{"id":41769,"date":"2016-07-13T13:39:58","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T17:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=41769"},"modified":"2016-07-13T13:44:07","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T17:44:07","slug":"pokemon-go-introduces-wright-state-freshmen-to-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2016\/07\/13\/pokemon-go-introduces-wright-state-freshmen-to-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Pokemon Go\u2019 introduces new students to Wright State&#8217;s campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The release of the \u201cPokemon Go\u201d last week has already been a huge hit on Wright State\u2019s campus. Hundreds of students can be found gathering near the university\u2019s numerous Pokey Stops and several virtual gyms around the clock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe trails, the trees, the paths, you could probably spend hours on our campus playing \u2018Pokemon Go,\u2019\u201d said Julia Acosta, leadership studies program coordinator.<\/p>\n<p>The game has become a helpful way for incoming and prospective students to learn more about campus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m new to campus and I didn\u2019t know this side of campus existed,\u201d said Adrienne Craver, a sophomore who recently transferred to Wright State.<\/p>\n<p>The free mobile app has been helpful for introverted students as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not one to actually get out and meet people. Seeing people that are actually doing the same thing is a big excitement thing for me,\u201d said Trevor Sloan, a freshman computer science major.<\/p>\n<p>As you watch the video be sure to search for the hidden Pikachues!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The release of the \u201cPokemon Go\u201d last week has already been a huge hit on Wright State\u2019s campus. <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2016\/07\/13\/pokemon-go-introduces-wright-state-freshmen-to-campus\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":41770,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[729,725,727,715,720],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41769","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-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41769","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=41769"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41778,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41769\/revisions\/41778"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}