{"id":54332,"date":"2018-10-09T11:34:06","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T15:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=54332"},"modified":"2018-10-09T11:34:06","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T15:34:06","slug":"welcome-back-raiders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2018\/10\/09\/welcome-back-raiders\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome back, Raiders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The annual chili cook-off, golf cart parade, bonfire, trivia, casino night, alumni awards, social media vending machines and even soccer, baseball, club football and bowling were some of the highlights of Wright State University\u2019s<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wright.edu\/event\/homecoming\">Homecoming Week<\/a><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Oct. 1-6.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHomecoming Week is the perfect time to reconnect and rediscover Wright State as we celebrate generations of Raiders,\u201d said Greg Scharer, executive director of alumni relations. \u201cThere\u2019s something for everyone, whether you\u2019re a current student, alumni, friend or family member.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInside my head I still think I\u2019m 19,\u201d said Brian Garry, a 1969 graduate who returned to Wright State to celebrate Homecoming. \u201cIt\u2019s something that everyone should do. Go back, get that energy back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The free Homecoming Festival on Oct. 6 in the Rinzler Student Sports Complex area anchored Homecoming Weekend with live music from My Girl Friday, a chili cook-off, a DJ, refreshments, games and more. Attendees cheered on the men\u2019s soccer team immediately following the festival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The annual chili cook-off, golf cart parade, bonfire, trivia and casino night were some of the highlights of Wright State University\u2019s Homecoming Week Oct. 1-6. <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2018\/10\/09\/welcome-back-raiders\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":54333,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[733,729,2105,725,727,715,4293,720],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","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\/54332","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=54332"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54337,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54332\/revisions\/54337"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}