{"id":4747,"date":"2015-09-02T13:42:20","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T18:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/?p=4747"},"modified":"2015-09-30T11:13:19","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T16:13:19","slug":"sau-housing-receives-freedom-award-nomination-for-military-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/2015\/sau-housing-receives-freedom-award-nomination-for-military-support\/","title":{"rendered":"SAU Housing Receives Freedom Award Nomination for Military Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/09\/Housing-Military-Award4.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4748 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/09\/Housing-Military-Award4-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"Housing Military Award4\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/09\/Housing-Military-Award4-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/09\/Housing-Military-Award4-768x503.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/09\/Housing-Military-Award4-1536x1007.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/09\/Housing-Military-Award4-1024x671.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/09\/Housing-Military-Award4.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The University Housing department at Southern Arkansas University was recently recognized by the Department of Defense for its support of the National Guard and Reserve employees and students.<\/p>\n<p>SAU Housing received a nomination for the Employer Support Freedom Award during a presentation on September 2, 2015. This nomination puts SAU Housing in the running forthe Department of Defense\u2019s Top Employer Award, which is the highest recognition given by the DoD to employers for their support of National Guard and Reserve members.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This award was nominated by a Guard or Reserve member who is also an employee and\/or student at SAU. This individual considers SAU to be an outstanding supporter of his\/her service in the National Guard or Reserve. This nomination also notes SAU\u2019s interest, dedication, and mostly the critical role SAU as an employer plays in the National Defense of our country.<\/p>\n<p>SAU has been recognized for its support of military students and employees in the past, being named a \u201cMilitary Friendly School\u201d by G.I. Jobs magazine. Universities named in this group are nominated by military students who complete surveys noting institutions which prioritize the recruitment of students with military experience and offer scholarships, discounts, veterans\u2019 clubs, full-time staff, military credit, and other services to those who served.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the Employer Support Freedom Award, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esgr.mil\/\">http:\/\/www.esgr.mil\/<\/a> or by visiting their Facebook page at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/arkansas.esgr\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/arkansas.esgr<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University Housing department at Southern Arkansas University was recently recognized by the Department of Defense for its support of the National Guard and Reserve employees and students. SAU Housing received a nomination for the Employer Support Freedom Award during a presentation on September 2, 2015. This nomination puts SAU Housing in the running forthe&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/2015\/sau-housing-receives-freedom-award-nomination-for-military-support\/\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":820,"featured_media":4748,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7753,143,126],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4747","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-homepage","8":"category-student-life","9":"category-university-housing","10":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/820"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}