organic Farm ($1000); 4th place Goizueta Business School's Fund for Excellence ($500).

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Wake-Up Challenge

Congrats to these winning funds: 1st place, Oxford College's Luke Gregory Memorial Compassion Endowment Fund; 2nd place, Campus Life's Barkley Forum Endowment; 3rd place, Emory College's Scholarships fund; 4th place Goizueta Business School's Fund for Excellence!

Rank	Prize	Schools/Units/Departments/Orgs/Teams	Donors
1	$1,000	Oxford College	31
2	$750	Campus Life	25
3	$500	Emory College of Arts and Sciences	22
4	$250	Goizueta Business School	21
5		Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing	14
6		Swara	9
7		Emory Law	8
8		University-wide Initiatives	8
9		Office of Spiritual and Religious Life	7
10		Candler School of Theology	6
11		Rollins School of Public Health	6
12		Swimming and Diving	5
13		Parent Giving	5
14		Emory Libraries	4
15		Laney Graduate School	3

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Student Alumni Association Challenge

Congratulations to our winners, Emily Trujillo and Tanvi Kulkarni who selected Gender Expansive Women’s Ultimate Frisbee as their beneficiary, and Jamie Villalobos and Sharay Castanon who selected Volunteer Medical Interpretation Services as their beneficiary. Each student org will receive $500!

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Instagram Challenge

Our Emory experience is shaped by generous donors, alumni, and students. Starting on March 21 at 4:00 p.m. EDT through March 23 at 4:00 p.m. EDT @EmoryAlumni asked "What do you value at Emory?" Over 130 followers answered on Instagram. The four randomly selected winners each received $250 to designate to the #EmoryDayofGiving fund of their choice. Winners were: Nitya Guduru who selected Swara, Molly McGehee who selected Oxford Organic Farm, Will Hutchinson who selected Juice Ultimate Frisbee team, and Annika Jordan who selected Emory QuestBridge Scholars Network.

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Laney Graduate School Fund for Excellence Match

Beginning at 6:00 a.m. EDT on March 22, donations to the Laney Graduate School Fund for Excellence will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $2,000. This match was generously contributed by Dr. Qiaoling Liu and a donor who wishes to remain anonymous.

$765 MATCHED

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Student Giving Challenge

Thank you to the 320 student donors who contributed during the Student Giving Challenge! Congrats to the following areas that won: 2-way tie for 1st place, Emory College Scholarships and Oxford College's Fund for Excellence ($900 each); 3rd place, Oxford Class Gift ($650); 4th place, Gender Expansive and Women's Ultimate Frisbee ($550); 5th place, Goizueta Business School's Fund for Excellence ($500).

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2,036th Gift Challenge

Congratulations to Olin Wiley on making our 2,036th Emory Day of Giving gift! Olin has won an extra $500 for the Laney Graduate School Diversity Gift Fund.

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4,000th Gift Challenge

Congratulations to Tifaney Millwood on making our 4,000th Emory Day of Giving gift! Tifaney has won an extra $500 for BSI Start:ME Operations.

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Most Dollars Leaderboard

Congrats to these winning funds: 1st place, Oxford College's Fund for Excellence; 2nd place, Emory College of Arts & Sciences' Fund for Excellence; 3rd place, Goizueta Business School's Fund for Excellence; 4th place, Emory Law's Fund for Excellence; 5th place, Campus Life's Barkley Forum Endowment; 6th place, School of Nursing's Integrated Memory Care; 7th place, Swimming & Diving

Rank	Prize	Schools/Units/Departments/Orgs/Teams	Raised
1	$2,000	Oxford College	$123,542.92
2	$1,500	Emory College of Arts and Sciences	$120,858.60
3	$900	Goizueta Business School	$104,770.72
4	$800	Emory Law	$76,825.71
5	$700	Campus Life	$59,443.60
6	$600	Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing	$51,550.40
7	$500	Swimming and Diving	$37,506.81
8		Candler School of Theology	$37,287.23
9		School of Medicine	$31,679.68
10		Men's Golf	$31,415.72
11		Women's Soccer	$29,090.72
12		University-wide Initiatives	$21,548.12
13		Women's Tennis	$18,305.72
14		Center for Ethics	$17,914.48
15		Parent Giving	$15,950.40

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We're Not Tired Yet Challenge

Congrats to these winning funds: 1st place, Oxford College's Fund for Excellence; 2nd place, Gender Expansive and Women's Ultimate Frisbee; 3rd place, Emory College of Art & Sciences' Scholarships fund; 4th place Track & Field!

