{"id":1207,"date":"2019-08-20T14:35:06","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T19:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/library\/?p=1207"},"modified":"2019-08-22T09:29:49","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T14:29:49","slug":"packer-forum-coming-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/library\/2019\/08\/20\/packer-forum-coming-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Packer Forum coming soon!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1208 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/08\/forum_Student-layout-300x116.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"269\" height=\"104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/08\/forum_Student-layout-300x116.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/08\/forum_Student-layout-150x58.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/08\/forum_Student-layout-768x296.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/08\/forum_Student-layout-490x189.jpg 490w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/08\/forum_Student-layout.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This large bow window overlooking the Campus Mall will soon be one of the most popular spaces on campus offering cutting edge technology, spectacular views and world-class resources. Not only will this space be a favorite study space but a premiere event venue on ACU\u2019s campus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thanks to <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/library\/2019\/08\/20\/1224\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Friends of ACU Library<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the Packer Forum, named for <\/span><b>Dr. Barry Packer (\u201878)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and his wife, <\/span><b>Diane (Stevens \u201877)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, will continue to serve as a study space with updated furnishings and access to electrical outlets. With an expected completion date in Sept. 2019, the Packer Forum will seat 150 people and host events like ACU Summit, large meetings, and educational conferences. An additional kitchen and group area will be used as a buffet and meal prep area for banquets and luncheons.\u00a0 A 20-seat collaboration space, the Davis &#8211; Tucker Conference Room, named for Dr. Don Davis and Dr. Mark Tucker, includes a computer and audio\/video capabilities that faculty, staff, and students may utilize.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A grand opening of the Barry and Diane Packer Forum honoring the Packers is scheduled for Sept. 7 at the inaugural Restoration Day celebration. Dr. Davis and Dr. Tucker will be honored at an event during ACU Summit on Sept 16.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This large bow window overlooking the Campus Mall will soon be one of the most popular spaces on campus offering cutting edge technology, spectacular views and world-class resources. Not only will this space be a favorite study space but a premiere event venue on ACU\u2019s campus. Thanks to Friends of ACU Library, the Packer Forum, [&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-1207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1207","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=1207"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1247,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1207\/revisions\/1247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}