{"id":4170,"date":"2020-03-16T09:39:40","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T13:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=4170"},"modified":"2020-03-20T15:01:17","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T19:01:17","slug":"icymi-national-colleges-fairs-canceled-for-spring-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/03\/16\/icymi-national-colleges-fairs-canceled-for-spring-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: National College Fairs Canceled for Spring 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4171\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4171\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/coronavirus_640x524.png11896_43617.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4171\" src=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/coronavirus_640x524.png11896_43617.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/coronavirus_640x524.png11896_43617.png 640w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/coronavirus_640x524.png11896_43617-300x246.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4171\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">iStock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Due to coronavirus health and safety concerns, NACAC has canceled all its remaining Spring 2020 National College Fairs.<\/p>\n<p>The decision was made last week.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe safety of participating college and university representatives, students, and families is always paramount,\u201d Pia Brown, National College Fairs director, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nacacnet.org\/news--publications\/newsroom\/press-releases\/fairscancellation\/\">press release<\/a>. \u201cWe canceled the fairs out of an abundance of caution to ensure the well-being of all participants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>College fair exhibitors, pre-registered students and parents, and counselors in each region were notified about the cancellations. At present, NACAC still plans to start its National College Fair fall season on Sept. 10 in Indianapolis.<\/p>\n<p>Please contact <a href=\"mailto:collegefairs@nacacnet.org\">collegefairs@nacacnet.org<\/a> if you have questions or visit NACAC&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nacacnet.org\/news--publications\/newsroom\/press-releases\/nacac-update-coronavirus\/\">coronavirus webpage<\/a> for additional information.<\/p>\n<p><em>Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at <a href=\"mailto:mstegmeir@nacacnet.org\">mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to coronavirus health and safety concerns, NACAC has canceled all its remaining Spring 2020 National College Fairs. The decision was made last week.<\/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":[6,28],"tags":[461,462],"class_list":["post-4170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nacac-news","category-national-college-fairs","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-19"],"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-15g","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4170","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=4170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4170\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}