By UNIVERSITY RELATIONS<\/b><\/p>\n
Groups throughout Fort Hays State University \u2013 whether it be a student organization, department or team \u2013 have a new way to gain financial support of their needs. As the fundraising arm of the university, the FHSU Foundation has evolved its annual I Fed the Tiger campaign into a year-round online crowdfunding platform, which has launched in conjunction with the inauguration of the university\u2019s 10th president, Dr. Tisa Mason.<\/p>\n
\u201cLaunching I Fed the Tiger with inauguration seemed like a natural way to allow the Tiger family to honor President Mason and to welcome her back home to Fort Hays State,\u201d said Jason Williby, FHSU Foundation president and CEO. By UNIVERSITY RELATIONS Groups throughout Fort Hays State University \u2013 whether it be a student organization, department or team \u2013 have a new way to… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11,11722],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-press-releases"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/fedtiger.jpg?fit=383%2C139&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40021"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40023,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40021\/revisions\/40023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/40022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe crowdfunding site \u2013 www.ifedthetiger.com<\/a> \u2013 is live and offers fundraising campaigns for the Student Emergency Assistance Fund, as well as the need for additional football helmets and new Tiger Marching Band uniforms.
\nPresident Mason created the Student Emergency Assistance Fund in 2013 while serving as FHSU\u2019s vice president for student affairs. The fund supports students facing financial adversities, which impact their ability to stay enrolled at Fort Hays State, their health or overall well-being.
\n\u201cThe Student Emergency Assistance Fund is close to President Mason\u2019s heart, and football and the marching band help unite our community,\u201d said Williby. \u201cI strongly believe that donor support of Fort Hays State and the funding needs featured on ifedthetiger.com will change lives.\u201d
\nI Fed the Tiger empowers FHSU organizations to share their fundraising projects with the campus community, alumni, family and friends of the university in a convenient online approach \u2013 each for approximately a month\u2019s time.
\n\u201cThis will make an incredible impact on the projects our students are passionate about,\u201d said Williby. \u201cEvery year, student organizations raise funds to carry out their goals and fulfill their needs. I Fed the Tiger streamlines that process and allows each member of a group to quickly and easily share their group\u2019s initiative with their network and gain the needed support.\u201d
\nGifts to the featured campaigns may be made at www.ifedthetiger.com<\/a>. New campaigns will launch throughout the year on the website to help FHSU\u2019s various organizations achieve their goals.
\nTo learn more about the Fort Hays State University Foundation and the funding needs of Fort Hays State, visit https:\/\/foundation.fhsu.edu<\/a>, call 785-628-5620 or email foundation@fhsu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"