{"id":115725,"date":"2023-08-14T08:00:20","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T12:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/?p=115725"},"modified":"2023-08-14T09:20:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T13:20:12","slug":"aug-17-4-p-m-faculty-staff-join-us-for-opening-convocation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/aug-17-4-p-m-faculty-staff-join-us-for-opening-convocation\/","title":{"rendered":"Aug. 17 @ 4 p.m. &#8211; Faculty &amp; Staff, Join Us for Opening Convocation!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Be a part of this awesome opportunity to welcome the incoming first-year class and their guests. Faculty and staff are invited to participate in the processional, ceremony, and First Lap tunnel. Everyone can participate in just the First Lap tunnel &#8212; spread the word!<\/p>\n<p>Important Details:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thursday, 8\/17, 4-4:50 on the Rock Quad (inclement weather &#8212; Gray Chapel)<\/li>\n<li>First Lap tunnel is immediately following on the Slocum Walk &amp; JAYwalk.<\/li>\n<li>RSVP at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3OTJ5iu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/bit.ly\/3OTJ5iu&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1692017427759000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0U7nUNwD0zVucP92EdpwfP\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/3OTJ5iu<\/a>. Last-minute arrivals are certainly welcome! Only doing the tunnel? No need to RSVP.<\/li>\n<li>Faculty should wear regalia (No regalia? Wear OWU gear).<\/li>\n<li>Staff may wear regalia or OWU gear.<\/li>\n<li>Further details at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/455HpI9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/bit.ly\/455HpI9&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1692017427759000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2pgMi0cNFveckJR7dMmmGs\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/455HpI9<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Volunteers are needed. Register at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3KBLJXj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/bit.ly\/3KBLJXj&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1692017427759000&amp;usg=AOvVaw16qAeEeXoRh-1dZXCclvKE\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3KBLJXj<\/a>\u00a0to assist with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Set-up (no lifting) 2-3:30<\/li>\n<li>Ushering 3:15-5<\/li>\n<li>Clean-up (no lifting) 5-5:30<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Looking forward to welcoming our first-year students with you!<\/p>\n<p>OWU Sponsoring Organization\/Office: Academic Affairs<br \/>\nContact: Leigh Ann Emmons at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:provost@owu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">provost@owu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Be a part of this awesome opportunity to welcome the incoming first-year class and their guests. Faculty and staff are invited to participate in the processional, ceremony, and First Lap tunnel. Everyone can participate in just the First Lap tunnel &#8212; spread the word! Important Details: Thursday, 8\/17, 4-4:50 on the Rock Quad (inclement weather [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2057,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-facultystaff-news-events"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2057"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115725"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115735,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115725\/revisions\/115735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}