{"id":15518,"date":"2012-08-27T17:02:12","date_gmt":"2012-08-27T21:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=15518"},"modified":"2012-08-27T17:05:22","modified_gmt":"2012-08-27T21:05:22","slug":"a-whirlwind-first-weekend-for-freshmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2012\/08\/27\/a-whirlwind-first-weekend-for-freshmen\/","title":{"rendered":"A whirlwind First Weekend for freshmen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-15518 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href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2012\/08\/27\/a-whirlwind-first-weekend-for-freshmen\/9131-069\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"126\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2012\/08\/9131-069-140x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15508\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15508'>\n\t\t\t\tMove-in Day was a blur for students, parents and staff.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2012\/08\/27\/a-whirlwind-first-weekend-for-freshmen\/9131-145\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"126\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2012\/08\/9131-145-140x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Parents and students alike hauled plenty on Move-in Day.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15509\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15509'>\n\t\t\t\tGolf carts are pretty handy when it&#8217;s time to move your student onto campus.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2012\/08\/27\/a-whirlwind-first-weekend-for-freshmen\/9155-458\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"126\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2012\/08\/9155-458-140x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Students huddle around a large cake for the Welcome Week kickoff event.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15511\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15511'>\n\t\t\t\tThe 2012\u201313 academic year took the cake at the welcome week kickoff event.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2012\/08\/27\/a-whirlwind-first-weekend-for-freshmen\/convocation\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"126\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2012\/08\/convocation-140x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photos of students dangling tassles\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15513\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15513'>\n\t\t\t\tFreshmen were given symbolic tassles representing their future graduation at Freshman Convocation.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2012\/08\/27\/a-whirlwind-first-weekend-for-freshmen\/picnic-with-the-pres\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" 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Hopkins and freshmen outside.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15516\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15516'>\n\t\t\t\tAt a picnic with the president Wright State&#8217;s newest freshmen got some one-on-one time with Wright State President David R. Hopkins.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2012\/08\/27\/a-whirlwind-first-weekend-for-freshmen\/the-big-event\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"126\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2012\/08\/the-big-event-140x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a comedian on stage at the Big Event.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15517\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15517'>\n\t\t\t\tFreshmen laughed and listened to comedians at the Big Event.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Move-in Day, to Freshman Convocation and the Welcome Week kickoff, there&#8217;s been no shortage of activities for Wright State freshman. <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2012\/08\/27\/a-whirlwind-first-weekend-for-freshmen\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":15507,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[729,725,727,715,717,719],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-around-campus","category-home-news-sidebar","category-homepage-photos-and-video","category-news","category-photos","category-special-categories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15518"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15530,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15518\/revisions\/15530"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}