{"id":2209,"date":"2019-01-07T09:04:56","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T15:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/?p=2209"},"modified":"2019-12-29T13:11:18","modified_gmt":"2019-12-29T19:11:18","slug":"wilson-atrium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/2019\/01\/07\/wilson-atrium\/","title":{"rendered":"Named places: Wilson Atrium"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2232\" style=\"width: 242px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/files\/2019\/01\/2010-11-16_Wilson_RichardPat_DSC_3765-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2232\" class=\" wp-image-2232\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/files\/2019\/01\/2010-11-16_Wilson_RichardPat_DSC_3765-copy-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"President and Mrs. Wilson\" width=\"232\" height=\"346\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2232\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President and Mrs. Wilson, November 16, 2010<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Wilson Atrium in the Center for Natural Science Learning and Research (CNS) is named in honor of IWU\u2019s 18<sup>th<\/sup> President Richard F. Wilson (2004-2015 and interim in summer 2019) and his wife, Patricia L. Wilson. Wilson gave special attention to developing a strategic plan for Illinois Wesleyan, strengthening the University\u2019s financial position, and conducting the largest fund-raising campaign in the school\u2019s history. Along with financing The Wilson Atrium seal, plaques and lettering, members of the Board of Trustees furnished the atrium with new chairs and couches to make the space more comfortable and functional in honor of Richard and Patricia Wilson.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2210\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/files\/2019\/12\/wilson-atrium.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2210\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2210\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/files\/2019\/12\/wilson-atrium.jpg\" alt=\"Wilson Atrium seal unveiling\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/files\/2019\/12\/wilson-atrium.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/files\/2019\/12\/wilson-atrium-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/files\/2019\/12\/wilson-atrium-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2210\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Unveiling the seal at the Wilson Atrium dedication, May 7, 2018.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wilson Atrium in the Center for Natural Science Learning and Research (CNS) is named in honor of IWU\u2019s 18th President Richard F. Wilson (2004-2015 and interim in summer 2019) and his wife, Patricia L. Wilson. Wilson gave special attention &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/2019\/01\/07\/wilson-atrium\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,115],"tags":[131],"class_list":["post-2209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-administration","category-campus-units","category-presidents","tag-buildings-and-grounds"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2209"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2233,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209\/revisions\/2233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/asc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}