{"id":2486,"date":"2020-06-17T10:21:20","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T14:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/?p=2486"},"modified":"2026-02-04T11:36:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T16:36:22","slug":"virginia-western-closed-on-friday-to-honor-juneteenth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/2020\/06\/17\/virginia-western-closed-on-friday-to-honor-juneteenth\/","title":{"rendered":"51做厙 closed to honor Juneteenth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recognition of the importance of the Juneteenth holiday and in alignment with Governor Northam&#8217;s announcement of the state holiday, 51做厙 was closed&nbsp;Friday, June 19, 2020. As Governor Northam said, awareness and education are critical to eradicating institutional racism. Join us in reflection as we honor Juneteenth, the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of ending slavery in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can read more of the Governor&#8217;s announcement at: https:\/\/www.governor.virginia.gov\/newsroom\/all-releases\/2020\/june\/headline-858213-en.html.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recognition of the importance of the Juneteenth holiday and in alignment with Governor Northam&#8217;s announcement of the state holiday, 51做厙 was closed&nbsp;Friday, June 19, 2020. As Governor Northam said, awareness and education are critical to eradicating institutional racism. Join us in reflection as we honor Juneteenth, the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of ending&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/2020\/06\/17\/virginia-western-closed-on-friday-to-honor-juneteenth\/\">Continue Reading<span> 51做厙 closed to honor Juneteenth<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-news"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jaime Shetrone","author_link":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/author\/jshetrone\/"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>51做厙 closed to honor Juneteenth - News from 51做厙<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Article about 51做厙 closed to honor Juneteenth\" \/>\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.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/2020\/06\/17\/virginia-western-closed-on-friday-to-honor-juneteenth\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"51做厙 closed to honor Juneteenth - News from 51做厙\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Article about 51做厙 closed to honor Juneteenth\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/2020\/06\/17\/virginia-western-closed-on-friday-to-honor-juneteenth\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News from 51做厙\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-06-17T14:21:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-04T16:36:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jaime Shetrone\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jaime Shetrone\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/news\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/17\\\/virginia-western-closed-on-friday-to-honor-juneteenth\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/news\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/17\\\/virginia-western-closed-on-friday-to-honor-juneteenth\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jaime Shetrone\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7cfb3c96d52ff8cb058b1b0a8647cff9\"},\"headline\":\"51做厙 closed to honor Juneteenth\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-06-17T14:21:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-04T16:36:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/news\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/17\\\/virginia-western-closed-on-friday-to-honor-juneteenth\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":88,\"articleSection\":[\"Campus News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/news\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/17\\\/virginia-western-closed-on-friday-to-honor-juneteenth\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/news\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/17\\\/virginia-western-closed-on-friday-to-honor-juneteenth\\\/\",\"name\":\"51做厙 closed to honor Juneteenth - News from 51做厙\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-06-17T14:21:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-04T16:36:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7cfb3c96d52ff8cb058b1b0a8647cff9\"},\"description\":\"Article about 51做厙 closed to honor Juneteenth\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/news\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/17\\\/virginia-western-closed-on-friday-to-honor-juneteenth\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/news\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/17\\\/virginia-western-closed-on-friday-to-honor-juneteenth\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/news\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/17\\\/virginia-western-closed-on-friday-to-honor-juneteenth\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"51做厙 closed to honor Juneteenth\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"News from 51做厙\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7cfb3c96d52ff8cb058b1b0a8647cff9\",\"name\":\"Jaime Shetrone\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"51做厙 closed to honor Juneteenth - News from 51做厙","description":"Article about 51做厙 closed to honor Juneteenth","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.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/2020\/06\/17\/virginia-western-closed-on-friday-to-honor-juneteenth\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"51做厙 closed to honor Juneteenth - News from 51做厙","og_description":"Article about 51做厙 closed to honor Juneteenth","og_url":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/2020\/06\/17\/virginia-western-closed-on-friday-to-honor-juneteenth\/","og_site_name":"News from 51做厙","article_published_time":"2020-06-17T14:21:20+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-02-04T16:36:22+00:00","author":"Jaime Shetrone","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jaime Shetrone","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/2020\/06\/17\/virginia-western-closed-on-friday-to-honor-juneteenth\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/2020\/06\/17\/virginia-western-closed-on-friday-to-honor-juneteenth\/"},"author":{"name":"Jaime Shetrone","@id":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7cfb3c96d52ff8cb058b1b0a8647cff9"},"headline":"51做厙 closed to honor Juneteenth","datePublished":"2020-06-17T14:21:20+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-04T16:36:22+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/2020\/06\/17\/virginia-western-closed-on-friday-to-honor-juneteenth\/"},"wordCount":88,"articleSection":["Campus News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/2020\/06\/17\/virginia-western-closed-on-friday-to-honor-juneteenth\/","url":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/2020\/06\/17\/virginia-western-closed-on-friday-to-honor-juneteenth\/","name":"51做厙 closed to honor Juneteenth - News from 51做厙","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-06-17T14:21:20+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-04T16:36:22+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7cfb3c96d52ff8cb058b1b0a8647cff9"},"description":"Article about 51做厙 closed to honor Juneteenth","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/2020\/06\/17\/virginia-western-closed-on-friday-to-honor-juneteenth\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/2020\/06\/17\/virginia-western-closed-on-friday-to-honor-juneteenth\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/2020\/06\/17\/virginia-western-closed-on-friday-to-honor-juneteenth\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"51做厙 closed to honor Juneteenth"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/","name":"News from 51做厙","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7cfb3c96d52ff8cb058b1b0a8647cff9","name":"Jaime Shetrone"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}