{"id":2455,"date":"2021-04-23T14:13:11","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T20:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/?p=2455"},"modified":"2021-04-23T14:13:12","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T20:13:12","slug":"plc-participate-in-earth-day-appreciation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/plc-participate-in-earth-day-appreciation\/","title":{"rendered":"PLC Participate in Earth Day Appreciation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Members of the Seminole State College President\u2019s Leadership Class gathered Thursday in recognition of Earth Day. The students visited with Ray McQuiston \u2013 Fulfillment Center Director for Kontoor Brands, Inc. \u2013 who discussed the importance of sustainability and how he spearheaded a recycling initiative for the company to help lower waste and help the environment. He also challenged the students to think of small ways they could do their part in their personal lives and also on the college campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Park-Pick-Up-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Park-Pick-Up-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Park-Pick-Up-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Park-Pick-Up-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Park-Pick-Up-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Park-Pick-Up-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Park-Pick-Up-50x33.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Park-Pick-Up-788x525.jpg 788w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>S<em>ophomore PLC members Kandyce Davidson and Kelsey Edminsten walk the Boomtown playground in Seminole and pick-up trash in honor of Earth Day on April 22. <\/em>\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ray-McQuiston.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2457\" width=\"497\" height=\"662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ray-McQuiston.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ray-McQuiston-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ray-McQuiston-38x50.jpg 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><figcaption><br>Ray McQuiston, Fulfillment Center Director for Kontoor Brands, Inc, discussed the importance of sustainability with Seminole State College President&#8217;s Leadership Class as part of PLC celebrating Earth Day. <br><br><br><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Taking-Out-the-Trash-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Taking-Out-the-Trash-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Taking-Out-the-Trash-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Taking-Out-the-Trash-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Taking-Out-the-Trash-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Taking-Out-the-Trash-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Taking-Out-the-Trash-1-50x38.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Taking-Out-the-Trash-1-788x591.jpg 788w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><br><em><br>As part of Earth Day appreciation, PLC students volunteered to pick-up trash in the community through the City of Seminole\u2019s \u201cCommunity Clean-Up\u201d efforts this week. The students collected trash near the Boomtown park area. Those pictured are (l-r): Kaitlyn Matlock of Lexington, Tiffany Maxey of Catoosa, Uriah McPerryman of Wetumka, Emily Dobbins of Broken Arrow, Cepado Wilkins of Shawnee, Kelsey Edminsten of Okemah, Kandyce Davidson, of Wewoka Jaycee Johnson of Paden, Sydney Winchester of Prague, Jenna Harrison of Shawnee and Connor Buchanan of Wewoka.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Seminole State College President\u2019s Leadership Class gathered Thursday in recognition of Earth Day. The students visited with Ray McQuiston \u2013 Fulfillment Center Director for Kontoor Brands, Inc. \u2013 who discussed the importance of sustainability and how he spearheaded a recycling initiative for the company to help lower waste and help the environment. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/plc-participate-in-earth-day-appreciation\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">PLC Participate in Earth Day Appreciation<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2458,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[100],"class_list":["post-2455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-april-2021"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2455"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2460,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455\/revisions\/2460"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}