{"id":3024,"date":"2011-07-14T22:42:44","date_gmt":"2011-07-15T02:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/alumni\/?p=3024"},"modified":"2011-07-14T22:42:44","modified_gmt":"2011-07-15T02:42:44","slug":"road-trip-report-northwest-indiana-wow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/2011\/07\/14\/road-trip-report-northwest-indiana-wow\/","title":{"rendered":"Road Trip Report &#8211; Northwest Indiana &#8211; WOW!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3025\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3025\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/alumni\/files\/2011\/07\/nw-indiana_MG_2066.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3025\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/alumni\/files\/2011\/07\/nw-indiana_MG_2066.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/07\/nw-indiana_MG_2066.jpg 540w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/07\/nw-indiana_MG_2066-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3025\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We filled two rooms at the pub!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>July 14, 2011 &#8211; First evening Road Trip stop was in Northwest Indiana at TJ Mahoney&#8217;s pub. \u00a0We ended up with well over 40 attendees &#8211; alumni, friends, parents, and current students. \u00a0We filled two private rooms at the pub. \u00a0The food was excellent and the crowd was even better. \u00a0We had one Class of 2015 member, several current students, and alumni from the Class of 1957 and younger. \u00a0It was informal and fun.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3026\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3026\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/alumni\/files\/2011\/07\/bender_MG_2076.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3026\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/alumni\/files\/2011\/07\/bender_MG_2076.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/07\/bender_MG_2076.jpg 540w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/07\/bender_MG_2076-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3026\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kyle Bender &#039;12 Shares His Personal Wabash Experiences<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The only real program started with a brief introduction of the Road Trip concept. \u00a0Kyle and Tyler then shared their Wabash experiences which included trips this summer to Kenya (Kyle) and Italy (Tyler). \u00a0We closed by thanking the attendees for their support of Wabash&#8217;s effort to remain strong and grow even stronger. \u00a0Without the support of our alumni, immersion trips with talented and enthusiastic faculty members and scholarships just wouldn&#8217;t be possible. \u00a0Program length &#8211; under 10 minutes&#8230;easy.<\/p>\n<p>It was great to see recent graduates already impressing their bosses at work, Wabash alumni mentoring younger Wabash alumni, current students excited about getting back to campus, and parents saying that Wabash had changed their sons into young, responsible men.<\/p>\n<p>For photos of Day 1, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wabash.edu\/photo_album\/home.cfm?photo_id=22898&amp;photo_album_id=2912\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m pumped, to say the least.<\/p>\n<p>On to South Bend!<\/p>\n<p><em>Grunge<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 14, 2011 &#8211; First evening Road Trip stop was in Northwest Indiana at TJ Mahoney&#8217;s pub. \u00a0We ended up with well over 40 attendees &#8211; alumni, friends, parents, and current students. 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