{"id":163950,"date":"2026-02-24T15:27:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=163950"},"modified":"2026-02-27T10:29:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T15:29:48","slug":"adventures-await","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2026\/02\/24\/adventures-await\/","title":{"rendered":"Adventures await"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/theadventuresummit.com\">Adventure Summit<\/a> presented by Wagner Subaru celebrated a 20-year partnership between Five Rivers MetroParks and Wright State University, turning the Student Union into a hub of outdoor learning, hands-on challenges and student storytelling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s all about inspiring people to spend time outdoors,\u201d said Brent Anslinger, outdoor recreation and program manager for Five Rivers MetroParks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Alongside this year\u2019s Adventure Summit featured speakers, four Wright State students shared their own outdoor experiences with audiences eager to learn about real-world adventures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cI love all of the stories and the people you get to meet at this event,\u201d said Hannah Mesa, a senior psychology major and outdoor recreation trip leader, who presented on the importance of being trauma-aware during outdoor adventures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>For Wright State Campus Recreation staff and student workers, the event reflects a shared love of the outdoors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cThis is a really special event for our student-staff in Campus Recreation because we are very passionate about outdoor recreation,\u201d said Erin Compaleo, assistant director of outdoor recreation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Adventure Summit featured over 35 presentations from adventurous presenters, dozens of exhibits and hands-on activities, including an indoor triathlon, bouldering competition, canoe battleship, and scuba, kayaking, biking and fitness classes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Approximately 2,000 attendees participated in the two-day event, held Feb. 20\u201321 in the Student Union, supported by more than 100 volunteers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Adventure Summit celebrated a 20-year partnership between Five Rivers MetroParks and Wright State, turning the Student Union into a hub of outdoor learning, hands-on challenges and student storytelling. <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2026\/02\/24\/adventures-await\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":163956,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[729,2105,725,727,715,4293,720],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-around-campus","category-campus-recreation","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\/163950","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=163950"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163962,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163950\/revisions\/163962"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}