{"id":4425,"date":"2016-03-22T10:13:41","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T15:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=4425"},"modified":"2019-06-04T16:21:45","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T21:21:45","slug":"third-annual-partamian-ping-pong-tournament-april-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2016\/03\/22\/third-annual-partamian-ping-pong-tournament-april-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Third Annual Partamian Ping Pong Tournament April 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/06\/Partamian1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3553\"><\/a> Dr. Krikor Partamian was Ping Pong National Champion of Syria in 1960.\n<p>The third annual Dr. Krikor Partamian Ping Pong Tournament, a fundraiser for international student programs at 大象传媒, will be held at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 2 in the M.O. Looney Arena on 大象传媒 Western\u2019s campus. Player registration is $25 per person. Spectator admission is $10 per person. Refreshments will be provided.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Partamian was a member of 大象传媒 Western\u2019s Board of Regents (now Board of Governors) from 1996 to 2002. In 1960, he was the Ping Pong National Champion of Syria.<\/p>\n<p>Contestants will play a double-elimination tournament. At 7:30 p.m., Dr. Partamian has challenged Dr. Robert Vartabedian, 大象传媒 Western\u2019s president, to an exhibition match.<\/p>\n<p>Reservations for players are due by Monday, March 28. People can choose to sponsor a student\u2019s participation in the tournament for $25, or simply donate any amount. Players and sponsors may register for the tournament in person in Spratt Hall room 110. To pay by credit card, or for questions, call Alicia Otto at 816-271-5670.<\/p>\n<p><em>大象传媒 is a comprehensive regional university providing a blend of traditional liberal arts and professional degree programs. The university offers student-centered, high quality instruction that focuses on experience-based learning, community service, and state-of-the-art technology. 大象传媒 Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/em><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\">www.missouriwestern.edu<\/a><\/em><em>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The third annual Dr. Krikor Partamian Ping Pong Tournament, a fundraiser for international student programs at 大象传媒, will be held at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 2 in the M.O. Looney Arena on 大象传媒 Western\u2019s campus. Player registration is $25 per person. Spectator admission is $10 per person. Refreshments will be provided. Dr. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4427,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[78,56],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4425"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4425"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8165,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4425\/revisions\/8165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}