{"id":1272,"date":"2018-05-24T14:22:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T14:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/?p=1272"},"modified":"2018-10-04T14:31:50","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T14:31:50","slug":"israel-adventure-day-1-wheels-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/2018\/05\/24\/israel-adventure-day-1-wheels-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Adventure: Day 1 &#8211; Wheels Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>May 24, 2018<\/h3>\n<p>We departed today for Israel from KCI. Fourteen of us \u2013 I mean 15 including Max \u2013 took a Missouri Western bus from campus. When we got to the airport, Max was snug in my bag when I checked in, but he had to go through security. He made it through without incident.<br \/>\n-Colleen<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1273\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1273\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-1273\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/2018\/10\/DAY1-1-600x800.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/2018\/10\/DAY1-1-600x800.jpg\" alt=\"Max Griffon going through security at MCI\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20600%20800%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%273800%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/2018\/10\/DAY1-1-600x800-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/2018\/10\/DAY1-1-600x800-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/2018\/10\/DAY1-1-600x800-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/2018\/10\/DAY1-1-600x800.jpg 600w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1273\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Follow the adventures of Max T. Griffon on his first alumni trip. Max will be departing for Israel on US Airways on May 24. He&#8217;s stowing away in Colleen&#8217;s luggage rather than flying on his own so that he&#8217;s not tired when he gets there. &#8220;Since Max is so small, he doesn&#8217;t need his own seat,&#8221; said Colleen Kowich, Director of Alumni Relations, &#8220;Max and I are looking forward to our first Alumni Association trip led by Dr. Jimmy Albright.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1274\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1274\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-1274\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/2018\/10\/DAY1-2-768x576.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/2018\/10\/DAY1-2-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"The group of 15 alumni depart for Israel from Kansas City\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27768%27%20height%3D%27576%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20768%20576%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27768%27%20height%3D%273576%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/2018\/10\/DAY1-2-768x576-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/2018\/10\/DAY1-2-768x576-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/2018\/10\/DAY1-2-768x576-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/2018\/10\/DAY1-2-768x576-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/2018\/10\/DAY1-2-768x576.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1274\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">14 alumni and Max the Griffon ride the shuttle to Kansas City International Airport.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 24, 2018 We departed today for Israel from KCI. 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