{"id":169771,"date":"2026-10-09T09:05:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T13:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=169771"},"modified":"2026-10-09T09:05:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T13:05:15","slug":"welcome-our-newest-hires-161","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=169771","title":{"rendered":"Welcome our newest hires!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These employees recently started working at the college. 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