By UNIVERSITY RELATIONS<\/b><\/p>\n
The Fort Hays State University Foundation announced the start of its annual Campus Campaign Friday during a press conference in the Memorial Union\u2019s Sunset Atrium.<\/p>\n
The Campus Campaign is an initiative to encourage current and retired faculty and staff of the university to make a gift back to FHSU. Faculty and staff contribute in varying ways to departments, athletic teams, student organizations and scholarships. As employees, faculty and staff also have the unique option to make their gifts via payroll deduction.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll gifts to FHSU from faculty and staff, no matter what area they choose to support, count toward not only our Campus Campaign but also our Journey campaign,\u201d said Jason Williby, president and CEO of the FHSU Foundation.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s campaign is chaired by the presidents of Fort Hays State\u2019s staff, faculty and student governing bodies, Lisa Lang, Dr. Tony Gabel and Adam Schibi.<\/p>\n
While the FHSU Foundation focuses on campus gifts for a month, participation is counted throughout the entire fiscal year, which ends on June 30.<\/p>\n
Lang, who serves as finance and database manager for the FHSU Alumni Association and as president of the University Support Staff Senate, shared the pride and gratitude many staff members feel towards Fort Hays State.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs staff, we can be that difference when we take the time to say hello, to share information, to give advice or simply listen,\u201d she said. \u201cAnother way to be that difference is with our financial support.\u201d<\/p>\n
Student Government Association President Adam Schibi thanked everyone present for their support.<\/p>\n
\u201cPersonally,\u201d said Schibi, \u201cI was fortunate enough to receive a scholarship early on in college, which required me to work only one part-time job. This afforded me the necessary time to focus on my classes, to get involved on campus, to discover who I was and who I wanted to be.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI wouldn\u2019t be serving as the president of our Student Government Association if it wouldn\u2019t have been for that first scholarship,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Dr. Tony Gabel, associate professor of management and president of the Faculty Senate, noted that he and his wife, Chris, \u201chave benefitted from the generosity of others.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a faculty member, I have learned the impact that even a small gift, the smallest of gifts in fact, have on our students,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have been inspired to establish our own named scholarship. After all, why not give now and experience the joy of giving while helping outstanding and deserving students?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery student matters, and every gift matters,\u201d said Dr. Tisa Mason, president of Fort Hays State. \u201cAs faculty and staff, we know firsthand that many of our students struggle financially. I want to continue to pay forward the many blessings that I\u2019ve received, to make a difference for others.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cJust imagine, with more than 920 faculty and staff,\u201d she said, \u201cwhat we could accomplish if we all sat down and wrote a check \u2013 how that little bit of money from each of us could mean everything to someone else and, in the process, change the trajectory of their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n
As the fundraising arm of the university, the FHSU Foundation raises and manages all funds that are entrusted to it for the benefit of various needs in support of the university and works closely with FHSU to support the university’s initiatives.<\/p>\n
To 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":" By UNIVERSITY RELATIONS The Fort Hays State University Foundation announced the start of its annual Campus Campaign Friday during a press conference in the Memorial… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":[11722],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41564","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=41564"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41565,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41564\/revisions\/41565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}