{"id":1944,"date":"2017-05-24T09:26:33","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T13:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mansfieldu.wpengine.com\/?p=1944"},"modified":"2017-05-24T09:27:34","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T13:27:34","slug":"mu-mourns-the-passing-of-derek-pierce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=1944","title":{"rendered":"MU Mourns the Passing of Derek Pierce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MANSFIELD, PA\u2014<\/strong> The Mansfield University com<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mansfieldu.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Derek-Pierce.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1945\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?attachment_id=1945\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Derek-Pierce.jpg?fit=130%2C153&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"130,153\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Derek Pierce\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Derek-Pierce.jpg?fit=130%2C153&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Derek-Pierce.jpg?fit=130%2C153&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1945\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mansfieldu.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Derek-Pierce.jpg?resize=130%2C153\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Derek-Pierce.jpg?w=130&amp;ssl=1 130w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Derek-Pierce.jpg?resize=33%2C39&amp;ssl=1 33w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><\/a>munity is mourning the passing of Derek Pierce, who died on Saturday, May 20.<\/p>\n<p>Pierce was a Criminal Justice Administration major from Gillett, PA.<\/p>\n<p>To see his full obituary and guestbook, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legacy.com\/obituaries\/star-gazette\/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&amp;pid=185580867\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANSFIELD, PA\u2014 The Mansfield University community is mourning the passing of Derek Pierce, who died on Saturday, May 20. Pierce &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=1944\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-button\">Continue reading &gt;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MU Mourns the Passing of Derek Pierce<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1946,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/5-20-13.jpg?fit=2279%2C1800&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6V0yH-vm","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2678,"url":"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=2678","url_meta":{"origin":1944,"position":0},"title":"Mansfield Biology Students Excel at State Meeting","author":"Terry Day","date":"April 13, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"MANSFIELD, PA\u2014 Ten Mansfield University Biology students gave research presentations, with three winning awards, at the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania University Biologists (CPUB) meeting hosted by MU on April 6-8. 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