{"id":5724,"date":"2016-11-03T08:44:36","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T13:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/?p=5724"},"modified":"2016-11-03T08:47:35","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T13:47:35","slug":"sau-hosts-annual-veterans-day-tribute-nov-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/2016\/sau-hosts-annual-veterans-day-tribute-nov-11\/","title":{"rendered":"SAU hosts annual Veterans&#8217; Day Tribute Nov. 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/11\/Veterans-Day-2015-Ceremony-img_6945.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5725 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/11\/Veterans-Day-2015-Ceremony-img_6945-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"veterans-day-2015-ceremony-img_6945\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/11\/Veterans-Day-2015-Ceremony-img_6945-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/11\/Veterans-Day-2015-Ceremony-img_6945-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/11\/Veterans-Day-2015-Ceremony-img_6945-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/11\/Veterans-Day-2015-Ceremony-img_6945.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Wear your patriotic colors and join Southern Arkansas University\u2019s annual Veterans\u2019 Day tribute from 12-1:30 p.m. on November 11, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The event will be held in Grand Hall in the Donald W. Reynolds Center.\u00a0 Parking is available in the Reynolds Center parking lot, and the SAU President\u2019s Ambassadors will provide shuttle services as needed.<\/p>\n<p>Scheduled to speak at the tribute is SAU President Dr. Trey Berry.<\/p>\n<p>Inspiring entertainment will be provided by talented SAU students, faculty, staff and alumni. Karnesia George, SAU alumna, will perform \u201cBattle Hymn of the Republic.\u201d\u00a0 Beth Ann Rankin, Associate Director of Development for SAU, will sing \u201cAmerica the Beautiful.\u201d\u00a0 SAU student, Devin Sipes, of the SAU Band, will perform \u201cTaps.\u201d The SAU Brass Quintet, consisting of Devin Sipes, Trumpet, Seth Loftin, Trumpet, Renee Jorgensen, French Horn, Raechel Settlemoir, Trombone and Cyrus Tucker, Tuba, will play the service hymns as well as the National Anthem.<\/p>\n<p>Carey Baker, Dean of Students at SAU, will present textbook stipends to aid two current SAU students receiving veteran benefits. SAU is home to returning veterans looking to get a college education, and the University has been awarded for the past six years the designation of \u201cMilitary Friendly School\u201d by <em>G.I. Jobs<\/em>, the premier magazine for military personnel transitioning into civilian life.\u00a0 This year SAU has just been chosen as a Top School in the 2017 <em>Military Advanced Education and Transition Guide to Colleges and Universities.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For more information about the program, contact Vicki Butler, Veterans Resource Center director, at 870-235-4026 or <a href=\"mailto:vjbutler@saumag.edu\">vjbutler@saumag.edu<\/a>. A reception will follow the tribute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wear your patriotic colors and join Southern Arkansas University\u2019s annual Veterans\u2019 Day tribute from 12-1:30 p.m. on November 11, 2016. The event will be held in Grand Hall in the Donald W. Reynolds Center.\u00a0 Parking is available in the Reynolds Center parking lot, and the SAU President\u2019s Ambassadors will provide shuttle services as needed. Scheduled&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/2016\/sau-hosts-annual-veterans-day-tribute-nov-11\/\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":564,"featured_media":5725,"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":[265,4464],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5724","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-events","8":"category-veterans","9":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5724","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=5724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}