{"id":1650,"date":"2015-05-15T23:12:07","date_gmt":"2015-05-16T07:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.laaker.com\/micah\/?p=1650"},"modified":"2024-01-31T15:08:33","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T23:08:33","slug":"vikings-of-distinction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laaker.com\/micah\/press-releases\/2015\/vikings-of-distinction","title":{"rendered":"Laaker inducted into hallowed halls of Vikings of Distinction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/micah\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_4256.jpg\" width=\"115\" height=\"150\" alt=\"Viking of Distinction award\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-498\" style=\"padding-right: 15px; padding-bottom: 15px;\" align=\"left\" \/> (Omaha, NE) \u2014 Micah Laaker was today inducted into <a href=\"http:\/\/north.ops.org\/Alumni\/VikingsofDistinction\/tabid\/275\/Default.aspx\">Omaha North High Magnet School&#8217;s annual Vikings of Distinction alumni honorees<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>A 1993 graduate of the technology magnet school in Omaha, Laaker was one of <a href=\"http:\/\/m13.me\/1F8OYdT\">seven to be honored<\/a> as part of 2015\u2019s event. Established in 1983 to honor past graduates who have \u201cachieved outstanding success in their chosen careers,\u201d the event connects alumni with current students via a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OPS_NorthHigh\/status\/599222118509752321\">school-wide assembly<\/a>, small group discussions, lifetime recap video, Honors Night participation and an awards banquet (while also raising funds for student scholarships).<\/p>\n<p>In a somewhat prescient move (and while still a student), Laaker had previously designed the 1992 Vikings of Distinction program which honored two of his fellow distinguished friends with scholarships: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sliwaru\">Sharif Liwaru<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/smorrison0\">Sean Morrison<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Laaker&#8217;s framed visage now hangs in the main hallway of the school alongside fellow honorees\u2019 portraits. Those interested can read more at the <a href=\"https:\/\/omaha.com\/news\/education\/7-named-2015-north-high-vikings-of-distinction\/article_483a1a18-4b1a-5061-8792-ac0ca69d14e0.html\">Omaha World-Herald<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Omaha, NE) \u2014 Micah Laaker was today inducted into Omaha North High Magnet School&#8217;s annual Vikings of Distinction alumni honorees. A 1993 graduate of the technology magnet school in Omaha, Laaker was one of seven to be honored as part of 2015\u2019s event. Established in 1983 to honor past graduates who have \u201cachieved outstanding success [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laaker.com\/micah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laaker.com\/micah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laaker.com\/micah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laaker.com\/micah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laaker.com\/micah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.laaker.com\/micah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1650\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laaker.com\/micah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laaker.com\/micah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laaker.com\/micah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}