{"id":32435,"date":"2026-04-23T09:17:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/?p=32435"},"modified":"2026-04-23T09:17:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:17:37","slug":"show-your-wilkes-pride-blue-amp-gold-day-on-may-1-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/show-your-wilkes-pride-blue-amp-gold-day-on-may-1-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Show Your Wilkes Pride \u2013 Blue &amp; Gold Day on May 1!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Campus Community,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On behalf of\u00a0<strong>Taskforce 26<\/strong>, get ready to show your Wilkes pride!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On\u00a0<strong>Friday, May 1<\/strong>, we will celebrate\u00a0<strong>Blue &amp; Gold Day<\/strong>\u00a0across campus. This celebration also coincides with\u00a0<strong>National Decision Day<\/strong>, as we excitedly welcome our newest Future Colonels to the Wilkes family.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To mark the occasion:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dress down for the day<\/strong>\u2014just be sure to wear your favorite Wilkes gear to participate.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Decorate your workspace or area<\/strong>\u00a0in blue and gold to highlight your pride and creativity.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Share your spirit<\/strong>\u00a0on social media by posting photos and using the hashtag\u00a0<strong>#AtWilkesYouWill<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s fill campus\u2014and our feeds\u2014with Wilkes pride while showing a warm and enthusiastic welcome to the newest members of our community. We look forward to seeing the creativity and spirit across campus!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you,<br \/>Jared Menghini, Vice President of Enrollment Management<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Campus Community, &nbsp; On behalf of\u00a0Taskforce 26, get ready to show your Wilkes pride! &nbsp; On\u00a0Friday, May 1, we will celebrate\u00a0Blue &amp; Gold Day\u00a0across campus. This celebration also coincides with\u00a0National Decision Day, as we excitedly welcome our newest Future Colonels to the Wilkes family. &nbsp; To mark the occasion: Dress down for the day\u2014just&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/show-your-wilkes-pride-blue-amp-gold-day-on-may-1-2\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Show Your Wilkes Pride \u2013 Blue &amp; Gold Day on May 1!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32434,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty-staff","category-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32435"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32450,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32435\/revisions\/32450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}