{"id":121,"date":"2025-05-09T15:48:03","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T15:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/studentveterans\/?page_id=121"},"modified":"2025-05-12T16:19:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T16:19:02","slug":"sva","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/studentveterans\/sva\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Veterans of America"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-umflint-templates umflint-template-default_no_jumbotron\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);min-height:50px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#FFF\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2000\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-84\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www-s3.umflint.edu\/wp\/blogs.dir\/51\/files\/2025\/03\/Blue.Walking.Bridge.jpg\" 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