{"id":164915,"date":"2025-05-15T14:55:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T20:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=164915"},"modified":"2025-05-15T14:55:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T20:55:24","slug":"spring-class-of-2025-donates-2200-to-scholarship-and-vital-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=164915","title":{"rendered":"Spring Class of 2025 donates $5,100 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 2025 has donated just over $5,100 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 $99,174 through more than 5,000 donors 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\">Graduating students 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, 183 students from the spring 2025 graduates have contributed to the gift.<\/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 2025 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>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>With scholarships and student programs in mind, the spring UCCS Class of 2025 has donated just over $5,100 to the annual class gift so far. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=164915\" title=\"Spring Class of 2025 donates $5,100 to scholarship and vital programs\">(More)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":18,"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_feature_clip_id":0,"_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-164915","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-GTV","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164915","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\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=164915"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":164917,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164915\/revisions\/164917"}],"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=164915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=164915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=164915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}