{"id":23596,"date":"2025-11-13T12:55:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T17:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=23596"},"modified":"2025-11-13T22:56:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T03:56:53","slug":"mcnichols-campus-library-to-celebrate-75th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2025\/11\/13\/mcnichols-campus-library-to-celebrate-75th-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"McNichols Campus Library to celebrate 75th birthday on Nov. 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-23615\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/11\/Library-fall-foliage.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"McNichols Campus Libary with fall foliage\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/11\/Library-fall-foliage.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/11\/Library-fall-foliage.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/11\/Library-fall-foliage.jpg?resize=825%2C550&amp;ssl=1 825w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/11\/Library-fall-foliage.jpg?w=850&amp;ssl=1 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>In 1950, a gallon of gas cost just $0.27, and the world had yet to experience color television. Here on the McNichols Campus, our Library first opened its doors \u2014 a new home for knowledge, reflection and community.<\/p>\n<p>Seventy-five years later, while the world has gone digital, our Library remains rooted in the same values: curiosity, discernment and the pursuit of truth.<\/p>\n<p>All are welcome to join us on <strong>Friday, Nov. 14, at 2 p.m.<\/strong> in the lobby of the McNichols Campus Library as we celebrate its 75th birthday and mark this special moment with a re-blessing of the building led by Fr. Charles Oduke.<\/p>\n<p>Cake and punch will be served.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The McNichols Campus Library celebrates its 75th birthday this year. Fr. Oduke will mark this special moment with a re-blessing of the building on Friday, Nov. 14, at 2 p.m., and cake and punch will be served in the lobby.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":677,"featured_media":23615,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6],"tags":[7176,1822,33,157],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/11\/Library-fall-foliage.jpg?fit=850%2C567&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-68A","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23596"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23596"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23629,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23596\/revisions\/23629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}