{"id":5639,"date":"2025-06-24T17:44:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T21:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/homecoming-dev\/?page_id=5639"},"modified":"2026-09-03T17:51:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T21:51:31","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/homecoming\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News &#038; Announcements"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5639\" class=\"elementor elementor-5639\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2973834 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2973834\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98c10b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"98c10b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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