{"id":27250,"date":"2019-04-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarletons-fourth-annual-giving-day-invites-donors-to-be-the-reason\/"},"modified":"2022-09-27T09:03:47","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T14:03:47","slug":"tarletons-fourth-annual-giving-day-invites-donors-to-be-the-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarletons-fourth-annual-giving-day-invites-donors-to-be-the-reason\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton&#8217;s fourth annual Giving Day invites donors to &#8216;Be the Reason&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, April 10, 2019<\/p>\n<p>STEPHENVILLE, Texas &mdash; Members of the Tarleton State University family are challenged to &ldquo;Be the Reason&rdquo; by donating during the fourth annual Giving Day, beginning at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, April 16.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;More than 13,000 Tarleton students are working to become tomorrow&rsquo;s professional leaders,&rdquo; said Development Director Jennifer Hawthorne. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s more than 13,000 dreams. By making a Giving Day donation, you can be the reason students&rsquo; dreams come true.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>To give online, go to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/givingday\/\">https:\/\/givingday.tarleton.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Donations can be made online from 12:01 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. or in person from 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. at the Administration Building. Donations also can be dropped off at Tarleton&rsquo;s outreach locations in Fort Worth, Midlothian and Waco.<\/p>\n<p>Giving Day 2019 wraps up with a public community celebration from 4 to 5:15 p.m. at Alumni Island, home of John Tarleton&rsquo;s statue. Everyone is invited. In case of inclement weather, the celebration will move inside to the foyer of the Administration Building.<\/p>\n<p>Last year&rsquo;s Giving Day brought in more than $395,000, surpassing the 2017 total by more than $170,000. Donations have topped more than three-quarters of a million dollars since the event began three years ago.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Giving Day is an exciting 24 hours for Tarleton,&rdquo; Hawthorne said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a great way to build community and student support through scholarships and programming.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Tarleton, founding&nbsp;member of The Texas A&amp;M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven education marked by academic innovation and a dedication to transform today&rsquo;s scholars into tomorrow&rsquo;s leaders. It offers degree programs to more than 13,000 students at Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian, RELLIS Academic Alliance in Bryan, and online, emphasizing real-world learning experiences that address societal needs while maintaining its core values of tradition, integrity, civility, excellence, leadership and service.<\/p>\n<p>Contact: Phil Riddle, News and Information Specialist<br \/>817-484-4415<br \/><a href=\"mailto:priddle@tarleton.edu\">priddle@tarleton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Tarleton State University family are challenged to &ldquo;Be the Reason&rdquo; by donating during the fourth annual Giving Day, beginning at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, April 16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":49676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[423,424,425],"tags":[431,432,449,457,458,459,460],"class_list":["post-27250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-research","category-arts-events","category-campus-community","tag-administration","tag-alumni","tag-institutional-advancement","tag-tarleton-state-fort-worth","tag-tarleton-state-online","tag-tarleton-state-waco","tag-w-k-gordon-center-for-industrial-history-of-texas"],"acf":{"image":null},"author_meta":{"display_name":"keegan","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/author\/keegan-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/10\/Spring-Flowers-Admin-Gates_7545-300x200.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/academics-research\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Academics &amp; Research<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/arts-events\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Arts &amp; Events<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/campus-community\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Campus &amp; Community<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Academics &amp; Research<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Arts &amp; Events<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Campus &amp; Community<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/campus-community\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Administration<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/campus-community\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Alumni<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/campus-community\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Institutional Advancement<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/campus-community\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Tarleton State Fort Worth<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/campus-community\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Tarleton State Online<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/campus-community\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Tarleton State Waco<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/campus-community\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">W.K. 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