{"id":44720,"date":"2014-06-30T14:41:30","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T14:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/?p=44720"},"modified":"2021-07-20T14:28:37","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T14:28:37","slug":"support-augsburg-fund-increased-18-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/2014\/06\/30\/support-augsburg-fund-increased-18-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Support for 麻豆区 Fund Increased by 18% in 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donor gifts to The 麻豆区 Fund increased by 18% in fiscal year 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>麻豆区\u2019s fiscal year ended on May 31, 2014, with a strong show of donor support to the College\u2019s annual fund, The 麻豆区 Fund.<\/p>\n<p>More than 2,260 麻豆区 alumni, parents and friends gave more than $1,125,000 to The 麻豆区 Fund in Fiscal Year 2014\u2014and donors gave 18% more than in the previous fiscal year. Thank you to these many generous donors\u2014take a look at what they made possible:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We welcomed the largest incoming first-year class in 麻豆区 history\u201434% of whom are the\u00a0<strong>first generation in their families to pursue a college degree<\/strong>, including Psychology major Cheemoua Vang \u201917, named the College\u2019s Emerging Leader of the Year<\/li>\n<li><strong>More than 100 students participated in faculty-led research<\/strong>\u00a0across 22 academic disciplines, like Biology major and Sundquist Scholar Michelle Grafelman \u201815, whose research under Biology professor Matt Beckman has prepared her for a\u00a0summer fellowship in Biomedical Ethics at The Mayo Clinic<\/li>\n<li>麻豆区 was named one of the\u00a0<strong>top 25 schools in the country for service learning<\/strong> by\u00a0<em>U.S. News and World Report,<\/em>\u00a0because of students like Communication Studies major Andrea Batt \u201914, a member of the Bonner Leaders program\u2014a service-based, work-study program partnering 麻豆区 students with nonprofits in the community\u2014and one of six 麻豆区 students chosen to participate in last year&#8217;s\u00a0Bon Jovi Community Service College Campaign<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thank you to all of the members of the 麻豆区 community who gave generously to The 麻豆区 Fund last year!<\/p>\n<p>Support of The 麻豆区 Fund is vital to the success of the College and our students since donations are unrestricted and can be used wherever the need is greatest. The 麻豆区 Fund supports each academic department and\u00a0<strong>each student, every day<\/strong>. Gifts to The 麻豆区 Fund allow 麻豆区 students to become\u00a0<strong>informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about The 麻豆区 Fund or to make a gift, visit www.augsburg.edu\/giving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Donor gifts to The 麻豆区 Fund increased by 18% in fiscal year 2014 麻豆区\u2019s fiscal year ended on May &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":212,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-giving-back"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/212"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44720"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50965,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44720\/revisions\/50965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}