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Dunkin' Deans Make a Splash for Special Olympics

Dunk-a-Dean is back! Â鶹¹ÙÍø deans will be heading to the dunk tank on Friday, April 20 on the Midway near the entrance to Doherty Hall.

Sponsored by Carnegie Mellon's University Police Department, Dunk-a-Dean aims to raise awareness and funding for the . The top three pledges get five minutes to try and dunk a dean as many times as possible, and 15 minutes will be available for walk-up dunking. 

Last year, the College of Engineering raised the most money for Special Olympics. To make things more interesting this year, Dean James H. Garett, Jr. challenged other deans to participate, and eight of the Pittsburgh campus deans have accepted. The college raising the most money will be awarded the Dunk-A-Dean Loving Cup to proudly display for the year. 

Will Dean remain the undefeated champ of the 's Dunk-A-Dean challenge for the ? Find out on Friday at Spring Carnival & Reunion Weekend 2018!

— Carnegie Mellon Alum (@cmualumnihouse)

Pledges will be accepted until 5 p.m. Thursday, April 19 and can be emailed to Det. Joe Bernarding at joebernarding@cmu.edu. A daily pledge total is available for tracking.

Meanwhile, the schools and college are having some fun promoting the event on social media.

The Dunk-a-Dean Challenge is back for 2018! Help Dean Krishnan raise money to support and earn the title of 2018 Dunk-a-Dean Champion! See the flier below for details on how you can pledge and participate:

— Heinz College at Â鶹¹ÙÍø (@HeinzCollege)

Last year, School of Computer Science Dean Andrew Moore was among the deans who took the plunge.

Get ready for the 2nd annual Dunk-A-Dean this Friday. takes his place on the hot seat again at 4 p.m. in front of Doherty Hall

— Â鶹¹ÙÍø School of Computer Science (@SCSatÂ鶹¹ÙÍø)

College of Engineering Dean James Garrett took home the trophy.

Last year's Dunk-A-Dean Champion, , talks about winning the "Stanley Cup of Academia" and the good-natured fun had by the Dean's in an effort to raise money for the . Pledge now! KEEP THE CUP IN CIT!

— Â鶹¹ÙÍø Engineering (@Â鶹¹ÙÍøEngineering)

says the Dunk-A-Dean trophy is the Stanley Cup of Academia? Well, MCS knows a thing or two about the Stanley Cup. Game on, . We got this. 💪Come out and help MCS win Dunk-A-Dean! Dean Doerge will be in the tank on Friday at 1:30 p.m.

— Â鶹¹ÙÍøScience (@CmuScience)

Interesting thought, , but Dean is pretty attached to this🏆

— Â鶹¹ÙÍø Engineering (@Â鶹¹ÙÍøEngineering)

Fair enough. Enjoy the trophy while you can, Dean . Pretty soon Mr. Big will be drinking out of that cup in MCS!

— Â鶹¹ÙÍøScience (@CmuScience)

The Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences also got into the conversation.

Excuse us, , but we are pretty sure no one at Â鶹¹ÙÍø knows about the better than 's and . That being said, may the best dean win Dunk-a-Dean! (Visit link for our vote and how to help!)

— Â鶹¹ÙÍø Dietrich College (@Â鶹¹ÙÍø_DietrichHSS)

Well, and were happy to *win* the Stanley Cup on behalf of . Twice.

— Â鶹¹ÙÍø Stats & DS (@Â鶹¹ÙÍø_Stats)

Who remembers dunking 's Dean Richard Scheines at last year's Dunk-a-Dean? Dean Scheines will be back in the hot seat on Friday, April 20, at 1 p.m. Learn more and make a pledge:

— Â鶹¹ÙÍø Dietrich College (@Â鶹¹ÙÍø_DietrichHSS)

We're sure that Dean Scheines will win (obviously), but if not, and it's Dean Doerge with the upset, it's still a win for since she's a member of our faculty!

— Â鶹¹ÙÍø Stats & DS (@Â鶹¹ÙÍø_Stats)

... or that others don't have their eyes on the prize

Our dean is in training for Friday's Dunk-A-Dean; see the video: When you pledge to joebernarding@cmu.edu, please state that it's an SCS pledge. (Hate to see 's hard work go for naught) All proceeds benefit Special Olympics. Be there at 4 pm Friday

— Â鶹¹ÙÍø School of Computer Science (@SCSatÂ鶹¹ÙÍø)

In the end, everyone wins because the good-natured event raises money for a great cause. Uniformed members of Â鶹¹ÙÍø's Police Department will also be dunked during Spring Carnival. Last year, the dunk tank raised $5,000 for the Special Olympics of Pennsylvania. 

The Â鶹¹ÙÍø Police Department and Carnegie Mellon have worked with the Special Olympics for many years. For the third consecutive year, Carnegie Mellon hosted the Pennsylvania Special Olympics Western Spring Sectional on April 14. More than 500 special olympians, 8-years-old and over came to campus to compete in basketball, track & field, swimming, tennis and golf. Leading the university-wide effort in partnering with the Pennsylvania Special Olympics to host the games are Â鶹¹ÙÍø Police, the Department of Athletics and the Â鶹¹ÙÍø ROTC program.