{"id":5680,"date":"2016-09-29T14:58:15","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T19:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/?p=5680"},"modified":"2016-09-29T15:01:08","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T20:01:08","slug":"light-fight-ceremony-planned-oct-3-sau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/2016\/light-fight-ceremony-planned-oct-3-sau\/","title":{"rendered":"Light for the Fight ceremony planned for Oct. 3 at SAU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/09\/Light-for-the-Fight-2015-2.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5681\" src=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/09\/Light-for-the-Fight-2015-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"light-for-the-fight-2015-2\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/09\/Light-for-the-Fight-2015-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/09\/Light-for-the-Fight-2015-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/09\/Light-for-the-Fight-2015-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/09\/Light-for-the-Fight-2015-2.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Rankin College of Business at Southern Arkansas University will sponsor its annual Light for the Fight ceremony on Monday, Oct. 3, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Business Building.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony is to honor all of those who have battled cancer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis Light for the Fight ceremony began when our students wanted to do something to honor the Tammie Green, the wife of our professor Ken Green,\u201d said Dr. Lisa Toms, dean of the Rankin College of Business. \u201cCancer is a tragic disease that is so prevalent in our society; it has touched all of us in some way, either through a personal battle or through family and friends. This ceremony is a way to honor all of those who have battled cancer, as well as for the survivors of those who have been lost to cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luminaries are available for purchase in honor and in memory of friends and family members. The luminaries are $5 each and can be purchased by calling 870-235-4300 or by email at <a href=\"mailto:rltalley@saumag.edu\">rltalley@saumag.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rankin College of Business at Southern Arkansas University will sponsor its annual Light for the Fight ceremony on Monday, Oct. 3, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Business Building. The ceremony is to honor all of those who have battled cancer. \u201cThis Light for the Fight ceremony began when our students wanted to do&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/2016\/light-fight-ceremony-planned-oct-3-sau\/\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":564,"featured_media":5681,"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":[140,276],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5680","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-college-of-business","8":"category-community-corner","9":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5680","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\/564"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}