Let’s Reach $150,000 to Love Ye Core
Love Ye Core. Pass on the Core.
Every gift to the Love Ye Core campaign is more than a donation. It is an opportunity to pass on the books, ideas and traditions at the heart of a UD education. Every gift of $170 or more directly funds a Core Curriculum book and gives you the opportunity to leave a personal inscription honoring a book, professor or friendship that mattered to you, or encouraging a future reader.
Reach 40 Core Curriculum Books, Unlock $10,000
22 books funded. 18 to go.
Help us reach 40 Core Curriculum books by Sept. 4. This milestone represents all the books students encounter during their first year and Rome semester. When we reach 40, a generous donor will add $10,000 to the campaign.
“Welcome to a wonderful new chapter. Enjoy the journey, make lasting memories, and always be proud of where it takes you.”
Joseph Gavigan, BA ’00
“I trust you will find wisdom and inspiration in these pages if you seek them.”
Dr. Jim Webb, MBA ’84
“Hail fellow traveler! You are embarking on an arduous but glorious journey in pursuit of timeless truths. The Church and UD alumni are with you!”
Eleanor Carrano, BS ’15
“In memory of Dr. Melvin E. Bradford and his warnings re: hubris and modernity.”
Msgr. John P. Bell
“Quisque est vir optimus, ita difficillime esse alios improbos suspicatur.”
Aaron Ziegler, BA ’21
Class Leaderboard
Check the leaderboard below to see which classes are leading the way in passing on the Core, and make your gift now to help your class climb into the top three!
The class that funds the most Core texts will earn an exclusive virtual conversation with a beloved UD professor, revisiting a Core text or enduring question through the lens of life after graduation.
Class of 1993
7 gifts
Class of 1988
6 gifts
Class of 2010
5 gifts
Love Ye Core Messages
Every gift to the Love Ye Core campaign is more than just a donation—it is an opportunity to pass on the books, ideas and experiences that shape a UD education. Below are just a few of the meaningful messages donors have shared with their gifts, reflecting the lasting impact of the Core and offering encouragement to future readers.
“Dr. Moran, thank you for the gracious welcome you extended to our family when we brought our daughters to Rome. Be able to attend Mass inside the Vatican with UD profs and RC's, to see the Due Santi campus, and to fortuitously bump into you in the city are precious memories for us. You always had a ready smile and warm invitation. Your goodness enabled us, "the rents", to trust in the care of UD for our daughters. We thank the good Lord for you!”
The Littells
“Dr. Dougherty! Sending prayers for a fruitful academic year. I am grateful for the formation I received from you and the other Politics profs at UD. I first learned the City of God from you, and now I get to teach it to others for a living!”
Theresa (Smart) MacArt
“Dear Dr. Kenney, thank you so much for sharing your love and enthusiasm for literature with me and countless other students! May God bless you and your new students over the coming school year.”
Catherine Anne Rogers
“My favorite professor was the late Bruce Evans. I took his capstone class in spring, 2000. It was a great experience that helped me grown in my career. "Professor Bruce" as he liked to be called, guided his students towards real and measurable changes with the particular business which was our class assignment. UD is a great Catholic university and teachers like him separate the university from most others.”
Joseph Michael Gavigan
“Dr. Roper, count on many prayers for this new school year. We are so proud of the institution you all are building in this current chapter of UD history and feel very blessed to enjoy the overflow of the community as local alumni. Keep up the great work!”
Ben & Chelsea Gibson