{"id":21910,"date":"2023-05-03T12:17:27","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T16:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/?p=21910"},"modified":"2023-05-03T15:09:12","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T19:09:12","slug":"spanning-the-years-and-the-globe-overseas-barr-society-induction-surprises-alumnus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2023\/05\/spanning-the-years-and-the-globe-overseas-barr-society-induction-surprises-alumnus\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanning the years and the globe: Overseas Barr Society induction surprises alumnus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Transylvania University alumni celebrating their 50th class reunion are inducted into the Robert Barr Society \u2014 typically<\/em> at an annual event in Lexington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marty Voiers’ induction was anything but typical. The 1973 alumnus helped plan this year’s reunion dinner and gave the invocation, along with a message for his classmates, albeit virtually via video. The minister had wanted to be there in person this past weekend, but he had a scheduling conflict: He and his wife were part of a group traveling in Israel with emeritus professor of religion Paul Jones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They were standing on the Mount of Olives overlooking the Old City of Jerusalem when something surprising happened. “I had no idea what was going on until Dr. Jones took off his outer shirt revealing a Transy T-shirt and then proceeded to pull out my pin and offer words of induction,” Voiers said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before retiring four years ago, Jones led numerous May term class trips to Israel \u2014 a life-altering experience for some Transylvania students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The school’s office of alumni and development helped coordinate the surprise for Voiers, who’s also a volunteer firefighter in Flemingsburg, Kentucky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now he’s also a member of the society named after Robert Barr, Transylvania’s first graduate in 1802. In addition to the Alumni Weekend class reunion, members also attend events like lifelong learning sessions and lunch with student leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"
This iconic spot overlooks the Dominus Flevit (“Lord Wept”) church and Dome of the Rock.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Marty Voiers ’73 got a surprise induction into Transylvania’s Robert Barr Society while traveling in Israel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":21911,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"12143,1806,21722,8279,9389,16211","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[892],"feeds":[],"class_list":["post-21910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","tag-barr-society"],"yoast_head":"\nSpanning the years and the globe: Overseas Barr Society induction surprises alumnus - Transylvania University - 1780<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Marty Voiers '73 got a surprise induction into Transylvania's Robert Barr Society while traveling in Israel.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2023\/05\/spanning-the-years-and-the-globe-overseas-barr-society-induction-surprises-alumnus\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Spanning the years and the globe: Overseas Barr Society induction surprises alumnus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Marty Voiers '73 got a surprise induction into Transylvania's Robert Barr Society while traveling in Israel.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2023\/05\/spanning-the-years-and-the-globe-overseas-barr-society-induction-surprises-alumnus\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"1780\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/transylvaniauniversity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-03T16:17:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-05-03T19:09:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/05\/transylvania_barr_fb-900x472.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"472\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"John Friedlein\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@transy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@transy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"John Friedlein\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/spanning-the-years-and-the-globe-overseas-barr-society-induction-surprises-alumnus\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/spanning-the-years-and-the-globe-overseas-barr-society-induction-surprises-alumnus\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"John Friedlein\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/adc717b348f5af5ecebcb90ae7afe23c\"},\"headline\":\"Spanning the years and the globe: Overseas Barr Society induction surprises alumnus\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-03T16:17:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-03T19:09:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/spanning-the-years-and-the-globe-overseas-barr-society-induction-surprises-alumnus\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":253,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/spanning-the-years-and-the-globe-overseas-barr-society-induction-surprises-alumnus\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/14\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/transylvania_voiers_2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Barr Society\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Alumni\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/spanning-the-years-and-the-globe-overseas-barr-society-induction-surprises-alumnus\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/spanning-the-years-and-the-globe-overseas-barr-society-induction-surprises-alumnus\\\/\",\"name\":\"Spanning the years and the globe: Overseas Barr Society induction surprises alumnus - Transylvania University - 1780\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/spanning-the-years-and-the-globe-overseas-barr-society-induction-surprises-alumnus\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/spanning-the-years-and-the-globe-overseas-barr-society-induction-surprises-alumnus\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/14\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/transylvania_voiers_2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-03T16:17:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-03T19:09:12+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/adc717b348f5af5ecebcb90ae7afe23c\"},\"description\":\"Marty Voiers '73 got a surprise induction into Transylvania's Robert Barr Society while traveling in Israel.