{"id":117584,"date":"2015-02-05T11:31:52","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T16:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umweagleeye.wpengine.com\/?p=117584"},"modified":"2015-02-09T16:25:23","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T21:25:23","slug":"founders-day-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/2015\/02\/05\/founders-day-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Founders Day Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><p><a href=\"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/02\/web-gate-and-companile-photo-by-jerry-touched-up-by-ben-cropped.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-117587 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/02\/web-gate-and-companile-photo-by-jerry-touched-up-by-ben-cropped-246x300.jpg\" alt=\"web--gate-and-companile-photo-by-jerry-touched-up-by-ben-cropped\" width=\"246\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/02\/web-gate-and-companile-photo-by-jerry-touched-up-by-ben-cropped-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/02\/web-gate-and-companile-photo-by-jerry-touched-up-by-ben-cropped.jpg 465w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\"><\/a>In about five weeks, UMW will celebrate the 107th anniversary of its founding. To mark the occasion, the University has kicked off a <strong>Founders Day Challenge<\/strong>. The goal is to raise $107,000 for the Fund for Mary Washington by March 14.<\/p><p>UMW has held numerous celebrations on March 14 to mark milestone anniversaries in recognition of the signing of the legislation establishing an institution of higher education in Fredericksburg.<\/p><p>This year&rsquo;s <strong>Founders Day Challenge<\/strong> puts the emphasis on the importance of private gifts from alumni, parents, friends, students, faculty, staff, and businesses in order to preserve UMW&rsquo;s tradition of excellence. One of seven priorities in the Mary Washington First Campaign, the Fund for Mary Washington is vital in filling the gaps between UMW&rsquo;s operating budget from the Commonwealth of Virginia and actual needs for students and academic programs.<\/p><p>Learn more about Founders Day history, the Fund for Mary Washington, and the many ways you can offer your support to the <strong>Founders Day Challenge<\/strong> at <a href=\"http:\/\/giving.umw.edu\/challenge\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/giving.umw.edu\/challenge.<\/a><\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In about five weeks, UMW will celebrate the 107th anniversary of its founding. To mark the occasion, the University has kicked off a Founders Day Challenge. The goal is to raise $107,000 for the Fund for Mary Washington by March 14.UMW has held numerous celebrations on March 14 to mark milestone anniversaries in recognition of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28569,"featured_media":117587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[8446,8445,8412,116],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-newsletter-archived-oc","category-newsletter-current-oc","category-oc-newsletter","category-whats-new-umw","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28569"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}