{"id":792,"date":"2017-04-28T11:44:27","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T15:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=792"},"modified":"2017-04-28T12:04:26","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T16:04:26","slug":"icymi-check-out-nacacs-facebook-live-qa-about-college-signing-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/04\/28\/icymi-check-out-nacacs-facebook-live-qa-about-college-signing-day\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: Check Out NACAC\u2019s Facebook Live Q&amp;A about College Signing Day"},"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\/FInpuy5f4pw?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>Get ready to celebrate!<\/p>\n<p>Monday is College Decision Day \u2014 the deadline at many institutions for students to accept an offer of admission and make a tuition deposit.<\/p>\n<p>And on Friday, schools and communities across the country will once again host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bettermakeroom.org\/college-signing-day\/\">College Signing Day<\/a> events. The tradition was started in 2014 by former First Lady Michelle Obama and is being spearheaded this year by Civic Nation\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bettermakeroom.org\/\">Better Make Room<\/a> initiative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome education past high school has to be the goal for every young person,\u201d Eric Waldo, of Civic Nation, said Thursday during a Facebook Live Q&amp;A at NACAC headquarters. \u201cThat was true when we were in the White House. That\u2019s true now that we\u2019re not in the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Want to join in on the fun? Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bettermakeroom.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/College-Signing-Day-Kit-2017-.pdf\">College Signing Day Toolkit<\/a> and visit NACAC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NACACnet.org\/\">Facebook page<\/a> to watch our full interview with Waldo.<\/p>\n<p>And on Monday, celebrate College Decision Day on social media. Share photos and more using \u00a0the hashtag #NACACMay1.<\/p>\n<p><em>Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/04\/05\/students-share-your-college-essay-with-the-new-york-times\/mstegmeir@nacacnet.org\"><em style=\"font-weight: inherit\">mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get ready to celebrate! Monday is College Decision Day \u2014 the deadline at many institutions for students to accept an offer of admission and make a tuition deposit. And on Friday, schools and communities across the country will once again host College Signing Day events. The tradition was started in 2014 by former First Lady &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/04\/28\/icymi-check-out-nacacs-facebook-live-qa-about-college-signing-day\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ICYMI: Check Out NACAC\u2019s Facebook Live Q&amp;A about College Signing Day<\/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":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,10],"tags":[230,314,300,301],"class_list":["post-792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-access","category-college-admission","tag-better-make-room","tag-civic-nation","tag-college-signing-day","tag-eric-waldo"],"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-cM","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792","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=792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}