{"id":111525,"date":"2022-10-07T08:01:37","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T12:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/?p=111525"},"modified":"2022-10-07T08:30:52","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T12:30:52","slug":"happy-homecoming-family-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/happy-homecoming-family-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Homecoming &amp; Family Weekend!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy <a href=\"https:\/\/alumnievents.owu.edu\/e\/hcfw-2022\/\">Homecoming &amp; Family Weekend<\/a>! Join for this once-a-year Bishop bash!<\/p>\n<p>Highlights include:<\/p>\n<h4>Friday, Oct. 7<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Slocum Hall Rededication<\/strong>, 4 p.m. \u2013 Historic Slocum Hall reopens following a 14-month, $11.25-million-donor-funded restoration. The new home of the OWU Connection, Slocum Hall is highlighted by a 70-foot-by-20-foot leaded glass ceiling. Learn more about the building at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/owu.edu\/slocumhall\">owu.edu\/slocumhall<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pints w\/Profs &amp; Staff<\/strong>, 5 p.m. \u2013 *NEW* event to Homecoming, following the Slocum Hall dedication.<\/li>\n<li><strong>BishopFest<\/strong>, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Ticketed all-community celebration featuring food, music, and fun!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Saturday, Oct. 8<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>OWU Field Hockey<\/strong>, 11 a.m. \u2013 OWU vs. Denison, at Selby Stadium.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Parade of Bishops<\/strong>, noon-12:15 p.m. \u2013 Show your Ohio Wesleyan pride and join the walking parade from the JAYwalk fountain to Selby Stadium, led by the football team, OWU Marching Bishops, and the Battling Bishop himself.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Battling Bishop Tailgate<\/strong>, noon-2 p.m. Enjoy lunch as you get fired up for the OWU vs. Denison football game. Food trucks will have items for purchase outside Selby Stadium.<\/li>\n<li><strong>OWU Football<\/strong>, 2 p.m. \u2013 OWU vs. Denison, at Selby Stadium. Halftime recognition includes Hall of Fame inductees and recipients of Team of Distinction Awards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s a great weekend to be a Bishop!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Homecoming &amp; Family Weekend! Join for this once-a-year Bishop bash! Highlights include: Friday, Oct. 7 Slocum Hall Rededication, 4 p.m. \u2013 Historic Slocum Hall reopens following a 14-month, $11.25-million-donor-funded restoration. The new home of the OWU Connection, Slocum Hall is highlighted by a 70-foot-by-20-foot leaded glass ceiling. Learn more about the building at\u00a0owu.edu\/slocumhall. Pints [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2057,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campuswide-news-events"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2057"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111525"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111526,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111525\/revisions\/111526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}