{"id":5159,"date":"2019-10-03T10:26:26","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T15:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin-new\/?post_type=campus_story&#038;p=5159"},"modified":"2019-10-03T10:26:26","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T15:26:26","slug":"uw-whitewater-honored-among-national-colleges-of-distinction","status":"publish","type":"campus_story","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/story\/uw-whitewater-honored-among-national-colleges-of-distinction\/","title":{"rendered":"UW-Whitewater honored among national Colleges of Distinction"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5161\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5161\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2019\/09\/WHT_13_061419CS_wheelchair_basketball_camp_1704.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5161\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2019\/09\/WHT_13_061419CS_wheelchair_basketball_camp_1704-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of UW-Whitewater wheelchair basketball camp\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5161\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Campers join around UW-Whitewater head men&#8217;s wheelchair basketball coach Jeremy &#8220;Opie&#8221; Lade as a day of camp begins on June 14, 2019. Wheelchair basketball players of many ages come together for a week in summer to learn from premier college athletes and Paralympians at a wheelchair basketball camp at UW-Whitewater. (UW-Whitewater photo\/Craig Schreiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For the third consecutive year, <strong>UW-Whitewater<\/strong> has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uww.edu\/news\/archive\/2019-08-colleges-of-distinction\">named among the\u00a0Colleges of Distinction<\/a>, a national honor that recognizes dedication to student success.\u00a0UW-Whitewater offers Warhawks a rich and vibrant student experience, where they are encouraged to be inquisitive and actively learn inside and outside the classroom. A significant number of students engage in research and get involved in influential internships that lead to job opportunities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the third consecutive year, UW-Whitewater has been named among the\u00a0Colleges of Distinction, a national honor that recognizes dedication to student success.\u00a0UW-Whitewater offers Warhawks a rich and vibrant student experience, where they are encouraged to be inquisitive and actively learn inside and outside the classroom. A significant number of students engage in research and get [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":5161,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","institution":[84],"story_category":[],"class_list":["post-5159","campus_story","type-campus_story","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","institution-uw-whitewater"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/campus_story\/5159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/campus_story"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/campus_story"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"institution","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/institution?post=5159"},{"taxonomy":"story_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story_category?post=5159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}