{"id":514,"date":"2019-03-14T18:24:22","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T18:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/giving\/?page_id=514"},"modified":"2021-07-26T16:38:56","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T16:38:56","slug":"why-to-gift","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/giving\/why-to-gift\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Give"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-514\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-514-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-514-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-514-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1751 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2018\/08\/47096383434_0bcd1c242f_k-2-1024x562.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2018\/08\/47096383434_0bcd1c242f_k-2-1024x562.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2018\/08\/47096383434_0bcd1c242f_k-2-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2018\/08\/47096383434_0bcd1c242f_k-2-768x421.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2018\/08\/47096383434_0bcd1c242f_k-2.jpg 1816w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Western Connecticut State University has grown from a teacher-training normal school back in 1903, to a comprehensive University with alumni who serve their communities as educators, artists, health care professionals, volunteers, and at all levels of business and industry. There has never been a better time for you to help advance our time-honored commitment to student success!<\/p>\n<p>With approximately 1,100 students graduating each year with undergraduate, graduate and Ph.D. degrees, your philanthropic gifts are helping students to achieve their goals and become the leaders of tomorrow.\u00a0 You may choose to make your gift unrestricted to be used for the greatest opportunity or you can designate your gift to support a specific area within WCSU via the drop down arrow.<\/p>\n<p>Please take the opportunity now to make a difference - and on behalf of our students, <strong><em>Thank You!\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>for your continued support of Western and its mission.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.wcsu.edu\/make-a-gift\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44 aligncenter\" src=\"\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2018\/06\/images-300x61.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2018\/06\/images-300x61.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2018\/06\/images.jpeg 499w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-514-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-social-media-buttons panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-social-media-buttons so-widget-sow-social-media-buttons-atom-40309a520a2a-514\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n\n<div class=\"social-media-button-container\">\n\t\n\t\t<a \n\t\tclass=\"ow-button-hover sow-social-media-button-x-twitter-0 sow-social-media-button\" title=\"Giving at WCSU on X Twitter\" aria-label=\"Giving at WCSU on X Twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WCSUFoundation\" \t\t>\n\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-fontawesome sow-fab\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xe61b;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\t\t<a \n\t\tclass=\"ow-button-hover sow-social-media-button-facebook-0 sow-social-media-button\" title=\"Giving at WCSU on Facebook\" aria-label=\"Giving at WCSU on Facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WCSUFoundation\/\" \t\t>\n\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-fontawesome sow-fab\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf39e;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\t\t<a \n\t\tclass=\"ow-button-hover sow-social-media-button-instagram-0 sow-social-media-button\" title=\"Giving at WCSU on Instagram\" aria-label=\"Giving at WCSU on Instagram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wcsu_foundation\/?hl=en\" \t\t>\n\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-fontawesome sow-fab\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf16d;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\t\t<a \n\t\tclass=\"ow-button-hover sow-social-media-button-linkedin-0 sow-social-media-button\" title=\"Giving at WCSU on Linkedin\" aria-label=\"Giving at WCSU on Linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/14816377\/admin\/\" \t\t>\n\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-fontawesome sow-fab\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf0e1;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Western Connecticut State University has grown from a teacher-training normal school back in 1903, to a comprehensive University with alumni who serve their communities as educators, artists, health care professionals, volunteers, and at all levels of business and industry. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-514","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/514\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}