What is your Scarlet Banner Moment?
Receiving your acceptance letter, getting inspiration from a professor, hearing motivating words from your coach, competing in Chapel Sing, traveling for an immersion trip, completing that big paper, attending the Bell Game, passing Senior Comps, crossing the stage to receive your diploma... Memories like this hold a special place in the hearts of each Wabash man and those who love the College.
Today, after making your gifts in support of Wabash students, we invite you to share your Banner Moment: a memory, event, or reflection that’s important to you and your time on campus or connection to the College.
Help us gather 140 Banner Moments in recognition of 140 years of Scarlet being the official color of 91自拍. Your gifts and your reflections will help make it A Scarlet Banner Day!
Submit a Banner Moment using the link on your gift confirmation screen.
New Banner Moments are added to the top of this list after being received and reviewed.
I treasure Max and Nancy Servies attending my ordination ceremony, and insisting that I stay with them anytime I was in Crawfordsville.
John Sowers (4/29/26 11:37PM)
To all the professors that changed my life - Dr. Tom Stokes, Dr. Lexie Hoerl, Dr. David Blix, Dr. Sara Mehltretter, and so many others.
Jeremy Wentzel (4/29/26 11:25PM)
I did a campus visit out of respect for my high school track coach, Mark Grossenbacher ‘97. The rest is history - best decision I’ve made.
Joshua Bellis (4/29/26 10:54PM)
Grateful for Greg & Sarah, Jim & Jane, Cory & Leigh. Snyders too. I was blessed to be in the Class of 1985 & friends with so many great men.
Scott Powers (4/29/26 10:47PM)
Singing in Piazza San Marco with other Glee Club members until we were shooed away by local restaurateurs. Glee Club European Tour 1987.
Thomas Edwards (4/29/26 10:42PM)
In 1960, Wabash beat Butler, 110-108 in 5 overtime’s. Charlie Bowerman, ‘61, the GOAT of Wabash basketball scored 53!
John R Birdzell (4/29/26 10:40PM)
I received notification of a full tuition scholarship to Columbia University my Junior year using the Wabash 3-2 program for engineering.
Kerry Wilson (4/29/26 10:33PM)
Wabash is a place that changed my life and I am proud to serve here as a faculty member to help this generation of young men.
Joe Scanlon (4/29/26 10:18PM)
Sitting on my luggage for good luck at the chapel before the Russian Culture class trip to St Petersburg. My travel hasn’t stopped since.
Seth Ditchcreek (4/29/26 10:12PM)
This one with a piece of advice from Professor Fischer. "If she has horses, you know she has money...so (gestures at me) maybe try harder."
Matthew Ripley (4/29/26 10:11PM)
Every single year this Day reminds me that Wabash really IS magic. What alumni, family, friends, faculty, staff, & STUDENTS create is family
Emily Vetne (4/29/26 9:54PM)
Kudos to the Day of Giving Team for another successful year!
Stephanie Vetne (4/29/26 9:53PM)
Today’s Totals
Living Unit Leaders
See which living unit is leading the way today and all-time. Rankings are calculated by the number of gifts weighted against the population of the group.
Today’s Leaders
| Delta Tau Delta |
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| Phi Gamma Delta |
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| Independent |
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| Beta Theta Pi |
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| Phi Delta Theta |
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| Sigma Chi |
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| Kappa Sigma |
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| Lambda Chi Alpha |
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| Phi Kappa Psi |
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| Tau Kappa Epsilon |
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| Theta Delta Chi |
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Past Leaders
| Year | Leader |
|---|---|
| 4.29.26 | (TBD) |
| 4.30.25 | Delta Tau Delta |
| 4.24.24 | Delta Tau Delta |
| 4.19.23 | Delta Tau Delta |
| 4.19.22 | Phi Delta Theta |
| 4.08.21 | Theta Delta Chi |
| 5.12.20 | Phi Gamma Delta |
| 4.10.19 | Theta Delta Chi |
| 4.18.18 | Theta Delta Chi |
| 4.19.17 | Theta Delta Chi |
| 4.27.16 | Theta Delta Chi |
| 4.22.15 | Phi Delta Theta |
| 4.30.14 | Phi Delta Theta |
Class Year Leaders
See which classes are leading the way today and all-time. Rankings are calculated by the number of gifts weighted against the population of the group.
Today’s Leaders
| 1979 |
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| 1991 |
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| 1983 |
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| 1992 |
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| 1995 |
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| 1987 |
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| 1993 |
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| 1977 |
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| 1989 |
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| 2012 |
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| 1978 |
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| 1994 |
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Past Leaders
| Year | Leader |
|---|---|
| 4.29.26 | (TBD) |
| 4.30.25 | Class of 1991 |
| 4.24.24 | Class of 1979 |
| 4.19.23 | Class of 1979 |
| 4.19.22 | Class of 1989 |
| 4.08.21 | Class of 1991 |
| 5.12.20 | Class of 2018 |
| 4.10.19 | Class of 2017 |
| 4.18.18 | Class of 2005 |
| 4.19.17 | Class of 2004 |
| 4.27.16 | Class of 2004 |
| 4.22.15 | Class of 2004 |
| 4.30.14 | Class of 2004 |
And flying free the world shall see, Our scarlet banner go.
See how alumni, family, friends, and students are honoring a name held dear and a color we cheer across the nation.
Forever More as in Days of Yore
Look back at some of our sweetest mem’ries from prior Days of Giving.