{"id":68,"date":"2018-06-11T19:09:46","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T19:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/giving\/?page_id=68"},"modified":"2026-03-23T12:41:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T12:41:19","slug":"board-of-directors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/giving\/foundation\/board-of-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"Foundation Board of Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    \n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Western Connecticut State University Foundation, Inc. will operate exclusively for charitable and educational purposes and as such will promote, encourage and assist all forms of education and research at Western Connecticut State University. The Foundation will solicit donations of properties, monies and securities and will act as custodian for any and all funds and property received. These assets will be used to aid, supplement, improve and enlarge the educational, cultural and research facilities and activities of Western Connecticut State University. \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>
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    The Foundation sponsors on-campus activities and supports University projects that enrich the entire learning experience for our students and offers vivid cultural opportunities for the greater community. Your gift can complement limited state funding to scholarship programs; building funds; cultural, artistic and athletic programs; campus beautification; and so much more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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    The Foundation sponsors on-campus activities and supports University projects that enrich the entire learning experience for our students and offers vivid cultural opportunities for the greater community. Your gift can complement limited state funding to scholarship programs; building funds; cultural, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":0,"parent":62,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-68","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68","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=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}