{"id":163739,"date":"2026-02-11T09:58:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T14:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=163739"},"modified":"2026-02-11T09:58:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T14:58:38","slug":"wright-state-celebrates-homecoming-with-week-long-block-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2026\/02\/11\/wright-state-celebrates-homecoming-with-week-long-block-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Wright State celebrates homecoming with week-long block party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wright State University\u2019s 2026 Homecoming Week transported alumni, students, faculty and staff back to the sights and sounds of the 1980s and \u201990s with its \u201cBlock Party\u201d theme.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Dayton Campus hosted a full slate of events, including the annual Chili Cookoff, men\u2019s and women\u2019s basketball games, Salsa Night, the Alumni Achievement Awards, Paint and Sip and a Homecoming Dance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Homecoming Week was organized by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightstatealumni.com\/\">Wright State Alumni Association<\/a>, Wright State University and Wright State student organizations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019m really impressed that they change it up every year and keep it interesting,\u201d said Michael DiFlora, a 1972 graduate who attended the Chili Cookoff and both basketball games at the Wright State Nutter Center on Feb. 7.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Homecoming brings together campus organizations in a collaborative celebration that creates lasting memories for both students and alumni.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMy favorite part of Homecoming is about providing an opportunity for students to connect,\u201d said Courtney Laukitis, assistant director of campus programs in the Student Involvement and Leadership Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homecoming Week transported alumni, students, faculty and staff back to the sights and sounds of the 1980s and \u201990s with its \u201cBlock Party\u201d theme. <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2026\/02\/11\/wright-state-celebrates-homecoming-with-week-long-block-party\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":163742,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[733,4309,729,711,725,727,715,4293,720],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-alumni-association","category-around-campus","category-faculty-staff","category-home-news-sidebar","category-homepage-photos-and-video","category-news","category-student-union","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163739","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\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163739"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163747,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163739\/revisions\/163747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}