

{"id":2,"date":"2024-12-12T19:50:57","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T19:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university-events\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-04-06T16:43:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T16:43:44","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university-events\/","title":{"rendered":"University Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<section vue-app class=\"hero-primary\">\n  <div class=\"relative bg-black\">\n\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"adhere object-cover\" src=\"\/media\/university-events\/100324-bps-classroom-ribbon-cutting-18-e1734551422751.jpg\" srcset=\"\/media\/university-events\/100324-bps-classroom-ribbon-cutting-18-e1734551422751.jpg 1200w, \/media\/university-events\/100324-bps-classroom-ribbon-cutting-18-e1734551422751-300x167.jpg 300w, \/media\/university-events\/100324-bps-classroom-ribbon-cutting-18-e1734551422751-1024x569.jpg 1024w, \/media\/university-events\/100324-bps-classroom-ribbon-cutting-18-e1734551422751-768x427.jpg 768w, \/media\/university-events\/100324-bps-classroom-ribbon-cutting-18-e1734551422751-1536x853.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"One female, three males, business attire, cutting a red ribbon\" \/>\n      <div class=\"adhere gradient-overlay\"><\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"relative container pt-128 pb-64 \">\n              <div class=\"px-24 mb-20\">\n          <div class=\"block font-sans font-bold text-14 text-white leading-130\">\n  <span class=\"inline-block\">\n    <a href=\"\/\" class=\"block hover:underline\">WesternU<\/a>\n  <\/span>\n      <span class=\"inline-block mx-6\">\/<\/span>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university-events\" class=\"inline-block hover:underline\">University Events<\/a>\n          <span class=\"inline-block mx-6\">\/<\/span>\n    <span class=\"inline-block\">University Events<\/span>\n  <\/div>        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"sm:w-8\/12 md:w-6\/12 xl:w-5\/12 2xl:w-4\/12 px-24\">\n        <h1 class=\"t-h1-sans  text-white\">University Events<\/h1>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"relative 2xl:-mt-40\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n          <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"relative bg-red 2xl:rounded-8 pt-64 xl:pt-80 px-40  2xl:mx-40 pb-64 xl:pb-80\">\n                  <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"md:flex md:items-center px-12\">\n          <p class=\"t-h2-serif  text-white px-12\">Driven by strategy, focused on impact, and centered around storytelling.<\/p>\n          <div class=\"md:flex md:min-w-5\/12 xl:min-w-3\/12\">\n                      <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section vue-app>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"relative my-48 md:my-72\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"lg:flex px-12 lg:justify-center\">\n      \n      \n                  \n                  \n      <div class=\"w-full px-24 wysiwyg-content xl:w-10\/12 2xl:w-9\/12\">\n        <p>Events are more than just gatherings or meals; they create spaces for building community, crafting stories, casting vision, and advancing initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>The Office of University Events orchestrates large-scale, marquee events, as well as events for key partners such as the Office of the President, Board of Trustees, Division of External Affairs, Alumni Relations, and University Development. With team members located on both campuses, we provide timely, effective, and relevant support to all our clients and stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>We take great pride in upholding the presidential standard of hospitality and core value of humanism across the entire university. Our primary role is to establish and maintain a centralized standard of excellence, quality, and protocol for all events and engagements, ensuring a consistent, high-level experience throughout the institution.<\/p>\n<p>We offer services ranging from providing seasoned event managers, to offering guidance on program structure and flow. We ensure every event aligns with the university\u2019s values and strategic goals while maintaining a high standard of excellence.