{"id":4727,"date":"2025-06-09T16:21:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T20:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/magazine\/?p=4727"},"modified":"2025-07-03T12:45:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T16:45:14","slug":"inspiring-future-generations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/magazine\/2025\/inspiring-future-generations\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspiring Future Generations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4726\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4726\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-4726 img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/147\/2025\/06\/09161354\/P34_Class-of-1974.jpg\" alt=\"Two women smiling and pointing at photos on a board on an easel, which has graduation photos of students from 1974.\" width=\"480\" height=\"319\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4726\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alumnae Jody Berman, left, and Judy Strauss-Schwartz enjoyed reminiscing at their 50th reunion in November | Photo by Esterly Photography<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It all started with a brick.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When the Western Reserve College Class of 1974 gathered for their 45th reunion in 2019, they had the opportunity to mark the occasion by donating an engraved paver stone at the newly expanded <a href=\"https:\/\/case.edu\/president\/initiatives\/enhancing-our-campus\/frank-n-and-jocelyne-k-linsalata-alumni-center\">Frank N. and Jocelyne K. Linsalata Alumni Center<\/a>. But a small group of classmates wanted to do more, and began planning a larger contribution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At their 50th reunion during Case Western Reserve University\u2019s Homecoming and Reunion Weekend in November, they officially announced the Western Reserve College Class of 1974 Endowed Scholarship Fund\u2014the first endowed class gift at the College of Arts and Sciences. In addition to offering financial assistance for undergraduate students, contributors hope their gift will inspire future generations of alumni to give back.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s never too early to start giving, and there is no contribution too small to demonstrate your gratitude,\u201d said <\/span><b>Jody Berman<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (WRC \u201974), who championed the fund. \u201cIt\u2019s a wonderful opportunity to help someone else have an enriching CWRU experience.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>To build on the momentum around the fund, Harry William \u201cBill\u201d Detrich (WRC \u201974) is offering a $5,000 match for all new gifts to the scholarship.<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For more information on class gifts or to contribute to the WRC Class of 1974 Endowed Scholarship Fund, email <a href=\"mailto:collegesupport@case.edu\">collegesupport@case.edu<\/a>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It all started with a brick.\u00a0<br \/>\nWhen the Western Reserve College Class of 1974 gathered for their 45th reunion in 2019, they had the opportunity to mark the occasion by donating an engraved paver stone at the newly expanded <a href=\"https:\/\/case.edu\/president\/initiatives\/enhancing-our-campus\/frank-n-and-jocelyne-k-linsalata-alumni-center\">Frank N.<\/a> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/magazine\/2025\/inspiring-future-generations\/\">&#8230;Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":481,"featured_media":4726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/147\/2025\/06\/09161354\/P34_Class-of-1974.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4727"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/481"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4727"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4953,"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4727\/revisions\/4953"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}