{"id":2876,"date":"2025-12-01T12:20:52","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T17:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/mu-regional-pulse\/?p=2876"},"modified":"2025-12-01T12:45:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T17:45:07","slug":"illuminati-and-egs-340-internship-book-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/mu-regional-pulse\/2025\/12\/illuminati-and-egs-340-internship-book-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Illuminati and EGS 340 Internship Book Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<cite>By Paige Auxier &#8212;<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently, The Illuminati\u2014the Regionals\u2019 creative writing student organization\u2014and the EGS 340 Internship program are hosting a book drive.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They\u2019re accepting books of all genres as long as they\u2019re only gently used, and will be taking donations until December 3rd. For Regionals students on the Hamilton campus, donations can be dropped off outside of Rentschler 246, and for Middletown students, they\u2019re to be brought to the campus library.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the book drive, an Open Mic and Book event will be held at Schwarm Hall Commons at Hamilton\u2019s campus on December 3rd from 12:00 to 2:00 P.M. There, attending students can expect to enjoy free pizza and refreshments as well as books, collected through the book drive, and bookmarks to take home with them over the holiday break. During this event, winners of The Illuminati\u2019s annual Fall Writing &amp; Art Competition, and the Eye Candy Contest, will be announced, along with live readings from Regional students sharing their original short stories and poetry.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For any Regionals\u2019 staff or student with old books collecting dust on their shelves, consider donating them to help brighten someone else\u2019s holiday season, by providing them with a means of entertainment or academic enrichment over break.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And, for those interested in attending the Open Mic and Book event this Wednesday to reap the benefits of the book drive and enjoy live readings with refreshments, feel free to fill out the Google form to RSVP, which can be found via student email in any of the several messages sent regarding it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By Paige Auxier &#8212; Currently, The Illuminati\u2014the Regionals\u2019 creative writing student organization\u2014and the EGS 340 Internship program are hosting a book drive.\u00a0 They\u2019re accepting books <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/mu-regional-pulse\/2025\/12\/illuminati-and-egs-340-internship-book-drive\/\" title=\"Illuminati and EGS 340 Internship Book Drive\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":9463,"featured_media":2877,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-our-communities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/mu-regional-pulse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/mu-regional-pulse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/mu-regional-pulse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/mu-regional-pulse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9463"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/mu-regional-pulse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/mu-regional-pulse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/mu-regional-pulse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/mu-regional-pulse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/mu-regional-pulse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/mu-regional-pulse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}