{"id":3007,"date":"2026-08-12T15:24:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T19:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/?p=3007"},"modified":"2026-08-12T15:24:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T19:24:26","slug":"aug-20-celebrate-new-bishops-on-their-first-lap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/aug-20-celebrate-new-bishops-on-their-first-lap\/","title":{"rendered":"Aug 20: Celebrate New Bishops on their First Lap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The newest class of Bishops will complete their first lap of campus on Thursday, August 20, 2026! Families are encouraged to join OWU faculty and staff to cheer on students by lining both sides of the JAYwalk at approximately 4:30 p.m. near the R.W. Corns Building, Mowry Alumni Center and Hamilton-Williams Campus Center. Students will parade through following the conclusion of Convocation. Bishop spirit wear is strongly encouraged. Questions can be emailed to Assistant Director Cassie Smith at <a href=\"http:\/\/cesmith@owu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/cesmith@owu.edu&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1786648756865000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0IfWhC2zilzpHSrFjs6J4Y\">cesmith@owu.edu.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>OWU Sponsoring Organization\/Office:<\/strong>\u00a0Advancement &amp; Strategic Ventures<br \/>\n<strong>Contact:<\/strong>\u00a0Cassie Smith at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:cesmith@owu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cesmith@owu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The newest class of Bishops will complete their first lap of campus on Thursday, August 20, 2026! Families are encouraged to join OWU faculty and staff to cheer on students by lining both sides of the JAYwalk at approximately 4:30 p.m. near the R.W. Corns Building, Mowry Alumni Center and Hamilton-Williams Campus Center. Students will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2100,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-parent-family-engagement"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":7}},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2100"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3007"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3008,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3007\/revisions\/3008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}