{"id":1183,"date":"2019-05-03T09:19:49","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T14:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/library\/?p=1183"},"modified":"2019-05-03T09:36:32","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T14:36:32","slug":"laura-w-bush-headlines-library-fundraising-event-receives-honorary-doctorate-from-acu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/library\/2019\/05\/03\/laura-w-bush-headlines-library-fundraising-event-receives-honorary-doctorate-from-acu\/","title":{"rendered":"Laura W. Bush headlines library fundraising event, receives honorary doctorate from ACU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1184 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/05\/lbush-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/05\/lbush-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/05\/lbush-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/05\/lbush-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/05\/lbush-327x490.jpg 327w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/05\/lbush.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Former U.S. First Lady\u00a0<strong>Laura W. Bush <\/strong>headlined \u201cVoices of Hope,\u201d the Friends of ACU Library\u2019s Spring Banquet on March 28 in the McCaleb Conference Center. It featured her special remarks, an interview conducted by ACU alum\u00a0<strong>Max Lucado (\u201977)<\/strong>, and a presentation to her of an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.<\/p>\n<p>A West Texas native and former librarian and teacher, Mrs. Bush spoke about her passion for education and literacy. Throughout her time as First Lady and beyond, she has worked to promote literacy in young people. \u201cReading is not just a cause I selected as First Lady,\u201d Mrs. Bush told the crowd. \u201cIt\u2019s one of the passions of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She sees developing a love for reading books and magazines as more than entertainment or schoolwork. \u201cLiteracy is an essential foundation of democracy,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Lucado\u2019s wide-ranging interview with Mrs. Bush included reflections on her time in the White House and updates on her current initiatives at the Bush Center.<\/p>\n<p>The FACUL dinner raised money to complete fundraising for the proposed Barry and Diane Packer Forum, a new conference space planned for the east side of Brown Library\u2019s top floor. Former ACU board chair and trustee\u00a0<strong>Dr. Barry Packer (\u201978)<\/strong>\u00a0and his wife,\u00a0<strong>Diane (Stephens \u201977)<\/strong>, are namesakes of the project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former U.S. First Lady\u00a0Laura W. Bush headlined \u201cVoices of Hope,\u201d the Friends of ACU Library\u2019s Spring Banquet on March 28 in the McCaleb Conference Center. It featured her special remarks, an interview conducted by ACU alum\u00a0Max Lucado (\u201977), and a presentation to her of an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree. A West Texas native [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15468,"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":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1183"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1185,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183\/revisions\/1185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}