{"id":1897,"date":"2014-01-17T08:55:23","date_gmt":"2014-01-17T14:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lamp1.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=1897"},"modified":"2019-06-04T16:19:36","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T21:19:36","slug":"missouri-western-celebrates-mlk-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2014\/01\/17\/missouri-western-celebrates-mlk-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Missouri Western Celebrates MLK Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Center for Multicultural Education and the Division of Student Affairs at Missouri Western State University have several events planned to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The campus will be closed Monday, Jan. 20, in honor of Martin Luther King Day. The week\u2019s schedule includes:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A Day of Service: volunteer students will work on a Habitat for Humanity house Tuesday, Jan. 21. The bus will leave campus at 3 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Drum Major for Justice Awards Banquet: 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22, Fulkerson Center. There is no cost, but reservations are required by 4:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17.<\/li>\n<li>Lee Daniels\u2019 \u201cThe Butler\u201d screening: 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23, in the Kemper Recital Hall inside Spratt Hall.<\/li>\n<li>Candlelight vigil: 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24, Blum Student Union and University Plaza.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information on any of these events or to make reservations for the banquet Wednesday night, call the Center for Multicultural Education at 816-271-4150 or email <a href=\"mailto:cme@missouriwestern.edu\">cme@missouriwestern.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Missouri Western State University is a comprehensive regional university providing a blend of traditional liberal arts and professional degree programs. The university offers student-centered, high quality instruction that focuses on experience-based learning, community service, and state-of-the-art technology. 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 <\/em><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\">www.missouriwestern.edu<\/a><\/em><em>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Center for Multicultural Education and the Division of Student Affairs at Missouri Western State University have several events planned to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The campus will be closed Monday, Jan. 20, in honor of Martin Luther King Day. The week\u2019s schedule includes:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[48],"tags":[207,309,515],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1897"}],"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=1897"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8505,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1897\/revisions\/8505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}