{"id":219273,"date":"2022-10-06T09:58:43","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T13:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/?p=219273"},"modified":"2022-10-06T10:09:14","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T14:09:14","slug":"celebrating-rocky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/2022\/10\/06\/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 class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/2022-10-06_rocky-02.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/2022-10-06_rocky-02.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"crowd photo\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rocky and friends celebrate his big day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/2022-10-06_rocky-03.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/2022-10-06_rocky-03.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Rocky and other mascots in chairs\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mascot (and super hero) musical chairs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/2022-10-06_rocky-04.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/2022-10-06_rocky-04.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"little rocky hugging rocky\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sweet Rocky family moment.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/2022-10-06_rocky-05.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/2022-10-06_rocky-05.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 class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/2022-10-06_rocky-06.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/2022-10-06_rocky-06.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Students watching the activities, one wearing a Spdier-Man costume\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Must be a wild party to shock Spider-Man.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/2022-10-06_rocky-07.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/2022-10-06_rocky-07.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Man shaking hands with Rutgers knight\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arm wrestling The Scarlet Knight from Rutgers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/2022-10-06_rocky-08.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/2022-10-06_rocky-08.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Group of staff with rocky\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cAnimal\u201d handlers and friends.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/2022-10-06_rocky-09.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/2022-10-06_rocky-09.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Paul taking selfie with rocky\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rocky posing for a selfie with Montclair Social Media Manager <span data-rich-links=\"{&quot;per_n&quot;:&quot;Paul McGroarty&quot;,&quot;per_e&quot;:&quot;mcgroartyp@montclair.edu&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;person&quot;}\">Paul McGroarty<\/span> \u201920, a former Rocky himself.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/2022-10-06_rocky-10.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/2022-10-06_rocky-10.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"woman taking selfie with rocky\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">More selfies!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/\/ Output tags as a list for Google Analytics custom dimension\nwindow.MSU_TagList = [];\n<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students, employees, friends and other university 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