{"id":1310,"date":"2012-02-21T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-21T21:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amram.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/?page_id=1310"},"modified":"2019-05-29T14:11:05","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T19:11:05","slug":"developmentprograms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adams\/developmentprograms\/","title":{"rendered":"1Development Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; module_id=&#8221;scholarship&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.12&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;18px|0px|0|0px|false|false&#8221;][et_pb_row use_custom_width=&#8221;on&#8221; custom_width_px=&#8221;2600px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;26px|0px|23px|0px|false|false&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.12&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.12&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Fira Sans|900|||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#5DC7C9&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;71px&#8221; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#662d91&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|-500px||-500px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;50px|||0px&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;right&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Development Programs<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.12&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221;][et_pb_row custom_padding=&#8221;26.25px|0px|8px|0px|false|false&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.12&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243;][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;New Faculty Orientation&#8221; url=&#8221;http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adams\/faculty-orientation\/&#8221; use_icon=&#8221;on&#8221; font_icon=&#8221;%%275%%&#8221; use_circle=&#8221;on&#8221; circle_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; use_circle_border=&#8221;on&#8221; use_icon_font_size=&#8221;on&#8221; icon_font_size=&#8221;50px&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.12&#8243; header_font=&#8221;Fira Sans|700|||||||&#8221; header_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#662d91&#8243; header_font_size=&#8221;30px&#8221; body_font=&#8221;Fira Sans|300|||||||&#8221; body_font_size=&#8221;13px&#8221; body_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||0px&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fade&#8221; animation_duration=&#8221;1350ms&#8221;]Welcome aboard! 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