{"id":15490,"date":"2025-10-04T16:36:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T16:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/?p=15490"},"modified":"2026-07-28T23:51:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T23:51:45","slug":"who-is-annville-jack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2025\/10\/04\/who-is-annville-jack\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Annville Jack?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dslc-theme-content\"><div id=\"dslc-theme-content-inner\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Ethan Heisey \u201927, staff writer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every semester brings new faces to LVC, but one student has become a constant presence on campus: Annville Jack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">John McNamara, better known as \u201cJack,\u201d has been a familiar figure at LVC since he began taking classes in 2010. Jack grew up in Elizabeth, New Jersey, before moving to Annville in 2005. Since then, he has built a strong connection with both the town and the college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He already has a degree in philosophy, but enjoys exploring a variety of courses. Typically, he takes two to three classes each semester, staying involved in the LVC community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLVC is home,\u201d Jack said. \u201cIt gives me purpose\u2014better than sitting around playing bingo.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jack is comfortable at LVC and knows that it is his home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before enrolling at LVC, Jack spent 25 years as a licensed social worker. He dedicated his career to helping others, an experience that continues to shape his outlook on life and learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though he keeps a low profile outside of class, nearly every student knows who he is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Annville Jack has become more than a student. He is part of the identity of LVC itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By Ethan Heisey \u201927, staff writer Every semester brings new faces to LVC, but one student has become a constant presence on campus: Annville Jack. John McNamara, better known as \u201cJack,\u201d has been a familiar <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2025\/10\/04\/who-is-annville-jack\/\" title=\"Who is Annville Jack?\">[...]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15505,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-features","category-front-page","category-homepage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15490"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15922,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15490\/revisions\/15922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}