{"id":61252,"date":"2014-09-11T15:00:16","date_gmt":"2014-09-11T19:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=61252"},"modified":"2020-09-24T09:12:45","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T13:12:45","slug":"constitution-day-forum-ucf-227-years-american-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/constitution-day-forum-ucf-227-years-american-government\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF to Observe Constitution Day at Wednesday Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Constitution was adopted Sept. 17, 1787, and is the foundation on which Americans live their lives; after 227 years, it is just as relevant today as it was then.<\/p>\n<p>A forum to celebrate the Constitution and the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 will be sponsored Wednesday by the 海角直播\u2019s Office of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Legal Studies, Department of Political Science, Department of History, Lou Frey Institute, John C. 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Hughes and Congressman Peter Torkildsen will address the topic, after which they will join a panel alongside Legal Studies faculty members James Beckman and Cynthia Schmidt to answer questions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe encourage the involvement of UCF students, as this is a wonderful opportunity for them to be a part of an event with such prestigious speakers,\u201d said Juan Lugo of the Office of Undergraduate Studies. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the Constitution Day event <a href=\"https:\/\/studentgovernment.ucf.edu\/\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The U.S. Constitution was adopted Sept. 17, 1787, and is the foundation on which Americans live their lives; after 227 years, it is just as relevant today as it was then. 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