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/spanning-the-years-and-the-globe-overseas-barr-society-induction-surprises-alumnus\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/spanning-the-years-and-the-globe-overseas-barr-society-induction-surprises-alumnus\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/spanning-the-years-and-the-globe-overseas-barr-society-induction-surprises-alumnus\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/14\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/transylvania_voiers_2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/14\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/transylvania_voiers_2.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":813,\"caption\":\"people holding a pennant\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/spanning-the-years-and-the-globe-overseas-barr-society-induction-surprises-alumnus\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Spanning the years and the globe: Overseas Barr Society induction surprises alumnus\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/\",\"name\":\"1780\",\"description\":\"The Official Blog of Transylvania University\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/1780\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/adc717b348f5af5ecebcb90ae7afe23c\",\"name\":\"John Friedlein\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Spanning the years and the globe: Overseas Barr Society induction surprises alumnus - Transylvania University - 1780","description":"Marty Voiers '73 got a surprise induction into Transylvania's Robert Barr Society while traveling in Israel.","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:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2023\/05\/spanning-the-years-and-the-globe-overseas-barr-society-induction-surprises-alumnus\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Spanning the years and the globe: Overseas Barr Society induction surprises alumnus","og_description":"Marty Voiers '73 got a surprise induction into Transylvania's Robert Barr Society while traveling in Israel.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2023\/05\/spanning-the-years-and-the-globe-overseas-barr-society-induction-surprises-alumnus\/","og_site_name":"1780","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/transylvaniauniversity","article_published_time":"2023-05-03T16:17:27+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-05-03T19:09:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":900,"height":472,"url":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/05\/transylvania_barr_fb-900x472.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"John Friedlein","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@transy","twitter_site":"@transy","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"John Friedlein","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2023\/05\/spanning-the-years-and-the-globe-overseas-barr-society-induction-surprises-alumnus\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2023\/05\/spanning-the-years-and-the-globe-overseas-barr-society-induction-surprises-alumnus\/"},"author":{"name":"John Friedlein","@id":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/#\/schema\/person\/adc717b348f5af5ecebcb90ae7afe23c"},"headline":"Spanning the years and the globe: Overseas Barr Society induction surprises alumnus","datePublished":"2023-05-03T16:17:27+00:00","dateModified":"2023-05-03T19:09:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2023\/05\/spanning-the-years-and-the-globe-overseas-barr-society-induction-surprises-alumnus\/"},"wordCount":253,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2023\/05\/spanning-the-years-and-the-globe-overseas-barr-society-induction-surprises-alumnus\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/05\/transylvania_voiers_2.jpg","keywords":["Barr Society"],"articleSection":["Alumni"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2023\/05\/spanning-the-years-and-the-globe-overseas-barr-society-induction-surprises-alumnus\/","url":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2023\/05\/spanning-the-years-and-the-globe-overseas-barr-society-induction-surprises-alumnus\/","name":"Spanning the years and the globe: Overseas Barr Society induction surprises alumnus - Transylvania University - 1780","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2023\/05\/spanning-the-years-and-the-globe-overseas-barr-society-induction-surprises-alumnus\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2023\/05\/spanning-the-years-and-the-globe-overseas-barr-society-induction-surprises-alumnus\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/05\/transylvania_voiers_2.jpg","datePublished":"2023-05-03T16:17:27+00:00","dateModified":"2023-05-03T19:09:12+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/#\/schema\/person\/adc717b348f5af5ecebcb90ae7afe23c"},"description":"Marty Voiers '73 got a surprise induction into Transylvania's Robert Barr Society while traveling in Israel.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2023\/05\/spanning-the-years-and-the-globe-overseas-barr-society-induction-surprises-alumnus\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2023\/05\/spanning-the-years-and-the-globe-overseas-barr-society-induction-surprises-alumnus\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2023\/05\/spanning-the-years-and-the-globe-overseas-barr-society-induction-surprises-alumnus\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/05\/transylvania_voiers_2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/05\/transylvania_voiers_2.jpg","width":1200,"height":813,"caption":"people holding a pennant"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2023\/05\/spanning-the-years-and-the-globe-overseas-barr-society-induction-surprises-alumnus\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Spanning the years and the globe: Overseas Barr Society induction surprises alumnus"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/","name":"1780","description":"The Official Blog of Transylvania University","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/#\/schema\/person\/adc717b348f5af5ecebcb90ae7afe23c","name":"John Friedlein"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/05\/transylvania_voiers_2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22120,"url":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2023\/06\/in-memoriam-alvin-guy-waldrop-lifetime-transylvania-trustee\/","url_meta":{"origin":21910,"position":0},"title":"In Memoriam: Alvin \u201cGuy\u201d Waldrop, lifetime Transylvania Trustee","author":"Office of Marketing and Communications","date":"June 5, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Alvin \u201cGuy\u201d Waldrop, Transylvania alumnus and lifetime member of the Board of Trustees, died on June 2 at the age of 86.","rel":"","context":"In "Alumni"","block_context":{"text":"Alumni","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/category\/alumni\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Guy Waldrop image","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/06\/LHu8FwcyVhfafXkLRymcp6C9D4v9tdP0eUzmzqAE.