{"id":48260,"date":"2017-10-02T15:38:39","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T19:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=48260"},"modified":"2017-10-02T15:38:39","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T19:38:39","slug":"coming-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2017\/10\/02\/coming-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wright State University\u2019s 50th anniversary Homecoming Week ended with the annual Chili Cook-Off, a concert by former student and touring musician <a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2017\/09\/26\/clark-manson-to-headline-homecoming-festival\/\">Clark Manson<\/a>, special anniversary beers and men\u2019s soccer victory versus Detroit Mercy and a tough loss by the women\u2019s soccer team to Milwaukee.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2017\/09\/29\/social-media-vending-giveaway-a-big-hit-during-homecoming-week\/\">special gift giveaway<\/a> \u2014 featuring a social media-driven vending machine \u2014 was a smashing success. Students and alumni posted a selfie to Twitter or Instagram in order to get a free Wright State T-shirt or hat.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2017\/01\/09\/wright-state-university-to-celebrate-50th-anniversary-throughout-2017\/wright-state-50th-600x400\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43671\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-43671\" src=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2017\/01\/Wright-State-50th-600x400-260x173.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"173\" \/><\/a>Homecoming Weekend also included numerous reunions, Casino Night, the College of Education and Human Services Trivia Night and the College of Science and Mathematics Pub Science talk.<\/p>\n<p>Wright State became an independent institution in 1967 and spent the next 50 years growing into an innovative leader in affordable and accessible education. In 2017, it celebrates its\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wright.edu\/50th\">50th anniversary<\/a>\u00a0and sets the course for the next half century.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wright State University\u2019s 50th anniversary Homecoming Week ended with the annual Chili Cook-Off and a concert by former student and touring musician Clark Manson. <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2017\/10\/02\/coming-home\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":48261,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4307,733,729,744,725,727,715,4293,720],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-50th","category-alumni","category-around-campus","category-education-human-services","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\/48260","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=48260"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48264,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48260\/revisions\/48264"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}