{"id":12609,"date":"2012-05-01T08:51:03","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T12:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=12609"},"modified":"2017-02-22T11:43:28","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T16:43:28","slug":"graduates-honored-for-contributions-to-campus-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/graduates-honored-for-contributions-to-campus-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduates Honored for Contributions to Campus, Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ten graduating seniors were honored as \u201cCords of Distinction\u201d recipients in a ceremony held Saturday afternoon, April 28 at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU).<\/p>\n<p>Faculty, staff and fellow students nominated the recipients, who were cited for their \u201csignificant and verifiable impact\u201d on the university and on student life, for their contributions to developing the institution\u2019s positive image, for substantial contributions to the Harrisonburg\/Rockingham County area and beyond, for their high academic and social standing and their embodiment of EMU\u2019s shared values of Christian discipleship, community, service and peacebuilding.<\/p>\n<p>They wore gold and blue cords as they graduated Sunday, April 29.<\/p>\n<p>Blue represents strength of conviction that one person can help to create a better institution or community. Gold represents the love of spirit and yearning toward creating a better university environment or community.<\/p>\n<p>The recipients are:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Benjamin Bailey<\/strong>, Simsbury, Conn., peacebuilding and development, Biblical studies major;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Brendon Derstine<\/strong>, Harleysville, Pa., history and social science, secondary education licensure;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Grace Engle<\/strong>, Wauseon, Ohio, social work major;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Brandon Habron<\/strong>, Fredericksburg, Va., liberal arts major;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Katie Jantzen<\/strong>, Plymouth, Neb., environmental sustainability;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Clothilda Johnson<\/strong>, Banjul, The Gambia, nursing major;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Katherine Landis<\/strong>, Lancaster, Pa., photography, digital media major;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rebekah *[last name omitted on request]<\/strong>, Pettisville, Ohio, nursing major;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Michelle Ramirez<\/strong>, Harrisonburg, Va., social work major;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Andrew Richter<\/strong>, Perkasie, Pa., business administration major.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ten graduating seniors were honored as \u201cCords of Distinction\u201d recipients in a ceremony held Saturday afternoon, April 28 at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). Faculty, staff and fellow students nominated the <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/graduates-honored-for-contributions-to-campus-community\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about Graduates Honored for Contributions to Campus, Community<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":12611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4515,359,5591,5583,5643,5595,5597,5600,14145,6287,5730,12507],"tags":[14282,14278,13972,6733,14231,13875,11533,13840,8558],"feature":[],"class_list":["post-12609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics","category-applied-social-sciences","category-business-and-leadership","category-campus-community","category-environmental-sustainability","category-history","category-liberal-arts","category-nursing","category-peacebuilding-and-development","category-social-work","category-undergraduate-programs","category-vaca","tag-andrew-richter","tag-benjamin-bailey","tag-clothilda-johnson","tag-cords-of-distinction","tag-grace-engle","tag-katie-jantzen","tag-liberal-arts","tag-michelle-ramirez","tag-photography"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Graduates Honored for Contributions to Campus, Community - EMU News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/graduates-honored-for-contributions-to-campus-community\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Graduates Honored for Contributions to Campus, Community - EMU News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ten graduating seniors were honored as \u201cCords of Distinction\u201d recipients in a ceremony held Saturday afternoon, April 28 at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). Faculty, staff and fellow students nominated the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/graduates-honored-for-contributions-to-campus-community\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"EMU News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EasternMennonite\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-05-01T12:51:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-02-22T16:43:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/04\/IMG_8635_web.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1525\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"925\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@EMU_News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@EMU_News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/graduates-honored-for-contributions-to-campus-community\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/graduates-honored-for-contributions-to-campus-community\/\",\"name\":\"Graduates Honored for Contributions to Campus, Community - EMU News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/graduates-honored-for-contributions-to-campus-community\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/graduates-honored-for-contributions-to-campus-community\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/04\/IMG_8635_web.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-05-01T12:51:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-02-22T16:43:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/graduates-honored-for-contributions-to-campus-community\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/graduates-honored-for-contributions-to-campus-community\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/graduates-honored-for-contributions-to-campus-community\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/04\/IMG_8635_web.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/04\/IMG_8635_web.jpg\",\"width\":\"1525\",\"height\":\"925\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/graduates-honored-for-contributions-to-campus-community\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Graduates Honored for Contributions to Campus, Community\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/\",\"name\":\"EMU News\",\"description\":\"News from the Eastern Mennonite University community.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Graduates Honored for Contributions to Campus, Community - EMU News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/graduates-honored-for-contributions-to-campus-community\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Graduates Honored for Contributions to Campus, Community - EMU News","og_description":"Ten graduating seniors were honored as \u201cCords of Distinction\u201d recipients in a ceremony held Saturday afternoon, April 28 at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). Faculty, staff and fellow students nominated the","og_url":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/graduates-honored-for-contributions-to-campus-community\/","og_site_name":"EMU News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EasternMennonite","article_published_time":"2012-05-01T12:51:03+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-02-22T16:43:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1525,"height":925,"url":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/04\/IMG_8635_web.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@EMU_News","twitter_site":"@EMU_News","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/graduates-honored-for-contributions-to-campus-community\/","url":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/graduates-honored-for-contributions-to-campus-community\/","name":"Graduates Honored for Contributions to Campus, Community - EMU News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/graduates-honored-for-contributions-to-campus-community\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/graduates-honored-for-contributions-to-campus-community\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/04\/IMG_8635_web.jpg","datePublished":"2012-05-01T12:51:03+00:00","dateModified":"2017-02-22T16:43:28+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/graduates-honored-for-contributions-to-campus-community\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/graduates-honored-for-contributions-to-campus-community\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/graduates-honored-for-contributions-to-campus-community\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/04\/IMG_8635_web.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/04\/IMG_8635_web.jpg","width":"1525","height":"925"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/graduates-honored-for-contributions-to-campus-community\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Graduates Honored for Contributions to Campus, Community"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/","name":"EMU News","description":"News from the Eastern Mennonite University community.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":""}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/112"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12609"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31985,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12609\/revisions\/31985"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12609"},{"taxonomy":"feature","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/feature?post=12609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}