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The Northwestern Foundation & Alumni Association and the SWOSU Foundation joined forces in the #GivingTuesday Scholarship Showdown challenge to raise funds for each university’s student scholarships. The challenge resulted in more than $196,000 total funds raised.

The SWOSU (Southwestern Oklahoma State University) and Northwestern Oklahoma State University communities generously responded to the #GivingTuesday challenge as SWOSU finished the competition with $100,199.53 and Northwestern with $95,927.72 to raise a grand total of $196,127.25 to fund student scholarships.

“The Giving Tuesday chal...