{"id":32324,"date":"2017-03-13T16:45:49","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T20:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=32324"},"modified":"2017-04-06T10:43:16","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T14:43:16","slug":"lovemu-giving-day-april-4-will-help-make-eastern-mennonite-university-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2017\/lovemu-giving-day-april-4-will-help-make-eastern-mennonite-university-available\/","title":{"rendered":"LovEMU Giving Day on April 4 will help make Eastern Mennonite University available to all"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/love.emu.edu\">LovEMU Giving Day<\/a> on April 4 at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) will allow supporters to \u201cshow the love\u201d with those who otherwise could not afford the quality academics and transformational opportunities of an EMU experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGifts to EMU are key to making the EMU experience accessible to all, including those from varied socio-economic, academic and culturally diverse backgrounds,\u201d explains <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/personnel\/people\/show\/kls765?ssi=giving\">Kirk Shisler<\/a>, vice president for advancement. \u201cNow more than ever, this is key to EMU\u2019s mission to prepare undergraduate, graduate and seminary students to serve and lead in a global context.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"highlight highlight-right\">Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/love.emu.edu\/\">love.emu.edu<\/a> to make a donation and view the department or athletics leaderboard!<\/aside>\n<h3><strong>Challenges and activities<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Gifts of any size on this day \u2013 with close to $30,000 available in matching gifts by primarily anonymous donors \u2013 will support any fund the donor designates for undergraduate, graduate or seminary students. A variety of <a href=\"http:\/\/love.emu.edu\/challenge-schedule\">challenges<\/a> and special activities are planned throughout the day.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>President Susan Schultz Huxman will <strong>match every alumni gift of $10 or more<\/strong> with $10 of her own, up to $1,000, for the Huxman Challenge.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Additional challenges<\/strong> include current students (t-shirt incentives!), lunch-time special, faculty\/staff, parents and grandparents, and current and former Board of Trustee members.<\/li>\n<li>Kiosks across campus will provide <strong>on-the-spot opportunities for students<\/strong> to jump in with a spontaneous gift of any size. They might also text grandparents, uncles, aunts and others who are supportive of the EMU experience their loved one is having at EMU.<\/li>\n<li>When making an online gift, donors will be invited to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/love.emu.edu\/department-leaderboard\">vote for an academic program or athletic team to highlight what they love(d)<\/a><\/strong> about EMU; the program earning the most votes will win $500 for their program\/department use.<\/li>\n<li>The EMU advancement team will gather in a central location to make calls, take calls and pledges, monitor the incoming gifts, answer questions and visit classes with donuts and other incentives. EMU\u2019s mascot Herm will be along for the ride.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Why LovEMU Giving Day?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32338\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32338\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2017\/03\/lovemu-giving-day-april-4-will-help-make-eastern-mennonite-university-available\/20161015-homecoming-fall-fest-js-16-1000px\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32338\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32338\" src=\"\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/03\/20161015-Homecoming-Fall-Fest-JS-16-1000px-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/03\/20161015-Homecoming-Fall-Fest-JS-16-1000px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/03\/20161015-Homecoming-Fall-Fest-JS-16-1000px-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/03\/20161015-Homecoming-Fall-Fest-JS-16-1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32338\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We LovEMU! (Photo by Andrew Strack)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAlumni often say how much they \u2018loved\u2019 their EMU experience,\u201d says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emu.edu\/personnel\/people\/show\/jas844\">Jeff Shank<\/a>, director of alumni and parent engagement. \u201cThey mention friends, a professor, an athletic or cross-cultural experience.. LovEMU Giving Day invites people to remember what they love about EMU and share that love.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The size of the gift does not matter.<\/strong> While all alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends are challenged to participate, Shank and other planners hope to particularly engage young alumni.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYounger alumni have different giving patterns than previous generations,\u201d says Shisler. \u201cWe want to challenge people to give from the heart, spontaneously, in the same way they do, for example, when touched by a KickStarter or other campaign for a specific cause.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The cause, both Shisler and Shank note, is making EMU affordable so <strong>every student can become equipped<\/strong> for success in the job market or further academic pursuits, within the context of a supportive community.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the day, people can watch <a href=\"http:\/\/love.emu.edu\">the website<\/a> and social media for updates on amounts raised and challenges that still need a boost.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Who benefits?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u201cEMU\u2019s financial aid is as generous as we can make it for both merit-based and need-based undergraduate student aid,\u201d says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emu.edu\/personnel\/people\/show\/mh693\">Michele Hensley<\/a>, financial aid director. The average <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/financial-aid\/\">financial assistance package<\/a> for an undergraduate student in 2016-17 was $30,000. Over $12 million in aid was awarded by EMU in 2014-15.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32342\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32342\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2017\/03\/lovemu-giving-day-april-4-will-help-make-eastern-mennonite-university-available\/20161015-homecoming-fall-fest-js-13-1000px\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32342\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32342 size-medium\" src=\"\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/03\/20161015-Homecoming-Fall-Fest-JS-13-1000px-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/03\/20161015-Homecoming-Fall-Fest-JS-13-1000px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/03\/20161015-Homecoming-Fall-Fest-JS-13-1000px-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/03\/20161015-Homecoming-Fall-Fest-JS-13-1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32342\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Herm and friends LovEMU! (Photo by Andrew Strack)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe work with each family, knowing that college study is a significant investment,&#8221; she said. &#8220;We believe EMU is a worthwhile investment and need more support to make it available to all who seek to be part of our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Plan to Show the Love<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Please plan to show your love for EMU on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.love.emu.edu\">LovEMU Giving Day<\/a> April 4 by giving a gift online, phoning in a pledge at (540) 432-4200 or (800) 368-3383, or emailing your intentions to devoffice@emu.edu.<\/p>\n<p>Share your love and Royal pride in the comments section now or on April 4 when you make your online contribution. Tell us what you loved, learned and remember from your EMU experience.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"848\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RRfmIRiRNsE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LovEMU Giving Day on April 4 at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) will allow supporters to \u201cshow the love\u201d with those who otherwise could not afford the quality academics and transformational <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2017\/lovemu-giving-day-april-4-will-help-make-eastern-mennonite-university-available\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about LovEMU Giving Day on April 4 will help make Eastern Mennonite University available to all<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[266,4516,5583,14715,17562,8845,264,12508,4513,5730],"tags":[5944,13896,7159,17520],"feature":[17427,17425,17426,17241,17422],"class_list":["post-32324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-athletics","category-campus-community","category-campus-life","category-digest","category-emu-at-lancaster","category-graduate-programs","category-iep","category-student-life","category-undergraduate-programs","tag-giving","tag-jeff-shank","tag-kirk-shisler","tag-susan-schultz-huxman","feature-emu-home-page-feature","feature-featured-seminary","feature-myemu-feature","feature-news-feature","feature-news-landing-page-main-feature"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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