{"id":2076,"date":"2014-03-17T09:48:22","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T14:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lamp1.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=2076"},"modified":"2019-06-04T16:20:40","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T21:20:40","slug":"ping-pong-tournament-benefits-international-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2014\/03\/17\/ping-pong-tournament-benefits-international-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Ping Pong Tournament Benefits International Students"},"content":{"rendered":" Dr. Krikor Partamian of St. Joseph was the Ping Pong National Champion of Syria in 1960.\n<p>Missouri Western State University presents the inaugural Dr. Krikor Partamian Ping Pong Tournament at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 29 in the Looney Small Gym. The registration fee for participants is $25. There is a $10 admission fee for observers; students will be admitted free. Proceeds will benefit the International Student Program at Missouri Western.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Partamian was a member of Missouri Western\u2019s Board of Regents (now Board of Governors) from 1996 to 2002. In 1960, he was the Ping Pong National Champion of Syria.<\/p>\n<p>Contestants will play a double-elimination tournament, with the bracket winner to play Dr. Partamian at 8:30 p.m.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In addition to the competition, attendees can enjoy a sampling of international foods and learn more about many of the countries represented among Missouri Western\u2019s international students. There will also be a cash bar.<\/p>\n<p>For more information or to register, please call the Missouri Western President\u2019s Office at 816-271-4237. The registration deadline is March 24.<\/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>Missouri Western State University presents the inaugural Dr. Krikor Partamian Ping Pong Tournament at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 29 in the Looney Small Gym. The registration fee for participants is $25. There is a $10 admission fee for observers; students will be admitted free. Proceeds will benefit the International Student Program at Missouri Western. Dr. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[48],"tags":[169,320,459,623],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2076"}],"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=2076"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7815,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2076\/revisions\/7815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}