{"id":156182,"date":"2024-05-06T15:01:33","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T21:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=156182"},"modified":"2024-12-18T15:42:26","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T22:42:26","slug":"spring-class-of-2024-donates-more-than-6200-to-scholarship-and-vital-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=156182","title":{"rendered":"Spring Class of 2024 donates nearly $6,600 to scholarship and vital programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/crowdfunding-graphic.jpg\" alt=\"UCCS Class Gift graphic\" class=\"wp-image-129053\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With scholarships and student programs in mind, the spring UCCS Class of 2024 has donated almost $6,600 to the annual class gift so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Created by the Class of 2015, the <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.uccs.edu\/class-gift\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">annual gift<\/a> has raised over $90,000 to support UCCS scholarships and vital programs. The class gift program helps students to see their legacy and collective impact on future generations at UCCS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Members of the Class of 2024 are encouraged to designate gifts to the Bridge Forward Scholarship, the HEROES Scholarship, the MOSAIC Scholarship (Multicultural Office for Student Access, Inclusiveness &amp; Community) or a scholarship fund in their college, although gifts to any fund are accepted. So far, 217 students from the May 2024 graduates have contributed to the gift for a total of $6,596.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Graduates who give at least $25 receive a blue cord as a memento to wear during Commencement. The Class of 2024 is invited to donate to the <a href=\"https:\/\/crowdfunding.uccs.edu\/?cfpage=\/o\/university-of-colorado-colorado-springs-54\/i\/crowdfunding\/s\/may-2024-class-gift\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Clyde\u2019s Crowd platform<\/a> through the month of December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>With student services and scholarships in mind, the spring UCCS Class of 2024 have donated nearly $6,600 to the annual class gift so far. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=156182\" title=\"Spring Class of 2024 donates nearly $6,600 to scholarship and vital programs\">(More)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":129053,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,49,12,442],"tags":[370,107,42,332,63,60],"class_list":["post-156182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-campus-announcements","category-events","category-studentlife","tag-alumni","tag-alumni-relations","tag-commencement","tag-more-news","tag-student-life","tag-student-success"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/crowdfunding-graphic.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mBpJ-ED4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=156182"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":160957,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156182\/revisions\/160957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/129053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=156182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=156182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=156182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}