{"id":216943,"date":"2021-12-16T15:16:58","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T20:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/?p=216943"},"modified":"2021-12-17T08:32:03","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T13:32:03","slug":"a-celebration-to-warm-hearts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/2021\/12\/16\/a-celebration-to-warm-hearts\/","title":{"rendered":"A Celebration to Warm Hearts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Faculty and staff celebrated the end of the semester with President Jonathan Koppell at an outdoor winter fete that included roasting marshmallows for s\u2019mores, street fare, hot chocolate and cider, comfort food and connecting with friends and colleagues. With temperatures in the low 50s, it was chilly enough to make good use of the complimentary Red Hawk scarves and hand warmers, but comfortable enough to celebrate in a COVID-safe way outdoors.<\/p>\n<h2>Who doesn\u2019t love s\u2019mores?<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/12\/121521_9151_Holiday-Party-scaled.jpeg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/12\/121521_9151_Holiday-Party-scaled.jpeg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Faculty and staff wearing red scarves gather around a fire pit to make s&apos;mores at Montclair State University\"\/><\/figure><figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/12\/121521_8686_Holiday-Party-scaled.jpeg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/12\/121521_8686_Holiday-Party-scaled.jpeg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Two attendees roasting marshmallows over a fire pit\"\/><\/figure><figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/12\/121521_9255_Holiday-Party-scaled.jpeg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/12\/121521_9255_Holiday-Party-scaled.jpeg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Two attendees holding up marshmallows\"\/><\/figure>\n<h2>Selfie time with the host, President Koppell<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/12\/121521_9211_Holiday-Party-scaled.jpeg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/12\/121521_9211_Holiday-Party-scaled.jpeg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"two attendees pose for a cell phone selfie with President Koppell\"\/><\/figure>\n<h2>Enjoying friends and colleagues<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/12\/121521_8905_Holiday-Party-scaled.jpeg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/12\/121521_8905_Holiday-Party-scaled.jpeg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"two attendees smiling behind their masks, one holds a popcorn cone\"\/><\/figure><figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/12\/121521_9237_Holiday-Party-scaled.jpeg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/12\/121521_9237_Holiday-Party-scaled.jpeg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Two staff members pose for photo\"\/><\/figure><figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/12\/121521_8629_Holiday-Party-scaled.jpeg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/12\/121521_8629_Holiday-Party-scaled.jpeg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Two attendees smiling for the camera wearing Montclair State University scarves\"\/><\/figure><figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/12\/121521_9043_Holiday-Party-scaled.jpeg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/12\/121521_9043_Holiday-Party-scaled.jpeg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Three attendees smile for the camera\"\/><\/figure>\n<h2>Warming up with some hot food<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/12\/121521_8792_Holiday-Party-scaled.jpeg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/12\/121521_8792_Holiday-Party-scaled.jpeg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Attendees lined up at the food station\"\/><\/figure>\n<h2>Rocking the new scarves<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/12\/121521_8821_Holiday-Party-scaled.jpeg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/12\/121521_8821_Holiday-Party-scaled.jpeg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"group of five attendees wearing Montclair State University scarves\"\/><\/figure><figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/12\/121521_8833_Holiday-Party-scaled.jpeg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/12\/121521_8833_Holiday-Party-scaled.jpeg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"faculty and staff gathered at a table for the outdoor winter celebration\"\/><\/figure>\n<h2>Thumbs up! We agree!<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/12\/121521_8759_Holiday-Party-scaled.jpeg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/12\/121521_8759_Holiday-Party-scaled.jpeg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"two attendees enjoying the food give a thumbs up to the camera\"\/><\/figure>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/montclairstateuniversity.smugmug.com\/2021\/121521-Holiday-Party\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">For more photos, visit the gallery. <\/a><\/h2>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/\/ Output tags as a list for Google Analytics custom dimension\nwindow.MSU_TagList = [];\n<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Employees enjoy outdoor end-of-the-semester holiday gathering<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":273,"featured_media":216945,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[123,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage-news","category-university"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/273"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216943"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":216977,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216943\/revisions\/216977"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}