{"id":31324,"date":"2018-04-13T08:16:37","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T14:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=31324"},"modified":"2018-04-15T17:02:24","modified_gmt":"2018-04-15T23:02:24","slug":"annual-5k-to-raise-money-for-student-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=31324","title":{"rendered":"Annual 5K to raise money for student scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Bash-the-Bluffs-5K-1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-31326 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Bash-the-Bluffs-5K-1-300x388.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Bash-the-Bluffs-5K-1-300x388.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Bash-the-Bluffs-5K-1-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Bash-the-Bluffs-5K-1-750x971.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Bash-the-Bluffs-5K-1-116x150.jpg 116w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Bash-the-Bluffs-5K-1-1390x1800.jpg 1390w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Bash-the-Bluffs-5K-1.jpg 1582w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 17<sup>th<\/sup> annual Bash the Bluffs 5K happens April 28 in memory of Ed Burke, a renowned researcher and former associate professor of biology at UCCS.<\/p>\n<p>The annual run\/walk raises funds for the Ed Burke Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund, which provides merit-based scholarships for students studying exercise science at UCCS. Last year the 5K raised $2,250 in support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr. Burke served as a friend and mentor to many in the Campus Recreation Department and had great influence on the University and the athletic community. He tragically passed in 2002 while on a mountain bike ride due to a sudden heart attack,\u201d\u00a0Brooke Freudenhammer, program coordinator, Gallogly Recreation and Wellness Center said.<\/p>\n<p>Campus and community members are welcome to participate. There will be prizes for the male and female winners, including Nike Running beanies, heating pads, gift certificates and more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe love getting the community involved and bringing them to our beautiful campus for such a great cause,\u201d Freudenhammer said.<\/p>\n<p>The race begins at 9:30 a.m. at the Gallogly Recreation and Wellness Center. Participants will receive a t-shirt and drawstring backpack with race goodies. The course is stroller and dog friendly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/recwellness\/campus-rec\/special-events\/bash-the-bluffs\">Registration is open<\/a> through 8 a.m. on race day. Registration for students costs $20, faculty, staff and alumni $25, and community members $30. Veterans can race for $15, <a href=\"mailto:lfreuden@uccs.edu\">email Freudenhammer<\/a> for the discount code.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/giving.cu.edu\/fund\/ed-burke-memorial-scholarship-endowment-fund\">Donate to\u00a0the Ed Burke Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The 17th annual Bash the Bluffs 5K happens April 28 in memory of Ed Burke, a renowned researcher and former associate professor of biology at UCCS. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=31324\" title=\"Annual 5K to raise money for student scholarship\">(More)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":31325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[64,60],"class_list":["post-31324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","tag-gallogly-recreation-and-wellness-center","tag-student-success"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Bash-the-Bluffs-5K.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mBpJ-89e","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31324"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31398,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31324\/revisions\/31398"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}