{"id":1145,"date":"2010-07-26T12:31:29","date_gmt":"2010-07-26T12:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/alumni\/2010\/07\/26\/saying-thanks-to-big-mike-reidy-h04\/"},"modified":"2010-07-26T12:31:29","modified_gmt":"2010-07-26T12:31:29","slug":"saying-thanks-to-big-mike-reidy-h04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/2010\/07\/26\/saying-thanks-to-big-mike-reidy-h04\/","title":{"rendered":"Saying Thanks To Big Mike Reidy H&#039;04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"428\" height=\"285\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/www2images\/chip and mike.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>32 Years. &nbsp;32 Admissions Cycles. &nbsp;2,700 plus applications. &nbsp;Over 500 matriculants. &nbsp;That&#8217;s two entire classes of Wabash students.<\/p>\n<p>Did I mention 32 years of Admissions cycles? &nbsp;I barely made it through two here.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mike Reidy<\/strong> is retiring from Wabash Admissions. &nbsp;A small group gathered last week to say <em><strong>Thanks<\/strong><\/em> and <strong><em>All the Best.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chip Timmons &#8217;96, with Mike above, was the roaster. &nbsp;He kept it PG rated.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Reidy touched so many people in a positive way. &nbsp;Think of all the high school counselors. You know they were helped by Mike&#8217;s hard work. &nbsp;Think of all the families, whether or not their sons came to Wabash. &nbsp;You know they benefited from Mike&#8217;s sage advice. &nbsp;Think of all of us &#8211; we knew Mike was a great spokesman for us &#8211; he always painted a great picture of a Wabash education. &nbsp;32 years&#8230;and over 80 different folks in Admissions. <strong>&nbsp;All have the same feeling &#8211; Mike is a great friend!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mike &#8211; it won&#8217;t be the same. &nbsp;Having said that, we&#8217;ll figure out how to make it work. &nbsp;Your fingerprints are all over the way we personally recruit each young man. &nbsp;You should be very proud!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>32 Years. &nbsp;32 Admissions Cycles. &nbsp;2,700 plus applications. &nbsp;Over 500 matriculants. &nbsp;That&#8217;s two entire classes of Wabash students. Did I mention 32 years of Admissions cycles? &nbsp;I barely made it through two [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"w_featured_image_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1145\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}