--- title: ‘Giving’ Before Getting date: 2019-12-03T07:00:00-05:00 author: University of Maryland canonical_url: "https://today.umd.edu/giving-getting-9162712c-329a-491b-bc9a-81d7f6fd1fc9" section: Articles --- # ‘Giving’ Before Getting *December 3, 2019* — by [Sala Levin ’10](/author/sala-levin-10) > 15 UMD Projects Raise Money This Week *STIC 1920x1080 0 — Tanay Wakhare ’20 teaches “Mathematics of Ramanujan,” a Student Initiated Course (STIC). The initiative is one of 15 projects at UMD that donors can support today as part of Giving Tuesday.* Sophomore year at Maryland meant more than just a better understanding of the best place to study in McKeldin Library or the fastest route across campus for Tanay Wakhare ’20. His second year on campus brought him the opportunity to teach a course himself. “Mathematics of Ramanujan,” about an Indian pioneer in number theory, is a Student Initiated Course (STIC), an initiative that allows students to propose and teach one- or two-credit classes tailored to their interests. It’s one of 15 projects at the university that donors can support today as part of Giving Tuesday. An antidote to the consumerism that pervades the holiday season, Giving Tuesday is a national movement that since 2012 has encouraged people to donate, volunteer or otherwise give back to their community after the buying frenzies of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Last year, the Giving Tuesday organization estimates that contributions totaled roughly $400 million worldwide. UMD’s 15 projects began raising funds on Sunday and will continue until Thursday at 11:59 p.m. Potential donors “have the ability to scroll through different projects and support whatever is dearest to their hearts,” said Araba Samassekou, annual giving manager.  Each school or college—as well as several other units—is focused on an individual project, ranging from the Terp Dream Crisis Fund in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, which supports first-generation college students, to the Student Veteran Professional Development Fund in the Office of Student Affairs.  The School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation is boosting the Kibel Gallery Endowment Operating Fund, which supports the school’s home for exhibitions from architects, designers, planners and preservationists. An exhibit in the spring will focus on the Holodomor Memorial in Washington, D.C., designed by Larysa Kurylas ’80 to commemorate the genocide by famine in Ukraine that killed 4 million people in the 1930s. “We’re hoping this will broaden people’s understandings of how architects and planners and preservationists affect built environment,” said architecture Professor Brian Kelly, emphasizing that the gallery’s exhibits are “of great value both educationally and in a more public interest vein.” Chelsea Torres contributed to this story.  **Sidebar note:** This year, UMD’s Giving Tuesday push spans 15 projects. Browse the efforts, listed below, here. Alumni Association: The Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center Fund College of Behavioral and Social Sciences: The Terp Dream Crisis Fund College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences: Student Initiated Courses School of Public Health: Public Health Without Borders The Clark Challenge for the Maryland Promise The A. James Clark School of Engineering: The Clark School Dean’s Fund The College of Arts and Humanities: The ARHU Scholarship Fund The College of Information Studies: InfoSci Students’ Travel & Research Fund The Graduate School: The Graduate Fellowship Fund The Office of Student Affairs: The Fostering Terp Success Program The Philip Merrill College of Journalism: Capstone/News Bureaus Gift Fund The School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation: The Kibel Gallery Endowment Operating Fund The Robert H. Smith School of Business: The QUEST Honors Program University of Maryland Libraries: Basketball Footage Preservation and Access **Topics:** [Campus & Community](https://today.umd.edu/tags/campus-community)