{"id":2409,"date":"2018-08-23T08:47:56","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T12:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=2409"},"modified":"2018-08-23T08:47:56","modified_gmt":"2018-08-23T12:47:56","slug":"hey-alexa-what-time-does-the-dining-hall-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/08\/23\/hey-alexa-what-time-does-the-dining-hall-close\/","title":{"rendered":"Hey, Alexa: What Time Does the Dining Hall Close?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q8jfcxMYbQw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Saint Louis University (MO) students will have a little extra help figuring out what\u2019s happening on campus this year.<\/p>\n<p>All students moving into residence halls this week will receive a university-branded Amazon Echo Dot. The device, already popular in homes across the country, responds to voice commands and has been programmed to answer more than 100 university-related questions.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Other colleges to provide Dots to at least some of their residential students include Arizona State University, the University of Oklahoma, and Northeastern University (MA), according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2018\/08\/22\/meet-new-kid-campus-alexa\">a recent<em> Inside Higher Ed article<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At Saint Louis University (SLU), school officials say the devices are part of a larger effort to help students feel more connected to the school.<\/p>\n<p>The customized Dots offer instant answers to questions SLU students may have, such as \u201cWhat time does the library close tonight?\u201d and \u201cWhere is the registrar\u2019s office?\u201d The device also includes information about campus events and activities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What is most exciting to me is the enhanced connectivity to the campus community these devices will provide,\u201d Kent Porterfield, SLU\u2019s vice president for student development, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slu.edu\/news\/2018\/august\/slu-alexa-project.php\">said in a press release<\/a>. \u201cThe more connected and engaged students are, the more they learn and benefit from their SLU experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Admitted<\/em>\u00a0<em>writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0<\/em><strong style=\"font-style: inherit;\"><em><a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nacacnet.org\/learning\/communities\/Admitted\/default.aspx\">mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saint Louis University (MO) students will have a little extra help figuring out what\u2019s happening on campus this year. All students moving into residence halls this week will receive a university-branded Amazon Echo Dot. The device, already popular in homes across the country, responds to voice commands and has been programmed to answer more than &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/08\/23\/hey-alexa-what-time-does-the-dining-hall-close\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hey, Alexa: What Time Does the Dining Hall Close?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-CR","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}