{"id":1425,"date":"2017-12-08T00:48:20","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T00:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/finaid\/?page_id=1425"},"modified":"2021-04-09T08:59:11","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T13:59:11","slug":"thanking-the-scholarship-donor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/finaid\/thanking-the-scholarship-donor\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanking the Scholarship Donor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:30px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">As a recipient of a privately contributed scholarship at Missouri Western State University, you are required to express your written appreciation to the donor who made it possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">A personal note of thanks from you reinforces our efforts to assure the donor that his or her investment in Missouri Western is meaningful and appreciated. The tips provided below will assist you as you prepare your thank you letter.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Express your gratitude for the scholarship, and tell the donor how the\u00a0award will help you.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">You may want to include information about yourself, your major, your hometown, and any activities you are involved in on campus. It will help make your letter more personal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Be sure to include the date, a salutation and a proper closing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Use the words \u201cthank you.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Be clear and concise.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Check and re-check spelling, grammar and punctuation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">If you have questions, or need help composing your thank you note, please contact the Foundation Office at (816) 271-5653.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>To complete your thank you note, please log into Goldlink.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:50px;margin-bottom:50px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-shadow\" style=\"background:radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% -50% , #e0dede 0px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 80%) repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);background:-webkit-radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% -50% , #e0dede 0px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 80%) repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);background:-moz-radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% -50% , #e0dede 0px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 80%) repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);background:-o-radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% -50% , #e0dede 0px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 80%) repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1425"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1425"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3350,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1425\/revisions\/3350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}