{"id":2677,"date":"2015-06-16T08:54:35","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T12:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/dev-mag\/?p=2677"},"modified":"2015-06-16T08:54:35","modified_gmt":"2015-06-16T12:54:35","slug":"day-at-the-capitol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/2015\/06\/16\/day-at-the-capitol\/","title":{"rendered":"Day at the Capitol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2802\" src=\"http:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SPRING15day-at-the-capitol.jpg\" alt=\"SPRING15day-at-the-capitol\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SPRING15day-at-the-capitol.jpg 650w, https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SPRING15day-at-the-capitol-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SPRING15day-at-the-capitol-315x210.jpg 315w, https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/SPRING15day-at-the-capitol-550x366.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During the second annual Day at the Capitol event in February, representatives from Georgia Southern\u2019s academic colleges, athletics division and student organizations were on hand to speak to state legislators and to promote the University\u2019s many programs, initiatives and achievements.<\/p>\n<p>State leaders heard more about the University\u2019s Military Science programs, Georgia Southern\u2019s groundbreaking research and creativity efforts and they received an update on the new Manufacturing Engineering program in the Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Information Technology.<\/p>\n<p>The day also featured an opportunity to show off Freedom, Georgia Southern\u2019s bald eagle, as well as GUS, the school mascot, and the football team\u2019s Sun Belt Championship trophy. While visiting the Georgia House and Senate chambers, University leaders were presented with invitation resolutions, and Gov. Nathan Deal commended Georgia Southern on its continued achievements both on the field and in the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith a century-old record of academic and athletics achievement, Georgia Southern is a model for success in our university system,\u201d Deal said. \u201cThe school has launched the careers of countless young professionals, including several members of my own staff, and athletes who so greatly represent Georgia across the country and around the world. I\u2019m confident that there are only greater things to come from Georgia Southern in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eagle Nation Showcases Achievements<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2802,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[47],"class_list":["post-2677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-spring-2015"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}