{"id":23526,"date":"2025-04-07T08:59:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T12:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/?p=23526"},"modified":"2025-04-07T08:59:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T12:59:17","slug":"university-family-is-invited-to-attend-the-2025-founders-gala-rsvp-before-april-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2025\/04\/07\/university-family-is-invited-to-attend-the-2025-founders-gala-rsvp-before-april-21\/","title":{"rendered":"University Family is invited to attend the 2025 Founders Gala &#8211; RSVP before April 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Join us on <strong>Thursday, May 8, 2025<\/strong>, as we celebrate Wilkes University\u2019s legacy and honor those who make a lasting impact on our students. This year\u2019s <strong>Founders Gala: A Gilded Gala<\/strong> pays tribute to the rich history of downtown Wilkes-Barre, where the Gilded Age (1870s\u2013early 1900s) shaped our community with iconic buildings like Kirby, Chase, and Weckesser Halls. As the anthracite coal industry boomed, immigrants seeking opportunity settled here, and by 1933, Wilkes\u2019 predecessor, Bucknell University Junior College, was founded to educate their children. In this spirit, we are honored to recognize:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc5 <strong>The Passan Foundation \u2013 President\u2019s Medal Recipient<\/strong> for its steadfast dedication to Wilkes University and the Passan School of Nursing.<\/p>\n<p>\u2696\ufe0f<strong> Fellerman &amp; Ciarimboli Law, PC \u2013 Chairperson\u2019s Award Recipient<\/strong> for its commitment to community and advocacy. Current Wilkes faculty and staff members are invited to attend at the University Family rate of $150, which also extends to their guests. Proceeds from the event support first-generation college students.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcc5 <strong>RSVP by April 21, 2025<\/strong> by completing <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/securelb.imodules.com\/s\/344\/23\/interior.aspx?sid=344&amp;gid=1&amp;pgid=2804&amp;cid=5364\">this form<\/a><\/strong> and for more details about the event, visit <strong><a href=\"wilkes.edu\/foundersgala\">wilkes.edu\/foundersgala<\/a><\/strong>. We look forward to celebrating with you! \ud83d\udc99\u2728<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us on Thursday, May 8, 2025, as we celebrate Wilkes University\u2019s legacy and honor those who make a lasting impact on our students. This year\u2019s Founders Gala: A Gilded Gala pays tribute to the rich history of downtown Wilkes-Barre, where the Gilded Age (1870s\u2013early 1900s) shaped our community with iconic buildings like Kirby, Chase,&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2025\/04\/07\/university-family-is-invited-to-attend-the-2025-founders-gala-rsvp-before-april-21\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">University Family is invited to attend the 2025 Founders Gala &#8211; RSVP before April 21<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23525,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty-staff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23546,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23526\/revisions\/23546"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}