{"id":73175,"date":"2016-09-17T15:06:30","date_gmt":"2016-09-17T19:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=73175"},"modified":"2016-09-16T18:09:17","modified_gmt":"2016-09-16T22:09:17","slug":"morrisville-state-college-to-host-mustang-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=73175","title":{"rendered":"Morrisville State College to host Mustang Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_73176\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73176\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?attachment_id=73176\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-73176\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-73176 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_0409-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"img_0409\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_0409-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_0409-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_0409-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_0409-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-73176\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Auto students pose at last year\u2019s car cruise-in during Mustang Weekend. Photo Franci Valenzano<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Reunions, a 5k run, walk, and a carnival are some of the featured events during Mustang Weekend at Morrisville State College <span data-term=\"goog_2057236735\">Sept. 30-Oct. 2<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Activities begin <span data-term=\"goog_2057236736\">Friday<\/span> night, <span data-term=\"goog_2057236737\">Sept. 30<\/span>, with a 50-year reunion dinner for the class of 1966 and a men\u2019s alumni lacrosse game at <span data-term=\"goog_2057236738\">8 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-term=\"goog_2057236739\">Saturday<\/span> morning starts off with an alumni breakfast, followed by a Wellness Fitness 5k run\/walk, 3K walk for families and 1K walk with strollers at <span data-term=\"goog_2057236740\">9 a.m.<\/span>, an open house at the wildlife museum in Bicknell Hall until <span data-term=\"goog_2057236741\">5 p.m.<\/span> and a plant sale in the Spader Horticulture Complex. Other activities that day include tours of the <!--more-->aquaculture center<strong>, <\/strong>an antique tractor show, a campus community picnic and carnival, and fireworks.<\/p>\n<p>New this year, from <span data-term=\"goog_2057236742\">10 a.m. to 1 p.m.<\/span> in the Spader Horticulture Complex, homeowners can bring a photo of their landscaping and receive advice from faculty and students on how to improve it.<\/p>\n<p><span data-term=\"goog_2057236743\">Saturday<\/span> highlights also include a cruise-in, from <span data-term=\"goog_2057236744\">noon-3 p.m.<\/span>, at the automotive technology building. The Morrisville Mustangs take on Alfred University during a homecoming football game at <span data-term=\"goog_2057236745\">1 p.m.<\/span> on Drake Field.<\/p>\n<p>Included in the weekend roster are an environmental expo, musical entertainment and sampling of NYS products from Nelson Farms.<\/p>\n<p>The weekend\u2019s events are open to students, family members, faculty, staff, alumni and members of the local community. The event coincides with the college\u2019s open house on <span data-term=\"goog_2057236746\">Saturday, Oct. 1<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>For a complete list of events and local accommodations, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/alumni.morrisville.edu\/mustangweekend.aspx\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/alumni.morrisville.edu\/mustangweekend.aspx&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1474148440471000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHOv3_iyBZZeIOBd70XM3EOa6gewQ\">http:\/\/alumni.morrisville.edu\/mustangweekend.aspx<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reunions, a 5k run, walk, and a carnival are some of the featured events during Mustang Weekend at Morrisville State College Sept. 30-Oct. 2. Activities begin Friday night, Sept. 30, with a 50-year reunion dinner for the class of 1966 and a men\u2019s alumni lacrosse game at 8 p.m. Saturday morning starts off with an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23813,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/73176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}