{"id":84546,"date":"2022-02-16T15:13:02","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T23:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/give\/?post_type=stories&#038;p=84546"},"modified":"2024-03-26T16:27:33","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T23:27:33","slug":"barbara-shields","status":"publish","type":"stories","link":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/give\/news\/barbara-shields\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbara Shields"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barbara Shields, \u201992, is creating a legacy that will light a path for Eastern Eagles for generations to come. She earned her degree after a successful career in the telecom industry, then began giving back to EWU. She established the Barbara R. Shields Graduate Fellowship Endowment and the Barbara R. Shields Undergraduate Scholarship. Since 2008, the funds have helped 50 students earn their degrees. Barbara and her husband, Walter, enthusiastic Eagle football fans, recently established a $1 million planned gift to support students who play Eastern football and students pursuing communication studies degrees.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to create a scholarship, please contact Laura Thayer: <a href=\"mailto:lthayer3@ewu.edu\">lthayer3@ewu.edu<\/a> or 509.359.6901.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrating Barbara Shields\u2019 philanthropy, from left, EWU Football Head Coach Aaron Best, Barbara Shields, Athletic Director Lynn Hickey and Interim President David May.<\/p>\n    <div class=\"give-box\">\n                    <h2                class=\"give-box__heading h2 hr-white\"\n            >\n                Support the Barbara R. Shields Scholarship            <\/h2>\n                        <div class=\"give-box__intro-text\">\n                <p>Start here<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n                    <form method=\"GET\" action=\"\/give\/funds\">\n                            <input\n                    type=\"hidden\"\n                    name=\"action\"\n                    value=\"add\"\n                \/>\n                                <input\n                    type=\"hidden\"\n                    name=\"fund\"\n                    value=\"barbara-r-and-walter-shields-football-scholarship\"\n                \/>\n                            <p>\n                <span class=\"give-box__input-wrapper\">\n                    <span class=\"give-box-input-extra-wrapper\">\n                        <input\n                            class=\"give-box__input\"\n                            name=\"amount\"\n                            aria-label=\"Donation amount in dollars\"\n                            value=\"40\"\n                        \/>\n                    <\/span>\n                <\/span>\n            <\/p>\n            <div>\n                <button class=\"give-box__button btn btn-white btn-md\">\n                    Continue                <\/button>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/form>\n    <\/div>\n    \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barbara Shields, \u201992, is creating a legacy that will light a path for Eastern Eagles for generations to come. She earned her degree after a successful career in the telecom industry, then began giving back to EWU. She established the Barbara R. Shields Graduate Fellowship Endowment and the Barbara R. Shields Undergraduate Scholarship. Since 2008,<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/give\/news\/barbara-shields\/\">&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":462,"featured_media":84255,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-84546","stories","type-stories","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","stories_categories-giving-joy-day","stories_categories-impact-of-gifts","stories_tags-eaf","stories_tags-football","stories_tags-giving-joy-day","stories_tags-scholarship","stories_tags-telecom"],"acf":{"featured_video":"","subheading":"The Impact of Gifts ","display_byline":false,"display_date_published":false,"Links":false,"Resources":false,"featured_image_format":"cover","display_featured_image":true,"page_hide_sidebar":false,"page_enable_page_nav":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/give\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories\/84546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/give\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/give\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/stories"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/give\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/462"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/give\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories\/84546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84590,"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/give\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories\/84546\/revisions\/84590"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/give\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/give\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}