{"id":6399,"date":"2015-03-06T15:43:08","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T15:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/?p=6399"},"modified":"2018-05-09T13:40:49","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T13:40:49","slug":"torch-awards-gala-benefits-student-scholarships-and-alumni-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/2015\/03\/06\/torch-awards-gala-benefits-student-scholarships-and-alumni-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Torch Awards Gala benefits student scholarships and alumni center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #000000;\">In addition to paying tribute to our outstanding alumni, the <a title=\"14TH ANNUAL TORCH AWARDS\" href=\"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/torch_\/\"><strong>14th Annual Torch Awards Gala<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0will support <a href=\"http:\/\/firstgen.fiu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>FIU&#8217;s First Generation Scholarship Fund<\/strong><\/a> and the <a title=\"Alumni Center Building Fund\" href=\"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/give\/alumni-center\/\"><strong>Alumni Center Building Fund<\/strong><\/a>, which will serve as a central gathering space for students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">More than 50% of FIU undergraduate students will be the first generation in their families to earn a college degree. Philanthropic support to the <a href=\"http:\/\/firstgen.fiu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>First Generation Scholarship Fund<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is matched 100% by the State, making this Fund a critical priority for the institution.\u00a0 Given the fact that 90 percent of Fund recipients are minorities, the proposed gift is a unique opportunity to enhance the university\u2019s ability to effect transformational change in the lives of South Florida\u2019s underserved students.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Learn more at <a title=\"14TH ANNUAL TORCH AWARDS\" href=\"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/torch_\/\">FIUalumni.com\/torch<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to paying tribute to our outstanding alumni, the 14th Annual Torch Awards Gala\u00a0will support FIU&#8217;s First Generation Scholarship Fund and the Alumni Center Building Fund, which will serve as a central gathering space for students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends. More than 50% of FIU undergraduate students will be the first generation in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":2824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[369],"tags":[265,250,41],"class_list":["post-6399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni-spotlight","tag-events","tag-scholarships","tag-torch-awards-gala"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6399"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6399"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15285,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6399\/revisions\/15285"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}