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On December 1, Giving Tuesday, 822 donors gave over $309,000 to Hunter College—making Hunter the #1 CUNY college in both dollars raised and the number of donors—for the 4th year in a row!
Thank you to all who made this year’s Giving Tuesday at Hunter a tremendous success! You, our loyal alumni, who give at all times of the year and make every day a “Giving Tuesday,” continue to inspire us. In 2020, the pandemic brought sharply increased costs and a strain in public funding, but you have been helping us bridge that funding gap all year long. In light of this, we will keep the Giving Tuesday website open. Visit the page to see if we can break 1,000 donors, and please participate if you can.
The Daily Beast recently published an article about Deaf Broadway, a long-overdue initiative founded by actor, director, and Hunter playwriting student Garrett Zuercher, MFA ’22. Deaf Broadway aims to make musical theater more accessible for all. Read 
Join us in congratulating Malika Savell ’06, who was recently named Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer for North America by the Italian luxury fashion house Prada. Malika will be responsible for developing policies that ensure a diverse representation of cultures and perspectives across the company. We are so proud that her life and work reflect Hunter’s treasured motto, Mihi Cura Futuri, The Care of the Future Is Mine. 
Archaeologist Alyssa Loorya ’98, Co-Founder and President of Chrysalis Archaeology, spent a decade leading a team that excavated a 300-year-old farmhouse in Brooklyn. Their discoveries offer fascinating insights into life in 18th-century New York City. Hear more about this amazing project in a recent 
Earlier this year, New Yorker staff writer Vinson Cunningham ’14 wrote a reflective piece on New York City’s Prep for Prep educational program, which helps low-income students of color prepare for admission to selective private high schools. The article included a look back at his own positive experience in Prep for Prep, but pondered whether such programs obscure the educational system’s deeper inequalities. He also recounts, with much gratitude and fondness, his college days: “At Hunter, what I learned, I learned well.” 
In a must-watch TED Talk, Professor Mandë Holford describes her research on the venom of animals ranging from killer sea snails to platypuses and slow lorises, and explores venom’s potential to treat human diseases like cancer. 
Join us for a very special evening with a panel of your fellow Hunter alumni as they discuss their careers and journeys since graduating from Hunter. Learn valuable lessons while gaining insight into how to navigate your own career and successfully pursue professional advancement. 
On December 15, join Hunter Professor Yarimar Bonilla as she interviews Luis A. Miranda Jr. about the new HBO documentary Siempre, Luis. Take a personal look into Miranda’s fascinating life as an activist, philanthropist, and political strategist. 
This year has been a time of extraordinary challenges, and mutual support is more important than ever. So we are excited to invite you to join Hunter’s newest community, the Alumni to Alumni Mentoring Program. Hunter alumni can create in-depth, career-focused, one-on-one connections with each other through Hunter Connect.
