{"id":31465,"date":"2026-03-30T09:20:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T13:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/?p=31465"},"modified":"2026-03-30T09:20:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T13:20:41","slug":"join-us-at-the-2026-founders-gala-at-a-discounted-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2026\/03\/30\/join-us-at-the-2026-founders-gala-at-a-discounted-price\/","title":{"rendered":"Join us at the 2026 Founders Gala at a discounted price!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Join us on <\/span><b>Saturday, May 30, 2026<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, as we celebrate Wilkes University\u2019s legacy and honor those who make a lasting impact on our students. This year\u2019s <\/span><b>Founders Gala <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pays tribute to some of our esteemed pillars of the community, celebrating those who have contributed to make a real difference in the Wilkes Community. Together we celebrate our rich heritage while supporting our mission of serving first-generation students by raising money for the First Generation Scholarship Fund. In this spirit, we are honored to recognize:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><b>Jay S. Sidhu MBA \u201973 \u2013 President\u2019s Medal Recipient<\/b><span> for his generosity and contributions to fostering the creation of new generations of business leaders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b> The Borzell Family P \u201911 \u2013 Chairperson\u2019s Award Recipient<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> recognized for their extraordinary generosity in honoring the legacy of their late son, John \u201cBeno\u201d Borzell \u201911, through their support of students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Current Wilkes faculty and staff members are invited to attend at the University Family rate of $150, which also extends to your guest. Proceeds from the event support first-generation college students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>RSVP by Monday, May 4, 2026<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by completing <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/securelb.imodules.com\/s\/344\/23\/interior.aspx?sid=344&amp;gid=1&amp;pgid=3121&amp;cid=5883\"><b>this form<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and for more details about the event, visit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilkes.edu\/signature-events\/founders-gala\/index.aspx\"><b>wilkes.edu\/foundersgala<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. We look forward to celebrating with you!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us on Saturday, May 30, 2026, as we celebrate Wilkes University\u2019s legacy and honor those who make a lasting impact on our students. This year\u2019s Founders Gala pays tribute to some of our esteemed pillars of the community, celebrating those who have contributed to make a real difference in the Wilkes Community. Together we&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2026\/03\/30\/join-us-at-the-2026-founders-gala-at-a-discounted-price\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Join us at the 2026 Founders Gala at a discounted price!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31464,"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-31465","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\/31465","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=31465"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31487,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31465\/revisions\/31487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}