{"id":29641,"date":"2014-03-25T14:41:14","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T21:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=29641"},"modified":"2014-03-25T16:07:17","modified_gmt":"2014-03-25T23:07:17","slug":"employee-gifts-inspire-campus-philanthropists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/employee-gifts-inspire-campus-philanthropists\/","title":{"rendered":"Employee gifts inspire campus philanthropists"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Conservation fieldwork by NAU students such as Jenna Garrett will continue in the Northern Mariana Islands because of an anonymous faculty gift.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Six Northern Arizona University undergraduates will receive small awards to support their research in the Northern Mariana Islands<\/a>\u00a0as a result of a gift to the NAU Foundation by a faculty member who wishes to remain anonymous and who strongly believes in hands-on education and research.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe gift is the first of its kind to the program, but we hope it will jump-start gifts from donors who are interested in promoting learning and research in the area of conservation ecology,\u201d said Russell Benford<\/strong>, assistant research professor in the College of Forestry, Engineering and Natural Sciences.<\/p>\n

Gifts like this from faculty and staff are further proof\u2014if further proof is needed\u2014of the university\u2019s ongoing commitment to student success.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s Employee Giving Campaign<\/a>, which kicks off on Monday, encourages student support from those who are closest to them. Building on the recently launched Campaign for NAU<\/a>, the Employee Giving Campaign seeks both to recognize the critical role that faculty and staff play in students\u2019 lives and to encourage further philanthropic participation among employees.<\/p>\n

\u201cNAU employees make an enormous difference in the lives of students every day,\u201d said Betsy Mennell<\/strong>, associate vice president for University Advancement. \u201cParticipating in the employee giving campaign is a wonderful way to further support the types of student-centered experiences that are our hallmark.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last year\u2019s Employee Giving Campaign attracted more than 900 employee gifts. This year, the goal is to secure support from more than 1,000 employees.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen those closest to us\u2014our faculty and staff\u2014support the university philanthropically, it allows us to make a strong case with those external foundations, corporations and donors who can make transformative gifts,\u201d Mennell said. \u201cStrong employee participation allows us to tell another very powerful \u2018Only at NAU\u2019 story.\u201d<\/p>\n

The university\u2019s focus on serving first-generation students, for instance, continues to attract widespread support, including a recent $850,000 award from the Suder Foundation<\/a> for the First Scholars Program.<\/p>\n

In order to participate, employees may go online to sign up for an ongoing payroll deduct pledge<\/a> or give a one-time gift<\/a> to the fund of their choice. Volunteers representing the campaign will also follow up with university employees with more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Six Northern Arizona University undergraduates will receive small awards to support their research in the Northern Mariana Islands\u00a0as a result of a gift to the NAU Foundation by a faculty member who wishes to remain anonymous and who strongly believes in hands-on education and research. \u201cThe gift is the first of its kind to the…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":29652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty-staff"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}