Name: PIT@UMass
Start: 2025-04-28T16:00:00-0400
End: 2025-05-01T07:20:00-0400
Location: UMassGives 2025

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PIT@UMass

2025 UMass Gives for the Public Interest Technology Initiative

The Public Interest Technology Initiative at UMass (PIT@UMass) was established with the ambitious goal of promoting the common good and public interest through the responsible creation, use, and management of technology. Our coordinated set of programs are characterized by innovative pedagogy, experiential learning, interdisciplinary research, and community engagement. They seek to empower today’s and tomorrow’s workforce to navigate the challenges of a tech-driven world with ethics, empathy, and social responsibility.

PIT@UMass is prepared to serve students and faculty wherever they are on their educational journey with programming that includes:

PIT Residential Academic Program for incoming students to find and build PIT community and ease the transition to college life
Intro to PIT (Gen Ed) class for all students across campus
PIT Undergraduate Certificate to document skills and knowledge
PIT Clinics Course with opportunities for hands-on, real-world, experiential learning projects sponsored by cross-sector partners
High-impact fellowship and internship programs
PIT online Graduate Certificate
Interdisciplinary and creative Faculty Fellows program

Your support of PIT@UMass enables our students to develop and realize socially responsible solutions to the challenges of a technology-driven world. We are grateful for every dollar donated and will use the money for scholarships for student internships and high-impact learning experiences.

PIT serves as a critical foundation for 21^st century education, for people who create technologies, and for those who work with them, which is all of us.

Thank you!

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$10,000

Manning CICS $10,000 Challenge

When CICS receives 200 gifts of any size during UMassGives, a $10,000 gift from a dedicated supporter will be unlocked for the Dean’s Opportunity Fund.

200 / 200 Gifts

Completed

Match

PIT @ UMass $500 Match

Thanks to a generous anonymous donor, the first $500 in gifts made to PIT @ UMass will be matched!

Completed

Leaderboard

Power Hour #1

The area of campus with the most gifts at the end of the power hour from 10-11 a.m. EDT on April 29 will win a $2,000 bonus!

Rank	Prize	Department/Group/RSO/Fund	Donors
1	$2,000	Student Alumni Association	120
2	$500	Department of Food Science	110
3	$500	UMass Women into Leadership (UWiL)	96
4		Professional Writing and Technical Communication	30
5		Women's Rowing	17
6		Isenberg Class of 2025 Senior Gift Fund	12
7		Active Minds	10
8		Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management	9
9		College of Education Student Emergency Fund	6
10		Department of Theater	5
11		Commonwealth Honors College Community Scholarships	5
12		Script U Scholarship Society	4
13		Laxbackers	4
14		Field Hockey	4
15		Nursing Student Scholarships	4

Ended

Leaderboard

Power Hour #2

The area of campus with the most gifts at the end of the power hour from 12-1 p.m. EDT on April 29 will win a $2,000 bonus!

Rank	Prize	Department/Group/RSO/Fund	Donors
1	$2,000	Women's Club Ice Hockey	120
2	$500	Boxing Club	76
3	$500	UWW Faculty Student Scholarship Endowment Fund	71
4		Women for UMass Amherst	55
5		UMass Hillel	37
6		World Librarians	37
7		Isenberg Class of 2025 Senior Gift Fund	29
8		Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences	27
9		Energy Transition Institute	25
10		Minutemen Racing	23
11		CICS Dean's Opportunity Fund	15
12		Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship	9
13		Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning General Fund	9
14		The Frank Waugh Alumni Board Scholarship	8
15		HackUMass	8

Ended

Leaderboard

Power Hour #3

The area of campus with the most gifts at the end of the power hour from 3-4 p.m. EDT on April 29 will win a $2,000 bonus!

Rank	Prize	Department/Group/RSO/Fund	Donors
1	$2,000	Men's Club Rugby	203
2	$500	WMUA	105
3	$500	Dynamics Acapella	94
4		Club Running	68
5		Student Care & Emergency Response Fund (SCERF)	65
6		Department of Journalism	61
7		Film Studies Program	40
8		Muslim Students Association	38
9		Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management	37
10		Fencing Club	24
11		Cape Cod Alumni Group Scholars	20
12		UMass Science Olympiad	19
13		CMASS	15
14		Alpine Ski Team	12
15		Belly Dance Club	11

Ended

Leaderboard

Power Hour #4

The area of campus with the most gifts at the end of the power hour from 6-7 p.m. EDT on April 29 will win a $2,000 bonus!

