{"id":125931,"date":"2017-05-11T08:23:12","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T12:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=125931"},"modified":"2017-05-12T08:20:16","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T12:20:16","slug":"uconn-nation-celebrates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2017\/05\/uconn-nation-celebrates\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn Nation Celebrates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wonderplugingallery-container\" id=\"wonderplugingallery-container-85\" style=\"max-width:100%;margin:0 auto;\"><div class=\"wonderplugingallery\" id=\"wonderplugingallery-85\" data-galleryid=\"85\" data-width=\"600\" data-height=\"400\" data-skin=\"gallerywithtext\" data-random=\"false\" data-autoslide=\"false\" data-autoplayvideo=\"false\" data-schemamarkup=\"false\" data-stopallplaying=\"false\" data-hidetitlewhenvideoisplaying=\"false\" data-disablehovereventontouch=\"false\" data-autoslideandplayafterfirstplayed=\"false\" data-html5player=\"true\" data-responsive=\"true\" data-fullwidth=\"true\" data-showtitle=\"true\" data-showdescription=\"true\" data-showplaybutton=\"true\" data-showfullscreenbutton=\"true\" data-showtimer=\"true\" data-showcarousel=\"true\" data-galleryshadow=\"false\" data-slideshadow=\"true\" data-thumbshowtitle=\"false\" data-thumbshadow=\"true\" data-lightboxshowtitle=\"false\" data-lightboxshowdescription=\"true\" data-specifyid=\"true\" data-donotinit=\"false\" data-addinitscript=\"false\" data-triggerresize=\"false\" data-thumbcolumnsresponsive=\"false\" data-showimgtitle=\"false\" data-titlesmallscreen=\"true\" data-initsocial=\"true\" data-showsocial=\"false\" data-showemail=\"false\" data-showfacebook=\"true\" data-showtwitter=\"true\" data-showpinterest=\"true\" data-socialrotateeffect=\"true\" data-doshortcodeontext=\"false\" data-duration=\"1500\" data-slideduration=\"1000\" data-slideshowinterval=\"6000\" data-googleanalyticsaccount=\"\" data-resizemode=\"fit\" data-imagetoolboxmode=\"mouseover\" data-effect=\"fade\" data-padding=\"12\" data-bgcolor=\"\" data-bgimage=\"\" data-thumbwidth=\"120\" data-thumbheight=\"80\" data-thumbgap=\"8\" data-thumbrowgap=\"16\" data-lightboxtextheight=\"72\" data-lightboxtitlecss=\"{color:#333333; font:bold 12px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; overflow:hidden; white-space:normal; line-height:18px;}\" data-lightboxdescriptioncss=\"{color:#333333; font:normal 12px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; overflow:hidden; white-space:normal; line-height:14px;}\" data-titlecss=\"{color:#333;font-size:14px;font-family:Armata,sans-serif,Arial;overflow:hidden;text-align:center;padding:16px 8px 4px 8px; display:none;}\" data-descriptioncss=\"{color:#333;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:hidden;text-align:center;padding:20px 8px; }\" data-titleheight=\"72\" data-titlesmallscreenwidth=\"640\" data-titleheightsmallscreen=\"148\" data-socialmode=\"mouseover\" data-socialposition=\"position:absolute;top:8px;right:8px;\" data-socialpositionlightbox=\"position:absolute;top:8px;right:8px;\" data-socialdirection=\"horizontal\" data-socialbuttonsize=\"32\" data-socialbuttonfontsize=\"18\" data-triggerresizedelay=\"100\" data-thumbmediumsize=\"800\" data-thumbsmallsize=\"480\" data-thumbmediumwidth=\"64\" data-thumbmediumheight=\"64\" data-thumbsmallwidth=\"48\" data-thumbsmallheight=\"48\" data-imgtitle=\"title\" data-jsfolder=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/plugins\/wonderplugin-library\/engine\/\" style=\"display:none;\" ><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Appreciation170510a091.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Appreciation170510a091-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Appreciation170510a091\" data-description=\"Employees eat ice cream served from the UConn Dairy Bar truck during the UConn Nation Employee Appreciation Event on May 10, 2017. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-title\">Appreciation170510a091<\/div><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">Employees eat ice cream served from the UConn Dairy Bar truck during the UConn Nation Employee Appreciation Event on May 10, 2017. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Appreciation170510a023.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Appreciation170510a023-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Appreciation170510a023\" data-description=\"President Susan Herbst, left, poses for a photo with Nellie Schager &#39;16 M.A., educational leadership, Kerry Peterson, registrar, and Eran Peterson, career development, duirng the Employee Appreciation Event at the Mark R. Shenkman Training Center on May 10, 2017. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-title\">Appreciation170510a023<\/div><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">President Susan Herbst, left, poses for a photo with Nellie Schager &#039;16 M.A., educational leadership, Kerry Peterson, registrar, and Eran Peterson, career development, duirng the Employee Appreciation Event at the Mark R. Shenkman Training Center on May 10, 2017. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Appreciation170510a082.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Appreciation170510a082-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Appreciation170510a082\" data-description=\"Employees shoot baskets on the women&#39;s practice court at the Werth Family UConn Basketball Champions Center during the UConn Nation Employee Appreciation Event on May 10, 2017. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-title\">Appreciation170510a082<\/div><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">Employees shoot baskets on the women&#039;s practice court at the Werth Family UConn Basketball Champions Center during the UConn Nation Employee Appreciation Event on May 10, 2017. