{"id":127082,"date":"2025-08-11T08:00:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T12:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/?p=127082"},"modified":"2025-07-18T08:25:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T12:25:47","slug":"opening-convocation-is-thursday-dont-have-fomo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/opening-convocation-is-thursday-dont-have-fomo\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening Convocation is THURSDAY! Don&#8217;t have FOMO!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>The Fear Of Missing Out is REAL! All Faculty &amp; Staff<\/b>\u00a0<b>are invited to\u00a0<\/b>walk in the processional, sit together in the front seating section during the ceremony, and form the First Lap tunnel to cheer loudly for our new students as they pass by. Wear your regalia or OWU gear. Let us know you are participating (use\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/NMxRwwLUxznLgN589\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/forms.gle\/NMxRwwLUxznLgN589&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1752927336560000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3Wa8faaQ8hSWNos_aXt89_\">this form<\/a>) to help us be prepared. Last-minute add-ons are certainly welcome! No need to register if you are only able to participate in the First lap tunnel (on the Slocum and JAY walks).<\/p>\n<p>Opening Convocation is Aug. 14 from 4-4:45 p.m. Please see event details <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1AVcJRN1OlFlu9VtVK0yBqYdSKlN6z4-YEAeERwba_08\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1AVcJRN1OlFlu9VtVK0yBqYdSKlN6z4-YEAeERwba_08\/edit?usp%3Dsharing&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1752927336560000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0Dw4jHgKScbRUbuC0K_irB\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you prefer to help rather than participate, volunteers are needed. Please pick your spot using\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.signupgenius.com\/go\/10C0B4AACA929AAF8C61-57554650-opening#\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.signupgenius.com\/go\/10C0B4AACA929AAF8C61-57554650-opening%23\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1752927336560000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0VfTuPIoiHxBrdsdrRppYU\">SignUp Genius<\/a>. A follow-up email with details will be sent to those who sign up.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Set-up (no lifting involved) 2-3:30.<\/li>\n<li>Ushering 3:30-5<\/li>\n<li>Clean-up (no lifting involved) 5-5:30<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We look forward to welcoming our next class of Bishops 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>The Fear Of Missing Out is REAL! All Faculty &amp; Staff\u00a0are invited to\u00a0walk in the processional, sit together in the front seating section during the ceremony, and form the First Lap tunnel to cheer loudly for our new students as they pass by. Wear your regalia or OWU gear. Let us know you are participating [&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-127082","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\/127082","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=127082"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127083,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127082\/revisions\/127083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}