{"id":211557,"date":"2022-10-14T10:05:17","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T14:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/?p=211557"},"modified":"2022-10-14T10:05:17","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T14:05:17","slug":"celebrating-rocky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/2022\/10\/14\/celebrating-rocky\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Rocky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone\u2019s favorite feathered friend got a big surprise on Wednesday, October 5 when\u00a0 hundreds of friends, including his mascot pals from other universities, surprised him with a party in the Student Center for his birthday.<\/p>\n<p>Staff and students joined the mascots \u2013 and a couple of super heroes \u2013 for games in the ballrooms, where there were gift card giveaways, a balloon artist, an ice cream truck, lots of selfies and a chance for student clubs and organizations to be on hand to give out information to students looking for ways to get involved.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_211560\" class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/10\/Rock-1.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/10\/Rock-1.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Rocky and mascots celebrating with students\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rocky and friends celebrate his big day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_211561\" class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/10\/Rock2.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/10\/Rock2.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Rocky and costumed characters playing musical chairs\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mascot (and super hero) musical chairs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_211562\" class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/10\/Rock-3.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/10\/Rock-3.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Rocky and costumed characters playing musical chairs\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sweet Rocky family moment.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_211563\" class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/10\/rock-4.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/10\/rock-4.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"student holding painting of team rocky\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Team Rocky member shows off a family portrait.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_211564\" class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/10\/rock-5.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/10\/rock-5.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Girl smiling with Spider-Man behind her\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Must be a wild party to shock Spider-Man.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_211565\" class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/10\/rock-6.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/10\/rock-6.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Arm wrestling The Scarlet Knight from Rutgers.\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arm wrestling The Scarlet Knight from Rutgers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_211566\" class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/10\/rock-7.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/10\/rock-7.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Mascots and students posing together\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cAnimal\u201d handlers and friends.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_211567\" class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/10\/rock-8.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/10\/rock-8.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Rocky and Paul\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rocky posing for a selfie with Montclair Social Media Manager Paul McGroarty \u201920, a former Rocky himself.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_211568\" class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/10\/rock-9.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/10\/rock-9.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Rocky posing with student for selfie\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">More selfies!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students, employees, friends and other university mascots surprise Rocky with a party for his 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