{"id":15444,"date":"2024-03-20T09:32:54","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T13:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/?p=15444"},"modified":"2024-03-20T09:39:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T13:39:34","slug":"go-blue-on-march-20-for-colorectal-cancer-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2024\/03\/20\/go-blue-on-march-20-for-colorectal-cancer-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"TODAY: Go Blue on March 20 for Colorectal Cancer Awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In honor of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, Wilkes University is collaborating with Mayor George C. Brown, the City of Wilkes-Barre and other local colleges, universities and health care organizations for an educational initiative inspired by Brown\u2019s daughter, Aimee Kearney.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Weckesser Hall will light up blue to spread awareness about colorectal cancer. Here\u2019s how Colonels can help do their part:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Wear blue on&nbsp;Wednesday, March 20<\/strong>, to show your support.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Check out&nbsp;<em>Aimee\u2019s Story<\/em>&nbsp;at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilkes-barre.city\/colorectalcancerawareness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 20<\/a><\/strong>. The event is free and open to the public.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSet57FrZqdbVzXDwxZLU2LMVlWIiTY0wVQenCaOXYXo6UceNw\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Register online<\/a>&nbsp;to submit a question to the panel.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Full-time employees who attend the event will have satisfied their wellness activity for the 2025 benefit plan year.&nbsp;<\/strong> By doing so, they will also be considered eligible for any wellness incentives offered by the University at that time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/news.wilkes.edu\/2024\/03\/14\/wilkes-to-go-blue-for-colorectal-cancer-awareness\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.wilkes.edu\/2024\/03\/14\/wilkes-to-go-blue-for-colorectal-cancer-awareness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">News@Wilkes.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/blue-ribbon-photo-1500x1000.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/blue-ribbon-photo-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/blue-ribbon-photo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/blue-ribbon-photo-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/blue-ribbon-photo-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/blue-ribbon-photo-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/blue-ribbon-photo-930x620.jpg 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, Wilkes University is collaborating with Mayor George C. Brown, the City of Wilkes-Barre and other local colleges, universities and health care organizations for an educational initiative inspired by Brown\u2019s daughter, Aimee Kearney.&nbsp;&nbsp; Weckesser Hall will light up blue to spread awareness about colorectal cancer. Here\u2019s how Colonels can&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2024\/03\/20\/go-blue-on-march-20-for-colorectal-cancer-awareness\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">TODAY: Go Blue on March 20 for Colorectal Cancer Awareness<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-staff","category-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15444"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15651,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15444\/revisions\/15651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}