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Alumni, parents and friends invest in scholarships and other university priorities as part of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ LEADS Campaign.

The university's newest alumni have left their mark on Â鶹ÊÓƵ through a gift of more than $24,500.

More than 750 members of the Class of 2018 supported Â鶹ÊÓƵ with a senior class gift.

The annual gathering will begin at 6:45 p.m. on Scott Plaza and will offer an opportunity for the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Community to mark the season's start with music, festive lights and treats. 

For the fourth year, alumni and senior class donors will be recognized at the holiday celebration on Dec. 5.

More than 750 members of the Class of 2017 made a gift to Â鶹ÊÓƵ as part of this year's senior class giving campaign, raising more than $36,000 for Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Greatest Needs and other areas of interest.

Fifty-nine percent of Â鶹ÊÓƵ students in the Class of 2016 made a gift to Â鶹ÊÓƵ as part of the senior class giving campaign, raising more than $20,990 for areas of campus most important to them.

Members of the worldwide Â鶹ÊÓƵ community can participate by making a gift to the university and sharing their Â鶹ÊÓƵ pride on social media.

Hundreds of people celebrated the arrival of the holidays on Thursday night as Â鶹ÊÓƵ hosted its annual Festival of Holiday Lights in the heart of a campus aglow with luminarias honoring alumni and student donors.

More than 2,000 alumni and seniors will be honored on Dec. 3 during this year's Festival of Holiday Lights, which features singing of Christmas carols and luminarias, hot chocolate and cider, the lighting of a Hanukkah menorah, and a visit by Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus.