{"id":69846,"date":"2019-06-19T08:38:54","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T12:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=69846"},"modified":"2019-06-25T09:28:50","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T13:28:50","slug":"paddle-pals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2019\/06\/19\/paddle-pals\/","title":{"rendered":"Paddle pals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several Wright State students and staff took part in the first Try Kayaking event of the summer at Eastwood MetroPark.<\/p>\n<p>The Outdoor Resource Center provided kayaks, paddles, life jackets, free transportations and instruction for participants. The two-hour excursion was a great opportunity for beginners to learn to paddle or practice their kayaking skills.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m trying to get a little more integrated with the university,\u201d said Adam Cary, a freshman who plans to major in mechanical engineering. \u201cIt\u2019s fun to come out and do this sort of thing and see what\u2019s going on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s especially important for us to let students know that college isn\u2019t just about classes,\u201d said Erin Sherrets, outdoor recreation program manager. \u201cIt\u2019s a great way to meet new people and try something new.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wright.edu\/student-affairs\/health-and-wellness\/campus-recreation\/outdoor-resource-center\">Check out more events offered by the Outdoor Resource Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several Wright State students and staff took part in the first Try Kayaking event of the summer at Eastwood MetroPark. <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2019\/06\/19\/paddle-pals\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":69850,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2105,725,727,715,720],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-recreation","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\/69846","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=69846"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69958,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69846\/revisions\/69958"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}