{"id":2051,"date":"2013-10-16T16:59:34","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T16:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/news\/specialcollections\/?p=2051"},"modified":"2013-10-16T16:59:34","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T16:59:34","slug":"homecoming-celebrates-the-binghamton-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/2013\/10\/16\/homecoming-celebrates-the-binghamton-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrap-up of Homecoming Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For Eric Fay \u201988, Harpur\u2019s Ferry was an important part of his Binghamton University experience and influenced his career path as a paramedic and captain for New York City\u2019s fire department. He relived memories with friends at the student-run ambulance company\u2019s 40th anniversary celebration held during Homecoming 2013.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we went from a van to a box-type vehicle, that was an accomplishment in and of itself,\u201d Fay said. \u201cI\u2019m struck by how far Harpur\u2019s Ferry has come since I left campus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fay was one of nearly 700 alumni who returned to campus Oct. 11-13 for the Alumni Association\u2019s signature annual event. Homecoming is an opportunity for the campus and local communities to come together and celebrate the past, present and future of Binghamton University. A variety of events during the weekend brought alumni together, either generally or in support of a common interest.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"http:\/\/www.binghamton.edu\/inside\/index.php\/inside\/story\/homecoming-2013-celebrates-the-binghamton-spirit\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See the Homecoming 2013 video <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0eX3qOvHYnM\">online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Eric Fay \u201988, Harpur\u2019s Ferry was an important part of his Binghamton University experience and influenced his career path as a paramedic and captain for New York City\u2019s fire department. He relived memories with friends at the student-run ambulance company\u2019s 40th anniversary celebration held during Homecoming 2013. \u201cWhen we went from a van to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4,16],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2051","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-alumni","7":"category-binghamton-university-events","8":"category-university-archives"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2051\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}