<\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"my-48 md:mt-96 md:mb-72\" vue-app>\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"app-gutter\">\n      <div class=\"relative md:flex md:justify-end\">\n        <div class=\"app-gutter\">\n                                  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"md:absolute md:-top-32 md:left-0 w-full md:w-5\/12 lg:w-6\/12 h-240 sm:h-320 md:h-full object-cover rounded-t-5 md:rounded-8\" src=\"\/media\/university-events\/110824-bot-gratitude-dinner-001.jpg\" srcset=\"\/media\/university-events\/110824-bot-gratitude-dinner-001.jpg 1800w, \/media\/university-events\/110824-bot-gratitude-dinner-001-300x200.jpg 300w, \/media\/university-events\/110824-bot-gratitude-dinner-001-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/media\/university-events\/110824-bot-gratitude-dinner-001-768x512.jpg 768w, \/media\/university-events\/110824-bot-gratitude-dinner-001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw\" alt=\"Tables set up for celebration and dining event\">\n                  <\/div>\n        <div class=\"md:w-8\/12 xl:w-7\/12 app-gutter\">\n          <div class=\"p-32 sm:p-40 md:px-0 md:py-80 rounded-b-5 md:rounded-8 bg-red\">\n            <div class=\"md:ml-1\/8 lg:ml-1\/4 xl:ml-1\/7 md:px-40 lg:px-80\">\n                              \t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"text-lockup text-lockup--red\">\n\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t-h2-serif  block text-yellow\">Services<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg-content t-p2 mt-24 text-white\">At this time, University Events is placing rentals on hold. We hope to reopen reservations soon and apologize for any inconvenience. <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"my-48 md:mt-96 md:mb-72\" vue-app>\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"flex flex-wrap md:flex-row-reverse md:items-center app-gutter\">\n      <div class=\"md:w-6\/12 xl:w-7\/12 app-gutter pl-16\">\n        <div class=\"rounded-5 md:rounded-8 md:h-560 bg-red\">\n                                  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-full h-256 md:h-560 object-cover rounded-5 md:rounded-8 transform -translate-y-10 -translate-x-8 md:-translate-y-18 md:-translate-x-16\" src=\"\/media\/university-events\/051524-cpm_comp-commencement-117.jpg\" srcset=\"\/media\/university-events\/051524-cpm_comp-commencement-117.jpg 1800w, \/media\/university-events\/051524-cpm_comp-commencement-117-300x200.jpg 300w, \/media\/university-events\/051524-cpm_comp-commencement-117-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/media\/university-events\/051524-cpm_comp-commencement-117-768x512.jpg 768w, \/media\/university-events\/051524-cpm_comp-commencement-117-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw\" alt=\"A female wearing a graduation cap and gown smiling\">\n                  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"md:w-6\/12 xl:w-5\/12 mt-32 md:mt-0 px-12 md:pr-40 lg:px-80\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"md:pb-40\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"text-lockup text-lockup--default\">\n\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t-h2-serif  block text-red-light\">Resources<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg-content t-p2 mt-24 text-black\">University provided resources for your next event.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mt-28\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"cta-arrow cta-arrow--red \" href=\"https:\/\/events.westernu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    Localist Event Calendar<svg class=\"cta-arrow__icon d-block w-16 ml-12\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 16\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><polygon fill=\"currentColor\" points=\"11.3168217 0 9.27266614 2.39591605 14.0042587 6.6137266 8.92524936 6.42314237 0 6.42314237 0 9.57685763 8.92524936 9.57685763 14.0042587 9.3862734 9.19197579 13.6063528 11.3168217 16 20 8\"><\/polygon><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mt-16\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"cta-arrow cta-arrow--red \" href=\"https:\/\/events.westernu.edu\/signup?school_id=40906322326998\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    Post An Event on Localist<svg class=\"cta-arrow__icon d-block w-16 ml-12\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 16\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><polygon fill=\"currentColor\" points=\"11.3168217 0 9.27266614 2.39591605 14.0042587 6.6137266 8.92524936 