{"id":5034,"date":"2017-12-09T09:50:09","date_gmt":"2017-12-09T14:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/?p=5034"},"modified":"2025-08-23T17:06:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T21:06:10","slug":"getting-umpi-on-a-roll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/2017\/12\/09\/getting-umpi-on-a-roll\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting UMPI on a Roll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5035\" style=\"width: 921px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2017\/12\/Students-and-members-of-the-community-enjoy-their-time-skating.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5035\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5035\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2017\/12\/Students-and-members-of-the-community-enjoy-their-time-skating.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"911\" height=\"652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/12\/Students-and-members-of-the-community-enjoy-their-time-skating.jpg 911w, https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/12\/Students-and-members-of-the-community-enjoy-their-time-skating-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/12\/Students-and-members-of-the-community-enjoy-their-time-skating-768x550.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 911px) 100vw, 911px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students and members of the community enjoy their time skating<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>On Nov. 16, half of the basketball court in Gentile Hall became a roller skating rink!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The UMPI Student Activities Office, with the help of Neon Entertainment, orchestrated the event.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Roller skating was free for UMPI students and open to the community. Skates were also available at no cost.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Violet Washburn, coordinator of campus engagement and international student services, helped make this event possible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>\u201cThe idea just kind of came to me,\u201d Washburn said.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>She originally thought the roller rink and a dance would coincide nicely and wanted to meld the two concepts.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The roller rink skating event eventually became its own entity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>\u201cIt\u2019s (roller skating) not really my thing, but I thought other people would have fun with it,\u201d Washburn said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>For some students, this was a new experience.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Fenix Jourdan, a junior at UMPI, roller skated for the first time at this event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>\u201cI haven\u2019t roller skated&#8211; ever,\u201d Jourdan said.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cIt was spur of the moment.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>I heard them playing some pretty good songs and decided to come over.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Jourdan was on the other side of the gym when he decided to come participate.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>\u201cI think it\u2019s (the event) a great opportunity,\u201d Tiffany Smith said.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cIt\u2019s good for us to do something to de-stress and avoid that cabin fever feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>The roller skating rink event provided a fun new adventure for UMPI students and members of the community alike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0On Nov. 16, half of the basketball court in Gentile Hall became a roller skating rink!\u00a0 The UMPI Student Activities Office, with the help of Neon Entertainment, orchestrated the event.\u00a0 Roller skating was free for UMPI students and open to the community. 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