{"id":4727,"date":"2014-12-04T13:35:43","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T19:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/?p=4727"},"modified":"2014-12-04T13:56:31","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T19:56:31","slug":"marpeck-commons-grand-opening-and-dedication-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/2014\/marpeck-commons-grand-opening-and-dedication-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Marpeck Commons Grand Opening and Dedication (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWe are honoured to open this spectacular space to the university community and the communities surrounding CMU,\u201d says CMU President Cheryl Pauls. \u201cMarpeck Commons will be the hub of the campus and of a vibrant learning community. It\u2019s a great place for formal and informal gathering, and we\u2019re excited about the quality of conversation and study that will happen there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pauls adds that the bridge offers coherence to the CMU campus by providing students, staff, and guests a safe and accessible way across Grant Ave.<\/p>\n<p>Central to Marpeck Commons is the library. The library is vital to CMU\u2019s effectiveness in connecting students with one another and with the expertise and mentoring of faculty, librarians, and staff.<\/p>\n<p>Marpeck Commons also houses CommonWord, a book and resource centre created in partnership with Mennonite Church Canada that will allow users to buy, borrow, and download a wide range of resources, as well as a coffee and snack bar called Folio Caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube]http:\/\/youtu.be\/Cg8LNWfiNA8?list=PLetwI-M-5VVm9QIHDPS5tzny1CPTnGLDP[\/youtube]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWe are honoured to open this spectacular space to the university community and the communities surrounding CMU,\u201d says CMU President Cheryl Pauls. \u201cMarpeck Commons will be the hub of the campus and of a vibrant learning community. It\u2019s a great place for formal and informal gathering, and we\u2019re excited about the quality of conversation and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4664,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[289,81,321,323,437,565,564],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4727"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4727"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4729,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4727\/revisions\/4729"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}