6.42314237 0 6.42314237 0 9.57685763 8.92524936 9.57685763 14.0042587 9.3862734 9.19197579 13.6063528 11.3168217 16 20 8\"><\/polygon><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mt-16\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"cta-arrow cta-arrow--red \" href=\"https:\/\/westernu.sharepoint.com\/sites\/EventDrive\/Shared%20Documents\/Forms\/AllItems.aspx?id=%2Fsites%2FEventDrive%2FShared%20Documents%2FAdmin%2FPolicies%20and%20Procedures%2FWesternU%20Localist%20Guidelines%2Epdf&#038;parent=%2Fsites%2FEventDrive%2FShared%20Documents%2FAdmin%2FPolicies%20and%20Procedures&#038;p=true&#038;ga=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    Image Guidelines for Localist<svg class=\"cta-arrow__icon d-block w-16 ml-12\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 16\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><polygon fill=\"currentColor\" points=\"11.3168217 0 9.27266614 2.39591605 14.0042587 6.6137266 8.92524936 6.42314237 0 6.42314237 0 9.57685763 8.92524936 9.57685763 14.0042587 9.3862734 9.19197579 13.6063528 11.3168217 16 20 8\"><\/polygon><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"faculty-card my-48 md:my-72\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"md:flex md:justify-between md:items-end mb-20\">\n      <h2 class=\"t-h2-sans  text-red md:mr-40\">University Events Team<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n            <div class=\"md:flex md:flex-wrap px-12\">\n                                                      \n                                                        \n      <div class=\"px-12 mt-24 w-full md:w-1\/2\">\n        <div class=\"sm:flex w-full py-32 border-b-1 border-gray\">\n                                            <div class=\"card block w-256 sm:w-1\/3 pl-12 md:pl-0 pr-12 md:pr-18 mr-auto md:mr-0\">\n                <div class=\"rounded-5 md:rounded-8 overflow-hidden\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card__image w-full h-256 sm:h-192 md:h-144 lg:h-192 xl:h-256 object-cover\" alt=\"WesternU Seal - Default Image\" src=\"\/media\/westernu\/images\/facstaffnopic.jpg\" \/>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"w-full h-full md:w-2\/3 pl-12 md:pl-18 mt-18 sm:mt-0\">\n            <p class=\"t-h2-serif leading-120\">\n                            <span class=\"text-red-light hover:text-red\">Elen Melkonian<\/span>\n                          <\/p>\n            <div class=\"mt-16 t-p2\">\n                                          <p class=\"font-bold\">Director, University Events<\/p>\n                                                                      <p>\n                <a href=\"mailto:emelkonian@westernu.edu\" class=\"hover:underline\">emelkonian@westernu.edu <\/a>\n              <\/p>\n                                        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n                                                      \n                                                        \n      <div class=\"px-12 mt-24 w-full md:w-1\/2\">\n        <div class=\"sm:flex w-full py-32 border-b-1 border-gray\">\n                                            <div class=\"card block w-256 sm:w-1\/3 pl-12 md:pl-0 pr-12 md:pr-18 mr-auto md:mr-0\">\n                <div class=\"rounded-5 md:rounded-8 overflow-hidden\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card__image w-full h-256 sm:h-192 md:h-144 lg:h-192 xl:h-256 object-cover\" alt=\"Portrait of Paige Morgan\" src=\"\/media\/westernu\/images\/staff\/pmorgan.jpg\" \/>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"w-full h-full md:w-2\/3 pl-12 md:pl-18 mt-18 sm:mt-0\">\n            <p class=\"t-h2-serif leading-120\">\n                            <span class=\"text-red-light hover:text-red\">Paige Morgan<\/span>\n                          <\/p>\n            <div class=\"mt-16 t-p2\">\n                                          <p class=\"font-bold\">Manager, University Events<\/p>\n                                          <p>\n                <a href=\"tel:(541) 259-0200\" class=\"hover:underline\">(541) 259-0200<\/a>\n              <\/p>\n                                                        <p>\n                <a href=\"mailto:pmorgan@westernu.edu\" class=\"hover:underline\">pmorgan@westernu.edu <\/a>\n              <\/p>\n                                        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":198,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/44"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}