{"id":1054,"date":"2014-08-28T15:10:54","date_gmt":"2014-08-28T20:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/?p=1054"},"modified":"2019-09-11T12:58:19","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T17:58:19","slug":"an-opportunity-to-make-someones-life-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/2014\/08\/28\/an-opportunity-to-make-someones-life-better\/","title":{"rendered":"An Opportunity to Make Someone&#8217;s Life Better!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #333399\"><em>Studying Gerontology gives you the opportunity to make someone&#8217;s life better!<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/files\/2014\/08\/studyingGerontolgy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1055\" alt=\"Studying Gerontology gives you the opportunity to make someone's life better!\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/files\/2014\/08\/studyingGerontolgy-490x327.jpg\" width=\"490\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/files\/2014\/08\/studyingGerontolgy-490x327.jpg 490w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/files\/2014\/08\/studyingGerontolgy-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/files\/2014\/08\/studyingGerontolgy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/files\/2014\/08\/studyingGerontolgy.jpg 587w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Because of the rapid growth of the aging community, a certificate in Gerontology is a great add-on for any major. Even if you are undecided about working with the population of older adults, you will find relating to older friends and family more natural and rewarding as a result of your studies in the Gerontology department. The ACU Pruett Gerontology Certificate encompasses 15 hours which includes 9 hours of required classes and 6 hours of electives. There is a practicum tailored to the GERO student&#8217;s interests and future career goals. A minor in Aging Studies is also on the horizon!<\/p>\n<p>Come by the PGC office (Admin 118) to learn more!!<\/p>\n<p>[subscribe2]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gerontology Department Program Statement<\/p>\n<p>Picture Source~~&#8221;Time Spent&#8221;\u00a0by Liz McClellan, courtesy of the PGC Images of Aging Photo Contest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Studying Gerontology gives you the opportunity to make someone&#8217;s life better! Because of the rapid growth of the aging community, a certificate in Gerontology is a great add-on for any [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10682,"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":[42240],"tags":[125039,86832,125040,161995,161650,86823,161651,161652],"class_list":["post-1054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archived","tag-certification-program","tag-charlie-pruett","tag-liz-mcclellan","tag-older-adult-ministry-2","tag-pgc","tag-pruett-gerontology-center","tag-retiree-ministry","tag-senior-adult-ministry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10682"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1054"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1057,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054\/revisions\/1057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}