{"id":3637,"date":"2015-01-02T16:55:46","date_gmt":"2015-01-02T16:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/?p=3637"},"modified":"2015-01-02T16:56:31","modified_gmt":"2015-01-02T16:56:31","slug":"happy-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/2015\/01\/02\/happy-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy New Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/01\/Happy-2015.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3638\" alt=\"Happy-2015\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/01\/Happy-2015.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/01\/Happy-2015.jpg 540w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/01\/Happy-2015-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Fall of 2014 was a great one for the college &#8211; Rhodes Scholar, athletic successes, large enrollment, new housing started, terrific fundraising year&#8230;.the list goes on and on.<\/p>\n<p>All of that suggests that 2015 has the potential to be an even better year for Wabash. \u00a0I know I&#8217;m looking forward to watching this year unfold&#8230;probably with as much interest as ever as a staffer here.<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind that your Wabash is bucking a lot of trends. \u00a0Fewer and fewer young men going to college. \u00a0That means the population willing to look at a college for men is also smaller. \u00a0Multiple that by the college&#8217;s desire to grow larger <strong>and<\/strong> by the competition from all those co-ed liberal arts colleges for exactly the young men your Alma Mater wants to attract.<\/p>\n<p>That means your Alma Mater will need your help, especially with Admissions. \u00a0You know some young men who appear to have what it takes to be Wabash men? \u00a0Don&#8217;t stand on the sidelines of recruiting&#8230;jump in. \u00a0Get them introduced to Wabash and help them along the recruiting way.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s one of the best investments you can make in the future of your Wabash College!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Fall of 2014 was a great one for the college &#8211; Rhodes Scholar, athletic successes, large enrollment, new housing started, terrific fundraising year&#8230;.the list goes on and on. All of that [&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-3637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"w_featured_image_url":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/01\/Happy-2015.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3637"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3641,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3637\/revisions\/3641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}