The Great Puzzle Hunt

Please help us honor Millie and her years of services and work within the WWU Math Department with a gift to the Millie Johnson Great Puzzle Hunt Fund. While she has officially retired from the classroom, she’s not done running the Puzzle Hunt. Your gift will allow us to ensure The Great Puzzle Hunt continues!

Millie Johnson

By day, Millie Johnson has been a beloved professor of Mathematics for 47 years. She has received awards for excellence in teaching, inspired a love of learning in hundreds of students, and empowered those who didn’t think they would ever be good at math to master the concepts with confidence.

In 2016, Millie Johnson started the Great Puzzle Hunt, a scavenger hunt adventure that involved puzzles. This event brings students, alumni, kids, community members, and people from around the world together for a fun day of bonding powered by both the left and right sides of our brains. The Great Puzzle Hunt brings hundreds of people to campus and has attracted teams from across the nation-shining the spotlight on WWU and our amazing faculty and programs.

With the newly created hybrid platform, people from everywhere in the world are playing virtually and joining the in-person players. All the action is streamed live from Red Square!

Your gift will provide much needed funding for Millie’s labor of love to keep the Great Puzzle Hunt registration FREE so people from all walks of life can participate. Please help us honor Millie with your gift today!

$500

500th Donor Challenge!

Congratulations to IfeOluwa Akinrinade, our 500th donor who unlocked an additional $500 to the Eunice Segilola Akinrinade Scholarship!!

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$500

1500th Donor Challenge!

Congratulations to Felix Gonzalez, our 1500th donor who unlocked an additional $500 to WWU Racing (Formula SAE)!!

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$1,000

10th WWU Give Day. 10 donors. 10:10 pm.

Our first 10 donors starting at 10:10 pm on our 10th Give Day unlocked $100 each towards the area they chose to support. OUR WINNERS ARE: 1. Rene Vasa -- unlocked $100 for The Rage Magazine 2. Kathryn Hemmen -- unlocked $100 for Alpha Kappa Psi 3. Mackenzie Gerlach -- unlocked $100 for Women's Varsity Crew 4. Elena Korch -- unlocked $100 for Women's Ultimate 5. Joel Reitz -- unlocked $100 for Men's Rowing 6. Anonymous -- unlocked $100 for Alpha Kappa Psi 7. Perry Olix -- unlocked $100 for Men's Rowing 8. Sarina Freudmann -- unlocked $100 for Alpha Kappa Psi 9. Alexis Clark -- unlocked $100 for Women's Varsity Crew 10. Anonymous - unlocked $100 for Men's Rowing

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Breakfast of Champions!

Thank you for participating! Final results are in! Congratulations to: Marketing Concentration, Western Welcome Scholarship and Western Hub of Living Essentials (WHOLE) Food Pantry!

Rank	Prize	Breakfast of Champions!	Donors
1	$1,000	Marketing Concentration	17
2	$500	Western Welcome Scholarship	12
3	$250	Western Hub of Living Essentials (WHOLE) Food Pantry	11
4		Student Emergency Fund	7
5		AS Alpha Kappa Psi	6
6		Biology Summer Undergraduate Research Program	6
7		Accounting Fund for Excellence	6
8		Child Development Center	5
9		Women's Ultimate Disc Club	5
10		Men's Rowing	4
11		Morse Leadership Institute Endowment	4
12		Men's Soccer	4
13		Women's Rowing	4
14		LGBTQ+ Western Advancement Fund	4
15		The Great Puzzle Hunt	4

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Twilight Giving

Thank you for participating! Final results are in! Congratulations to: Ice Hockey, WWU Racing (Formula SAE) and Sociology!!

Rank	Prize	Twilight Giving	Donors
1	$1,000	Ice Hockey	30
2	$500	WWU Racing (Formula SAE)	23
3	$250	Sociology Department	21
4		Men's Rowing	20
5		Western Hub of Living Essentials (WHOLE) Food Pantry	9
6		MBA Program	8
7		Women's Rowing	7
8		Marketing Concentration	7
9		Baseball Sport Club	7
10		Accounting Fund for Excellence	5
11		Computer Science Department	5
12		Association for Gender Inclusion in Computing (AGIC)	5
13		Women's Volleyball	4
14		Honors College	4
15		Journalism Department	4

Ended

$500

1000th Donor Challenge!

Congratulations to Tami Bloom, our 1000th donor who unlocked an additional $500 to Men's Rowing!!

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$1,000

10th WWU Give Day. 10 donors. 10:10 am.

Our first 10 donors starting at 10:10 am on our 10th Give Day unlocked $100 each towards the area they chose to support. OUR WINNERS ARE: 1. Ryan Mueller -- unlocked $100 for Men's Rowing 2. Shelley Jepson -- unlocked $100 for Men's Soccer 3. Anonymous - unlocked $100 for Marketing 4. Victoria Steed - unlocked $100 for Marketing 5. Faye Witulski - unlocked $100 for Water Skiing 6. Anonymous - unlocked $100 for Hockey 7. Jennifer Trainum - unlocked $100 for the Donnellan Scholarships 8. Stephanie Grimm - unlocked $100 for the Behavioral Neuroscience Program 9. Reagan Billingsley - unlocked $100 for Men’s Rowing 10. Anonymous - unlocked $100 for the Sailing Team!

10 / 10 Donors

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Savviest Student Club Challenge!

Thank you for participating! Final results available after we process all WWU Give Day gifts.

Rank	Prize	Savviest Student Club Challenge!	Donors
1	$500	WWU Racing (Formula SAE)	48
2	$250	Alpha Kappa Psi	44
3	$100	The Great Puzzle Hunt	19
4		WWU Mock Trial	11
5		Filipino-American Student Association	10
6		Western Urban Planners	8
7		Judo Club	7
8		The Rage Magazine	6
9		South Asian Student Association	5
10		WWU Society of Women Engineers	5
11		Viking Catholic	4
12		Western Women in STEM	4
13		WWU Dance Team	3
14		Native American Student Union	3
15		Student Engagement Scholarship	3

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Lunchtime Crunchtime!

Thank you for participating! Final results are in! Congratulations to: Western Symphony Orchestra, Ice Hockey, and Men's Rowing!

Rank	Prize	Lunchtime Crunchtime Challenge!	Donors
1	$1,000	Western Symphony Orchestra	51
2	$500	Ice Hockey	28
3	$250	Men's Rowing	26
4		AS Alpha Kappa Psi	9
5		Sailing Team	7
6		WWU Music Department	7
7		Accounting Fund for Excellence	6
8		Western Hub of Living Essentials (WHOLE) Food Pantry	6
9		WWU Racing (Formula SAE)	6
10		Women's Ultimate Disc Club	6
11		Ray Wolpow Institute	5
12		Women's Rowing	5
13		Multicultural Support Fund	5
14		Marketing Concentration	4
15		Computer Science Department	4