{"id":22988,"date":"2016-10-27T17:40:49","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T17:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/d45h139.public.uconn.edu\/sites\/news\/?p=22988"},"modified":"2016-10-27T17:40:49","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T17:40:49","slug":"silent-auction-to-benefit-student-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2016\/10\/silent-auction-to-benefit-student-scholarships\/","title":{"rendered":"Silent Auction To Benefit Student Scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_22998\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22998\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22998 size-full img-responsive lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/d45h139.public.uconn.edu\/sites\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gala-Logo-topper.jpg\" alt=\"The Gadget Guru Gala is set for November 11. The Gala's Silent Auction is running now!\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 700px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 700\/394;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22998\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Gadget Guru Gala is set for November 11. The Gala&#8217;s Silent Auction is closed!<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_22999\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22999\" style=\"width: 152px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22999 size-full img-responsive lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/d45h139.public.uconn.edu\/sites\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Golden-Lamb.jpg\" alt=\"golden-lamb\" width=\"152\" height=\"272\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 152px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 152\/272;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22999\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dinner at the Golden Lamb is one of the auction items.<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_23000\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23000\" style=\"width: 278px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23000 img-responsive lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/d45h139.public.uconn.edu\/sites\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/FMB.jpg\" alt=\"A stay at beautiful Fort Meyers beach is up for auction.\" width=\"278\" height=\"181\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 278px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 278\/181;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23000\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A stay at beautiful Fort Meyers Beach is up for auction.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p><strong>IMPORTANT:<\/strong> <strong>Auction is now closed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The summation of UConn Engineering\u2019s centennial celebration, the Gadget Guru Gala, is coming soon, with hundreds of engineering luminaries ready to come together to celebrate the first hundred years of UConn Engineering. If you can\u2019t attend, you can still be a part of the event by taking part in the <a href=\"http:\/\/s.uconn.edu\/GurusGalaAuction\">UConn Engineering &amp;UConn Foundation Scholarship Benefit Auction<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With over 60 items available- and some yet to be revealed- this auction has something for everyone. Whether you\u2019d like to spend two nights at Foxwoods Resort Casino, have a day of fun at the Outdoor Adventure Park, or have a<strong> dinner prepared by our own Dean Kazem Kazerounian,<\/strong> we have an auction item for you. Other highlights include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Large Stanley Tool Box Filled with Hand Tools &amp; Supplies \u2013 Est. value: $575<\/li>\n<li>One Overnight Stay &amp; $500 Saybrook Point Inn &amp; Spa Gift Cards \u2013 Est. value $800<\/li>\n<li>Set of Four (4) Box Seat Tickets for a New York Yankees Home Game \u2013 Est. value $900<\/li>\n<li>Two (2) Travel Certificates for Round Trip Travel on JetBlue Airways \u2013 Est. value $900<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23001\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23001\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23001 img-responsive lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/d45h139.public.uconn.edu\/sites\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/adventure-park-storrs-2.jpg\" alt=\"Swing between the trees at the Storrs Adventure Park.\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 275px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 275\/183;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23001\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Swing between the trees at the Storrs Adventure Park.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>All of the funds raised by this auction go to our goal of establishing 100 new scholarships within engineering. By bidding, you\u2019re helping deserving students here at UConn become the engineering leaders of the future.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gadget Guru Gala Silent Auction is running now, with a variety of unique experiences and good deals!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":22996,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1866],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[43],"class_list":["post-22988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-engr"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-23 00:25:03","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22988"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=22988"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=22988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}