Rank	Prize	SCHOOLS/UNITS/DEPARTMENTS/ORGS/TEAMS	Donors
1	$1,000	Oxford College	55
2	$750	Gender Expansive and Women's Ultimate Frisbee	46
3	$500	Emory College of Arts and Sciences	31
4	$250	Cross Country and Track & Field	31
5		Juice Ultimate Frisbee	28
6		Goizueta Business School	26
7		Emory Law	22
8		University-wide Initiatives	21
9		Swimming and Diving	21
10		Rollins School of Public Health	18
11		Club Women's Volleyball	17
12		Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing	16
13		Campus Life	16
14		Office of Spiritual and Religious Life	15
15		Swara	14

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Wonderful Wednesday Alumni Happy Hour Challenge

Congrats to the following areas that won the Wonderful Wednesday Alumni Challenge: 1st place, Oxford College's Luke Gregory Memorial Compassion Endowment ($1500); 2nd place, Emory College of Arts & Sciences' Scholarships ($1,250); 3rd place, Goizueta Business School's BBA Curricular Initiatives ($1,000); 4th place, Candler School of Theology's Erskine-Smith-Moseley Scholarship ($825); 5th place, Campus Life's Barkley Forum Endowment ($750); 6th place, Emory Law's Fund for Excellence ($625); 7th place, Black Emory Impact Circle Fund; 8th place, School of Medicine's Scholarship Fund ($525); 2-way tie for 9th, Rollins School of Public Health's Fund for Excellence and Gender Expansive and Women's Ultimate Frisbee ($487.50 each).

Your Affiliation with Emory (Select all that apply)

Rank	Answer	Gifts
1	Alumnus/a	354

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Swoop In and Win: Most Dollars Challenge

Congrats to the following funds that won the Swoop In and Win Challenge! 1st place, Women's Golf ($1,000); 2nd place, Oxford College's Fund for Excellence ($500).

Rank	Prize	Department	Raised
1	$1,000	Women's Golf	$10,000.00
2	$500	Oxford College	$6,455.40
3		Emory National Primate Research Center	$2,500.00
4		Campus Life	$1,270.00
5		Swimming and Diving	$1,250.00
6		Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing	$1,100.00
7		Goizueta Business School	$525.36
8		Men's Soccer	$500.00
9		Persian Cultural Association	$250.00
10		Emory Libraries	$250.00
11		Emory College of Arts and Sciences	$190.72
12		Emory Law	$186.00
13		University-wide Initiatives	$150.00
14		Center for AIDS Research	$125.00
15		Oxford Class Gift	$100.00

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Pop-Up Alumni Donor Challenge!

Congratulations to the following funds for winning $1,000 each in the Pop-Up Alumni Donor Challenge: Campus Life's Barkley Forum Endowment, Emory College of Arts and Sciences' Fund for Excellence, Goizueta Business School's Fund for Excellence, Oxford College's Brook International Travel Endowment, and Swimming and Diving

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Graduate School Fellowship Support Fund Match

Beginning at 6:00 a.m. EDT on March 22, donations to the Graduate School Fellowship Support Fund will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $6,000. This match was generously contributed by Dr. James R. Gavin III & Dr. Ann J. Gavin and a donor who wishes to remain anonymous.

$5,215 MATCHED

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Parent Giving Challenge

Congrats to the following areas that won the Parent Giving Challenge: 1st place, Emory College of Arts & Sciences' Fund for Excellence ($2000); 3-way tie for 2nd place, Track & Field, Gender Expansive and Women's Ultimate Frisbee, and Oxford College's Fund for Excellence ($1,000 each).

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1,000th Gift Challenge

Congratulations to Allen Beck on making our 1,000th Emory Day of Giving gift! Allen has won an extra $500 for the Emory Eye Center Residents Program Fund.

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3,000th Gift Challenge

Congratulations to Emily Trujillo on making our 3,000th Emory Day of Giving gift! Emily has won an extra $500 for the Gender Expansive and Women's Ultimate Frisbee team.

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5,000th Gift Challenge

Congratulations to Alexia Gaviria on making our 5,000th Emory Day of Giving gift! Alexia has won an extra $500 for the Nurses Alumni Association Scholarship.

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Participating Groups