{"id":10313,"date":"2022-04-20T11:31:24","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T16:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=10313"},"modified":"2022-04-20T11:41:02","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T16:41:02","slug":"griffon-esports-to-raise-money-for-childrens-miracle-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2022\/04\/20\/griffon-esports-to-raise-money-for-childrens-miracle-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Griffon Esports to raise money for Children\u2019s Miracle Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10314\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/04\/24hourgraphic-310x310.png\" alt=\"Griffon Esports 24 hour charity live stream\" width=\"310\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/04\/24hourgraphic-66x66.png 66w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/04\/24hourgraphic-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/04\/24hourgraphic-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/04\/24hourgraphic-310x310.png 310w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/04\/24hourgraphic-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/04\/24hourgraphic-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/04\/24hourgraphic-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/04\/24hourgraphic-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/04\/24hourgraphic.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/>April 20, 2022&#8211;Griffon Esports at Missouri Western State University will host a 24-hour livestream for charity starting at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 21. The stream will originate from the Griffon Esports Arena in Blum Union and can be viewed on the program\u2019s Twitch channel, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/griffon_esports\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">twitch.tv\/griffon_esports<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Esports is once again partnering with Extra Life to benefit Children\u2019s Miracle Network Hospitals. Those watching the gamers via the stream will be asked to contribute via <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.extra-life.org\/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.team&amp;teamID=61061\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the team\u2019s Extra Life page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The stream will include two special one-on-one matches featuring Missouri Western administrators. Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy, president, will take on Darrell Morrison, vice president for finance and administration, at 11 a.m. on Friday, and Chris Dunn, chief of staff, will play Becky Dunn, chief communications officer at 2 p.m. on Friday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Students oversee all aspects of the production. Griffon Esports is pleased to partner with two local businesses, Pie Five and EXP Gaming Lounge, which will sponsor segments of the stream.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Last year, Griffon Esports raised more than $5,000 for the Children\u2019s Miracle Network through various efforts, including two 24-hour livestream events.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Missouri Western State University is a student-centered learning community preparing individuals for lives of excellence through applied learning. Missouri Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">missouriwestern.edu<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 20, 2022&#8211;Griffon Esports at Missouri Western State University will host a 24-hour livestream for charity starting at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 21. The stream will originate from the Griffon Esports Arena in Blum Union and can be viewed on the program\u2019s Twitch channel, twitch.tv\/griffon_esports.\u00a0 Esports is once again partnering with Extra Life to benefit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1037,48],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10313"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10313"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10318,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10313\/revisions\/10318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}