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/06\/LHu8FwcyVhfafXkLRymcp6C9D4v9tdP0eUzmzqAE.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/06\/LHu8FwcyVhfafXkLRymcp6C9D4v9tdP0eUzmzqAE.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/06\/LHu8FwcyVhfafXkLRymcp6C9D4v9tdP0eUzmzqAE.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11355,"url":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2020\/04\/annual-alumni-weekend-reunion-goes-virtual-april-24-26\/","url_meta":{"origin":21910,"position":1},"title":"Annual Alumni Weekend Reunion goes virtual April 24-26","author":"Robin Hicks","date":"April 21, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Pioneers who had planned to celebrate their reunion year on campus this weekend will connect virtually.","rel":"","context":"In "Alumni"","block_context":{"text":"Alumni","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/category\/alumni\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/04\/Facebook_EventCover_Update.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/04\/Facebook_EventCover_Update.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/04\/Facebook_EventCover_Update.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/04\/Facebook_EventCover_Update.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/04\/Facebook_EventCover_Update.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":24933,"url":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2025\/04\/transylvania-pioneers-returning-to-alma-mater-april-24-27-for-alumni-weekend\/","url_meta":{"origin":21910,"position":2},"title":"Transylvania Pioneers returning to alma mater April 24-27 for Alumni Weekend","author":"Office of Marketing and Communications","date":"April 18, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Transylvania welcomes alumni back to campus next week for four days of fun events.","rel":"","context":"In "Alumni"","block_context":{"text":"Alumni","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/category\/alumni\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"people mingling in a large room","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/04\/transylvania_alumni-weekend.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/04\/transylvania_alumni-weekend.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/04\/transylvania_alumni-weekend.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/04\/transylvania_alumni-weekend.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/04\/transylvania_alumni-weekend.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":23245,"url":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2024\/02\/show-your-school-spirit-this-leap-day-leap-together-for-transy\/","url_meta":{"origin":21910,"position":3},"title":"Show your school spirit this Leap Day: Leap Together for Transy","author":"Office of Marketing and Communications","date":"February 26, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"In just a few days, Transylvania will hold its annual day of giving, and Pioneers worldwide will be called to leap Together for Transy on Thursday, Feb. 29.\u00a0","rel":"","context":"In "Support Transy"","block_context":{"text":"Support Transy","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/category\/support-transy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Rainbow in front of the Carpenter Academic Center.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/transylvania_carpenter-academic-center_winter-rainbow.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/transylvania_carpenter-academic-center_winter-rainbow.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/transylvania_carpenter-academic-center_winter-rainbow.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/transylvania_carpenter-academic-center_winter-rainbow.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/transylvania_carpenter-academic-center_winter-rainbow.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/transylvania_carpenter-academic-center_winter-rainbow.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9409,"url":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2019\/12\/transylvania-alumnus-advocates-for-peace-corps-on-capitol-hill\/","url_meta":{"origin":21910,"position":4},"title":"Transylvania alumnus advocates for Peace Corps on Capitol Hill","author":"John Friedlein","date":"December 12, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"William Burriss \u201913 grew up in a family dedicated to service. So the ideal of working for the greater good has been ingrained in him since an early age.","rel":"","context":"In "Third & Broadway"","block_context":{"text":"Third & Broadway","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/category\/news\/third-broadway\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/12\/Morocco1-copy.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/12\/Morocco1-copy.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/12\/Morocco1-copy.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/12\/Morocco1-copy.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/12\/Morocco1-copy.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/12\/Morocco1-copy.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7492,"url":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2019\/08\/remarks-to-the-class-of-2023-at-the-first-year-induction-ceremony\/","url_meta":{"origin":21910,"position":5},"title":"Remarks to the Class of 2023 at the First-Year Induction Ceremony","author":"Office of Marketing and Communications","date":"August 24, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Welcome Class of 2023 to the first day of the rest of your life -- beginning right here at Transylvania University.","rel":"","context":"In "In Lumine: The President's Blog"","block_context":{"text":"In Lumine: The President's Blog","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/category\/presidents-blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/08\/DSC_2182-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/08\/DSC_2182-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/08\/DSC_2182-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/08\/DSC_2182-1.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/08\/DSC_2182-1.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21910"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21917,"href":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21910\/revisions\/21917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21910"},{"taxonomy":"feeds","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/feeds?post=21910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}