{"id":1390,"date":"2026-03-20T09:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T09:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuorgs2.gcc.edu\/thecollegian\/2026\/03\/20\/2026-03-20-why-this-place-our-college-matters\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T23:10:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T23:10:45","slug":"2026-03-20-why-this-place-our-college-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuorgs2.gcc.edu\/thecollegian\/2026\/03\/20\/2026-03-20-why-this-place-our-college-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Why this place \u2013 our college \u2013\u00a0matters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-bottom:14px;font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.431), 1.15rem);font-weight:600;line-height:1.5\">A note from the editorial board<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#63635c;margin-bottom:22px;font-size:0.85rem;font-style:italic\">By <a href=\"\/thecollegian\/tag\/the-editors\/\">The Editors<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Birthdays are a time of celebration. On those special days, we reflect on the blessings we\u2019ve received, the prayers that have been answered and God\u2019s continued ministry in our lives. As we begin to celebrate the 150th birthday of our college through the tribute in Pittsburgh and the inauguration of our new president, we at The Collegian wanted to reflect on the legacy of the college we love. We reached out to a few campus leaders to solicit articles on the theme \u201cWhat makes Grove City College special?\u201d The following are the responses we received, which we proudly present as a testament to God\u2019s continued goodness towards this college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014 The Editors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A note from the editorial board<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[216],"tags":[51,29,102],"class_list":["post-1390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-staff-editorials","tag-issue-2026-03-20","tag-perspectives","tag-the-editors"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Ian Schartner","author_link":"https:\/\/stuorgs2.gcc.edu\/thecollegian\/author\/schartnerij23\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"A note from the editorial board","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuorgs2.gcc.edu\/thecollegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuorgs2.gcc.edu\/thecollegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuorgs2.gcc.edu\/thecollegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuorgs2.gcc.edu\/thecollegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuorgs2.gcc.edu\/thecollegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1390"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stuorgs2.gcc.edu\/thecollegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1693,"href":"https:\/\/stuorgs2.gcc.edu\/thecollegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1390\/revisions\/1693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuorgs2.gcc.edu\/thecollegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuorgs2.gcc.edu\/thecollegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuorgs2.gcc.edu\/thecollegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}