{"id":88007,"date":"2020-05-08T11:10:45","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T15:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=88007"},"modified":"2024-01-04T14:59:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T19:59:22","slug":"ddn-wright-state-receives-1000-face-masks-from-chinese-business-organization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2020\/05\/08\/ddn-wright-state-receives-1000-face-masks-from-chinese-business-organization\/","title":{"rendered":"Dayton Daily News: Wright State receives 1,000 face masks from Chinese business organization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Excerpt<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-87906\" src=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2020\/05\/mask-donation-1-260x173.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"173\" \/>Wright State University received a donation of 1,000 face masks from a Chinese business organization based in Cincinnati.<\/p>\n<p>Leo Chan, executive director of the Midwest USA Chinese Chamber of Commerce, made the donation after talking to William Holmes, WSU\u2019s associate vice provost for international affairs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p\">The university\u2019s Center for International Education joined the chamber last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p\">Chan was able to get the masks from partners in China after Holmes asked him where the university could purchase them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe even offered to drive the masks up to Wright State from Cincinnati,\u201d said Holmes. \u201cIt highlights what relationships can do for us in these times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of the 1,000 masks donated, 250 were earmarked for international students, UCIE staff and study abroad advisees. The other 750 masks will go to students, faculty and staff upon request.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time for us to give back now that we\u2019re able to source these PPE supplies from China,\u201d Chan said.<\/p>\n<p>He delivered the masks to Holmes on April 30.<\/p>\n<p>View the original story at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daytondailynews.com\/news\/local\/wright-state-receives-000-face-masks-from-chinese-business-organization\/5wRyZup9ECalJgOe4yI8MK\/\">daytondailynews.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excerpt Wright State University received a donation of 1,000 face masks from a Chinese business organization based in Cincinnati. Leo Chan, executive director of the Midwest USA Chinese Chamber of Commerce, made the donation after talking to William Holmes, WSU\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2020\/05\/08\/ddn-wright-state-receives-1000-face-masks-from-chinese-business-organization\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":87906,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[730],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wright-state-in-the-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88007"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145475,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88007\/revisions\/145475"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}