{"id":2644,"date":"2013-04-27T16:08:46","date_gmt":"2013-04-27T20:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/podcast\/?p=2644"},"modified":"2014-09-04T14:37:40","modified_gmt":"2014-09-04T18:37:40","slug":"cords-of-distinction-ceremony-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/podcast\/2013\/04\/27\/cords-of-distinction-ceremony-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cCords of Distinction\u201d Ceremony 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio controls src=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/media\/podcasts\/04.27.13--CordsOfDistinction.mp3\">Your browser does not support the audio element.<\/audio>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/studentlife\/cords-of-distinction\/\"><em>Cords of Distinction<\/em><\/a> award honors the efforts of graduating students who have made outstanding contributions to the university, community or society.<\/p>\n<p>The Blue cord represents strength of conviction that one person can help to create a better institution; also willingness and openness to share thoughts and ideas.<\/p>\n<p>The Gold cord represents love of spirit and yearning towards creating a better university community in which all can take part; gold is also the color of achievement.<\/p>\n<p>This years recipients of the Cords of Distinction are:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<strong>Nels<\/strong> <strong>\u00c5kerson<\/strong>, major in <em>Biology<\/em>, from Harrisonburg, VA<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<strong>Michael Allen<\/strong>, major in <em>Liberal Arts<\/em>, from Fork Union, VA<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<strong>Jossimar Diaz-Castro<\/strong>, major in <em>Philosophy &amp; Theology<\/em>, from Harrisonburg, VA<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<strong>Ryan Eshleman<\/strong>, majors in <em>Philosophy &amp; Theology <\/em>and<em> Biology<\/em>, from Harrisonburg, Va.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<strong>Darian Harnish<\/strong>, majors in <em>Accounting<\/em> and<em> Economics<\/em>, from Lancaster, PA<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<strong>Josh Kanagy<\/strong>, major in <em>Psychology<\/em>, from Harrisonburg, VA.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<strong>Julia Schmidt<\/strong>, major in <em>History<\/em>, from Pandora, Oh.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<strong>Hannah Schrock<\/strong>, major in <em>Biology<\/em>, from Iowa City, IA.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<strong>Kelley Schroder<\/strong>, major in <em>Music, Education Licensure<\/em>, from Leesburg, Va.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<strong>James Souder<\/strong>, major in <em>Environmental Sustainability<\/em>, from Harrisonburg, VA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"emu-podcast-embed\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/media\/podcasts\/04.27.13--CordsOfDistinction.mp3\">Your browser does not support the audio element.<\/audio><\/div><p>The Cords of Distinction award honors the efforts of graduating students who have made outstanding contributions to the university, community or society. The Blue cord represents strength of conviction that one person can help to create a better institution; also willingness and openness to share thoughts and ideas. The Gold cord represents love of spirit....<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3993,119,10,11],"tags":[4015,4117,4120,4121,4118,4115,4119,4122,4114,4113,4116],"class_list":["post-2644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2013-commencement","category-commencement","category-facultystaff-speakers","category-student-speakers","tag-cords-of-distinction","tag-darian-harnish","tag-hanna-schrock","tag-james-souder","tag-josh-kanagy","tag-jossimer-diaz-castro","tag-julia-schmidt","tag-kelley-schroder","tag-michael-allen","tag-nels-akerson","tag-ryan-eshleman","has-post-thumbnail","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2644"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3675,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644\/revisions\/3675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}