{"id":3808,"date":"2015-08-19T13:44:34","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T18:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/?p=3808"},"modified":"2020-07-01T14:34:27","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T19:34:27","slug":"first-day-of-class-a-once-a-semester-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/2015\/08\/19\/first-day-of-class-a-once-a-semester-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"First Day of Class: A Once-a-Semester Opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jirka_matousek\/9100804554\/in\/photolist-eSd18m-dQWsnH-46uZse-nocHFa-cdjjsL-nzxi2H-bDjcPG-ddXQfV-a7zAjb-edPu1d-67NLw7-67NMFQ-yvbc6-72snpi-yvbkH-4voUap-mYXfHf-8S1Koe-yvbx4-4vsXUo-8S4RDN-5Hk4mc-dbNrnt-mYVtS4-bDYg7y-bDYgaN-nxkxDT-nvi2XU-ne5daY-ne5g5J-ne4Xex-ne5gzS-ne5dc1-nvAwAy-ne5gxC-nvyHfe-ne54Fx-ne54BK-ne5gW3-nvi34q-ne5gD9-ne5452-nvAwDu-ne54wz-nvAwFd-nvAwem-ne4XTP-ne4X6X-bDXZPu-eS1pMR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3813 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/files\/2015\/08\/isc-orientation-lecture-hall-medium1.jpg\" alt=\"College students gathered in a tiered lecture hall.\" width=\"529\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/files\/2015\/08\/isc-orientation-lecture-hall-medium1.jpg 529w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/files\/2015\/08\/isc-orientation-lecture-hall-medium1-300x242.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The first day of class, known by some as syllabus day, is a tremendous opportunity for faculty and students to connect, for students to be inspired, and for a solid foundation to be set. Read this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facultyfocus.com\/articles\/teaching-professor-blog\/the-first-day-of-class-a-once-a-semester-opportunity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">encouraging article from Faculty Focus<\/a> and think about how you will start this semester!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The first day of class, known by some as syllabus day, is a tremendous opportunity for faculty and students to connect, for students to be inspired, and for a solid foundation to be set. Read this encouraging article from Faculty Focus and think [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9215,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42240],"tags":[117303,353,2974,584],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-3808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archived","tag-first-day-of-class","tag-inspiration","tag-semester","tag-teaching"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9215"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3808"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8316,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3808\/revisions\/8316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3808"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=3808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}