{"id":2016,"date":"2025-12-12T14:42:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T19:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/giving\/?p=2016"},"modified":"2025-12-12T14:42:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T19:42:40","slug":"a-festive-night-of-thanks-celebration-shows-appreciation-to-university-donors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/giving\/2025\/12\/12\/a-festive-night-of-thanks-celebration-shows-appreciation-to-university-donors\/","title":{"rendered":"A Festive Night of Thanks: Celebration Shows Appreciation to University Donors"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It was a festive evening as more than 100 of Montclair State University\u2019s closest supporters gathered on December 10 for a Donor Celebration, an annual event to thank University donors for their generous support.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/csam\/virtual-tour\/cels\/\">Center for Environmental and Life Sciences<\/a> provided a beautiful set<\/span>ting for the event, which featured a reception that included a special performance by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/john-j-cali-school-of-music\/about-the-cali-school\/performing-ensembles\/choir\/\">University Singers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Among the invited guests were members of the President\u2019s Club, which is the University\u2019s leadership annual giving society; the Carpe Diem Society, those who have committed legacy gifts; and members of the 1908 Loyalty Society, donors who give consecutively, some of whom have been donating to Montclair every year for more than 30 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/150\/2025\/12\/121025_2777_Donor_Celebration-LAROSA-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Vice President for Development and Alumni Engagement Rita Walters, wearing a maroon dress, stands in front of a microphone, she is clapping.\" width=\"227\" height=\"170\" \/> \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/150\/2025\/12\/121025_2818_Donor_Celebration-LAROSA-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"A wide shot of the room with multiple tables and guests sitting.\" width=\"227\" height=\"170\" \/>. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/150\/2025\/12\/121025_2702_Donor_Celebration-LAROSA-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"A group of three men, three women, stand close to one another\" width=\"227\" height=\"170\" \/> \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/150\/2025\/12\/121025_1903_Donor_Celebration-LAROSA-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a gray suit and blue tie talks to a person off camera\" width=\"227\" height=\"170\" \/>.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/150\/2025\/12\/121025_4290_Donor_Celebration-LAROSA-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"A choir dressed in black is standing in front of tables with guests\" width=\"227\" height=\"170\" \/>\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/150\/2025\/12\/121025_4664_Donor_Celebration-LAROSA-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"President Koppell in a gray suit speaks on a microphone\" width=\"225\" height=\"169\" \/>.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/150\/2025\/12\/121025_1509_Donor_Celebration-LAROSA-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"One woman in a red sweater and another in a gray blazer smile\" width=\"227\" height=\"170\" \/> \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/150\/2025\/12\/121025_4099_Donor_Celebration-LAROSA-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"A few choir members with mouths open singing, holding sheet music\" width=\"227\" height=\"171\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">View <a href=\"https:\/\/montclairstateuniversity.smugmug.com\/2025\/121025-Donor-Celebration\/n-P4wPz9\">more photos from the event<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a festive evening as more than 100 of Montclair State University\u2019s closest supporters gathered on December 10 for a Donor Celebration, an annual event to thank University donors for their generous support. 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