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Appreciation170510a062.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Appreciation170510a062-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Appreciation170510a062\" data-description=\"A tour of the Burton Family Football Complex during the UConn Nation Employee Appreciation Event on May 10, 2017. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-title\">Appreciation170510a062<\/div><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">A tour of the Burton Family Football Complex during the UConn Nation Employee Appreciation Event on May 10, 2017. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Appreciation170510a051.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Appreciation170510a051-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Appreciation170510a051\" data-description=\"Herman Casaol  &#39;98 (CLAS), center, and Kevin Brown &#39;16 (BUS), both of UITS, throw footballs during the Employee Appreciation Event at the Mark R. Shenkman Training Center on May 10, 2017. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-title\">Appreciation170510a051<\/div><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">Herman Casaol  &#039;98 (CLAS), center, and Kevin Brown &#039;16 (BUS), both of UITS, throw footballs during the Employee Appreciation Event at the Mark R. Shenkman Training Center on May 10, 2017. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Appreciation170510a035.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Appreciation170510a035-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Appreciation170510a035\" data-description=\"Staff from the Connecticut Transportation Institute pose for a funny photo during the the Employee Appreciation Event at the Mark R. Shenkman Training Center on May 10, 2017. 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(Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Appreciation170510a030.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Appreciation170510a030-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Appreciation170510a030\" data-description=\"Kristin Tellier, dining services, left, hands a cheese steak to Tobey Lewis, facilities, during the Employee Appreciation Event at the Mark R. Shenkman Training Center on May 10, 2017. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-title\">Appreciation170510a030<\/div><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">Kristin Tellier, dining services, left, hands a cheese steak to Tobey Lewis, facilities, during the Employee Appreciation Event at the Mark R. Shenkman Training Center on May 10, 2017. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Appreciation170510a009.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Appreciation170510a009-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Appreciation170510a009\" data-description=\"Wendy Baker of university events and conference services is handed a cup of dairy bar ice cream from David Hille during the UConn Nation Employee Appreciation Event on May 10, 2017. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-title\">Appreciation170510a009<\/div><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">Wendy Baker of university events and conference services is handed a cup of dairy bar ice cream from David Hille during the UConn Nation Employee Appreciation Event on May 10, 2017. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div><a class=\"html5galleryimglink\" href=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Appreciation170510a001.jpg\" data-mediatype=1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"html5galleryimg html5gallery-tn-image lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Appreciation170510a001-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Appreciation170510a001\" data-description=\"Madeline Grieger &#39;20 (CAHNR) took a break from serving ice cream to take a photo with Jonathan XIV during the UConn Nation Employee Appreciation Event on May 10, 2017. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><\/a><div class=\"html5gallery-info\"><div class=\"html5gallery-title\">Appreciation170510a001<\/div><div class=\"html5gallery-description\">Madeline Grieger &#039;20 (CAHNR) took a break from serving ice cream to take a photo with Jonathan XIV during the UConn Nation Employee Appreciation Event on May 10, 2017. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Hundreds of members of UConn Nation came together Wednesday, May 10, for an Employee Appreciation Event. A UConn Nation T-shirt giveaway, food, games, and tours of the Burton Family Football Complex and the Werth Family UConn Basketball Champions Center were part of the early afternoon engagement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of members of UConn Nation came together Wednesday for an Employee Appreciation Event. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":125920,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,2225,2234,2233],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[1931],"class_list":["post-125931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gallery","category-uconn-storrs","category-university-life","category-university-news"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-08 17:40:04","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125931"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125997,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125931\/revisions\/125997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/125920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125931"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=125931"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=125931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}