{"id":483,"date":"2013-05-13T13:42:52","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T18:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.winona.edu\/Insights\/?p=483"},"modified":"2013-05-13T13:42:52","modified_gmt":"2013-05-13T18:42:52","slug":"top-10-reasons-i-recommend-being-inaugurated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.winona.edu\/insights\/top-10-reasons-i-recommend-being-inaugurated\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Reasons I Recommend Being Inaugurated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.winona.edu\/Insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/05\/medallion.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-462 aligncenter\" alt=\"medallion\" src=\"https:\/\/news.winona.edu\/Insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/05\/medallion.jpg\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.winona.edu\/insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/05\/medallion.jpg 576w, https:\/\/news.winona.edu\/insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/05\/medallion-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.winona.edu\/insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/05\/medallion-550x412.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My inauguration on April 19 was a celebration of all the good things we do at Winona State. Even though my list only reflects a lighter side, I was very moved by the tradition I became a part of that day. I am humbled to serve as the fifteenth president of this great university.<\/p>\n<p>10. Your mom will really like it.<br \/>\n9. It\u2019s a good idea to air out the doctoral robe between commencements.<br \/>\n8. The mace may come in handy if Visigoths try to storm the ramparts.<br \/>\n7. Chartwells serves excellent food at the reception, or so I\u2019m told \u2026 I never really got past the entrance.<br \/>\n6. People actually sing the alma mater at WSU, and they sound great.<br \/>\n5. There\u2019s no bling like medallion bling!<br \/>\n4. Zero grievances filed during the ceremony.<br \/>\n3. Everybody looks good in purple.<br \/>\n2. Dampens the disappointment of failing to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry yet again! (Apparently, becoming a chemist is a good first step, but it\u2019s hard to find the time.)<br \/>\n1. The only other time all of these people will be in the same room is at your wedding, so if someone accidentally clinks their glass at your inauguration luncheon it\u2019s a great opportunity to steal a kiss from your spouse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My inauguration on April 19 was a celebration of all the good things we do at Winona State. Even though my list only reflects a lighter side, I was very moved by the tradition I became a part of that day. I am humbled to serve as the fifteenth president of this great university. 10. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insights"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.winona.edu\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.winona.edu\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.winona.edu\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.winona.edu\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.winona.edu\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/news.winona.edu\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":490,"href":"https:\/\/news.winona.edu\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483\/revisions\/490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.winona.edu\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.winona.edu\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.winona.edu\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}