Rank	Prize	Department/Group/RSO/Fund	Donors
1	$2,000	Men's Ultimate Frisbee	141
2	$500	Club Water Polo	120
3	$500	Sharp Attitude	100
4		UMass Dance Company	86
5		UMass Club Swim	59
6		Climbing Club	40
7		Mock Trial Team	36
8		UMass Sailing Team	25
9		Accounting Department	24
10		ACEing Autism	21
11		Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers	16
12		Alliance for Women in Accounting	14
13		UMass4CCL	14
14		Outing Club	13
15		Department of MicroBiology	13

Ended

Leaderboard

Power Hour #5

The area of campus with the most gifts at the end of the power hour from 11 a.m. - noon EDT on April 30 will win a $2,000 bonus!

Rank	Prize	Department/Group/RSO/Fund	Donors
1	$2,000	Stonewall Center	200
2	$500	Polymer Science & Engineering	99
3	$500	Earthfoods Cafe	39
4		Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Student Support Fund	31
5		Filipino Student Association	17
6		UMass Ice Skating Club	12
7		Badminton Club	9
8		Pond Club	8
9		Script U - Hockey	8
10		Men's Cross Country/Track & Field	7
11		Marketing Department	7
12		Isenberg Class of 2025 Senior Gift Fund	7
13		Script U - Football	6
14		Public Interest Technology Initiative	6
15		College of Education Student Emergency Fund	5

Ended

Leaderboard

Power Hour #6

The area of campus with the most gifts at the end of the power hour from 1-2 p.m. EDT on April 30 will win a $2,000 bonus!

Rank	Prize	Department/Group/RSO/Fund	Donors
1	$2,000	Daily Collegian	166
2	$500	UMass Emergency Medical Services	104
3	$500	The Boltwood Project	86
4		Baseball	73
5		CLACLS	45
6		iCons Fund	35
7		Comparative Literature	25
8		UMassTap Company	25
9		Accounting Department	25
10		Society of Women Engineers	22
11		Angel Fund	21
12		Legal Studies Department	18
13		Softball	17
14		Operations & Information Management Department	16
15		Student Nursing Association	11

Ended

Leaderboard

Power Hour #7

The area of campus with the most gifts at the end of the power hour from 2-3 p.m. EDT on April 30 will win a $2,000 bonus!

Rank	Prize	Department/Group/RSO/Fund	Donors
1	$2,000	Men's Club Rowing	290
2	$500	Women's Rugby	135
3	$500	Korean Students Association	112
4		Center for Women and Community	100
5		Minuteman Marching Band	96
6		Doo Wop Shop	82
7		Model UN	68
8		Spanish and Portuguese Studies	45
9		Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy	17
10		Arab Cultural Association	16
11		Field Hockey Club	15
12		Nursing Student Scholarships	9
13		Daily Collegian	8
14		Baseball	7
15		Stonewall Center	7

Ended

Leaderboard

Power Hour #8

The area of campus with the most gifts at the end of the power hour from 8-9 p.m. EDT on April 30 will win a $2,000 bonus!

Rank	Prize	Department/Group/RSO/Fund	Donors
1	$2,000	Duly Noted	237
2	$500	Laxbackers	91
3	$500	Girl Up UMass Amherst	91
4		Women's Ultimate Frisbee	81
5		UMass Cybersecurity Club	43
6		Ballroom Dance Team	32
7		UMass CHAARG	17
8		Accounting Department	15
9		Golf Club	13
10		UMass ALTITUDE	13
11		Women's Rowing	11
12		CICS Dean's Opportunity Fund	8
13		Women's Lacrosse	8
14		Men's Club Rowing	8
15		Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers	8

Ended

Match

$10,000 university-wide match!

Beginning at 4 p.m. we will be matching the first $100 of every gift made until we have matched $10,000 in gifts. Hurry and make your gift now before the matching funds run out!

$10,000 MATCHED

Completed

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Participating Groups

Athletics BDIC Campus-wide Programs Club Sports College of Education College of Engineering College of Humanities & Fine Arts College of Natural Sciences College of Social & Behavioral Sciences Commonwealth Honors College Fine Arts Center Graduate School Isenberg School of Management Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences Marieb College of Nursing School of Public Health and Health Sciences Student Groups (RSOs/GSOs/etc.) University Libraries University Without Walls (UWW)

UMass Amherst Foundation