PARKERSBURG — West Virginia College at Parkersburg will have fun its diamond anniversary by raffling a hoop value $10,000 Wingrove Jewelers.
The ring options three diamonds framed by diamond clusters. The overall diamond weight of the ring is 2.5 carats.
The faculty till Feb.10 will promote raffle tickets for $100 every. Consistent with WVU Parkersburg’s mission to offer accessible, life-changing alternatives, ticket gross sales will sponsor scholar entries to the drawing.
To buy a raffle ticket, contact the WVU at Parkersburg Basis at 304 424-8340 or basis@wvup.edu.
Raffle gross sales will profit WVU at Parkersburg Basis scholar actions and scholarship funds. The giveaway winner might be introduced Feb. 14, Valentines Day.
“As we thought-about methods to have fun a sixtieth anniversary, the answer was easy: share with our college students,” Torie Jackson, WVU Parkersburg chief working officer, mentioned. “Group members who select to offer by buying tickets will truly get to offer for college kids twice, as soon as for the chance to be within the drawing and a second time by having the ticket gross sales go into an account for scholar actions and scholarships.”
Jackson, who is also the muse CEO and president, is aware of college students typically want funding to pay for faculty lessons and take part in organized school actions. It is just by means of beneficiant donors that the muse is ready to meet the wants of scholars.
The ring donation was made potential by the sixtieth Anniversary Committee co-chairs, Kiki Angelos, David Creel, Annette Fehrenbacher and Terry Hardman.
“As an incredible supporter of WVU Parkersburg, I’m very excited to have fun the faculty’s sixtieth birthday and our partnership with Wingrove Jewelers,” Angelos mentioned. “With this ring, I hope to lift a whole lot of funds to learn all of our native college students.”
The faculty is appreciative of the efforts of the neighborhood leaders within the planning of one other anniversary social gathering for WVU Parkersburg, Jackson mentioned.
“Whereas we aren’t in a position to have that enormous social gathering we had hoped for this 12 months, they discovered different methods to proceed the celebration,” she mentioned.
Whereas the diamond ring is on the centerpiece of the celebration, WVU Parkersburg additionally offers again to the neighborhood by means of its WVUP Provides initiative. WVUP Provides collected objects, together with gloves, non-perishable meals, scarves and faculty provides to distribute to native meals and clothes pantries and faculties.