{"id":3906,"date":"2017-09-14T08:30:11","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T08:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/admissions\/?p=3906"},"modified":"2021-10-15T21:03:06","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T21:03:06","slug":"experience-a-warrior-game-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/admissions\/blog\/experience-a-warrior-game-day\/","title":{"rendered":"The Warrior Game Day Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throughout my last three years at WSU, I have only attended a few WSU football games. It\u2019s no secret that I\u2019m not the biggest football fan. However, after attending a Warrior Game Day Experience, I can definitely see myself going to many more games! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Game Day Experience was truly a fun-filled event for everyone who attended; children, college students, faculty and community members. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Game Day Experience event made campus quite the sight to see! There was a bouncy house, food trucks, zip-lining, obstacle courses, gaga ball and more!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3906 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"740\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/admissions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/09\/21744856_1366524013446065_328401586_o-e1505343817531.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"People ordering from a food truck at the Game Day Experience event.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/admissions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/09\/21744856_1366524013446065_328401586_o-e1505343817531.jpg 740w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/admissions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/09\/21744856_1366524013446065_328401586_o-e1505343817531-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3912'>\n\t\t\t\tFood trucks. Bean bag toss. Giveaways. Oh my!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-3906 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"673\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/admissions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/09\/21741924_1366524040112729_1835306537_o-e1505343375847-1024x673.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Families hanging out by the bean bag toss at the Game Day Experience.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-3911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/admissions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/09\/21741924_1366524040112729_1835306537_o-e1505343375847-1024x673.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/admissions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/09\/21741924_1366524040112729_1835306537_o-e1505343375847-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/admissions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/09\/21741924_1366524040112729_1835306537_o-e1505343375847-768x505.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/admissions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/09\/21741924_1366524040112729_1835306537_o-e1505343375847-1080x710.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/admissions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/09\/21741924_1366524040112729_1835306537_o-e1505343375847.jpg 1720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-3911'>\n\t\t\t\tFamily and friends can enjoy some quality time together at the Game Day Experience.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My two most favorite memories from attending this event were goofing around with my friends on the zip-line, and watching the football, dance, and cheer teams parade towards the stadium entrance during the &#8220;Warrior Walk&#8221;. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was heartwarming to walk down Johnson Street and see Winona State students alongside members of the community uniting in spirit for the WSU football team.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-3906 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/admissions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/09\/21764145_1366524050112728_1510567542_o-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Two WSU students posing for a picture during the Warrior Walk.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-3915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/admissions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/09\/21764145_1366524050112728_1510567542_o-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/admissions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/09\/21764145_1366524050112728_1510567542_o-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/admissions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/09\/21764145_1366524050112728_1510567542_o-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/admissions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/09\/21764145_1366524050112728_1510567542_o-510x382.jpg 510w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/admissions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/09\/21764145_1366524050112728_1510567542_o-1080x810.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/admissions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/09\/21764145_1366524050112728_1510567542_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-3915'>\n\t\t\t\tMy friend and I had a blast at the first ever Game Day Experience event!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you didn\u2019t get the chance to attend the first Game Day Experience event, I would highly recommend going to the next one! Alumni Relations will be putting on this event before every home football game this year, so you will have many more opportunities to come check it out or get your club in on the action. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether you are a football fanatic or don\u2019t know the first thing about the sport, The Game Day Experience is for everyone to enjoy! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tyler Jeffries, WSU senior, said \u201cI wish they had done this sooner. That was the most packed I\u2019ve seen [the stadium] in my four years of going here.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Game Day Experience is an opportunity for WSU students, faculty, and alumni as well as the entire Winona community to come together in WSU spirit and make everlasting memories. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t miss out on the chance to #proveyourpurple. See when the next <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/sal\/game-day.asp\">Game Day Experience<\/a> is scheduled and mark your calendar! <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Throughout my last three years at WSU, I have only attended a few WSU football games. It\u2019s no secret that I\u2019m not the biggest football fan. However, after attending a Warrior Game Day Experience, I can definitely see myself going to many more games! 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