{"id":669,"date":"2017-02-20T08:00:04","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T08:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2005classnews\/?p=669"},"modified":"2017-02-18T16:57:01","modified_gmt":"2017-02-18T16:57:01","slug":"thank-a-giver-day-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2005classnews\/2017\/02\/20\/thank-a-giver-day-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank a Giver Day 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2005classnews\/files\/2017\/02\/Editors-TAG-DAY-Banner.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-668 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2005classnews\/files\/2017\/02\/Editors-TAG-DAY-Banner.jpg\" width=\"698\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2005classnews\/files\/2017\/02\/Editors-TAG-DAY-Banner.jpg 698w, https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2005classnews\/files\/2017\/02\/Editors-TAG-DAY-Banner-300x78.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today students, faculty, and staff across campus are celebrating donors and the impact they have on campus.<\/p>\n<p>Thank A Giver Day marks the symbolic point during the year &#8212; about 70% of the way though &#8212; when tuition dollars run out and the University relies on the generosity of donors, the endowment, and external grants for the remainder of the year.<\/p>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t be more grateful to the donors who made my four years at IWU possible, and in that tradition, I am now honored to give to the next generation of Titans each year. Donor dollars helped to pay for those early 2000s Macs in Buck, soundproofing for\u00a0the smelly basement practice rooms in Presser, and those lounges in Ames where I took many a nap. Share how your IWU experience was impacted by donors using #IWUThanks<\/p>\n<p>Donor support allows IWU students to continue to have experiences that make being a Titan unique and transformative. To be among those celebrated today, make a gift at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iwu.edu\/give\" target=\"_blank\">www.iwu.edu\/give<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you have already made a gift this year, thank you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today students, faculty, and staff across campus are celebrating donors and the impact they have on campus. Thank A Giver Day marks the symbolic point during the year &#8212; about 70% of the way though &#8212; when tuition dollars run &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2005classnews\/2017\/02\/20\/thank-a-giver-day-2017\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":663,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[37,38,35,39],"class_list":["post-669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-advancement","tag-alumni","tag-alumni-giving","tag-tag-day"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2005classnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2005classnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2005classnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2005classnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/663"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2005classnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2005classnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":670,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2005classnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669\/revisions\/670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2005classnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2005classnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2005classnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}