  {"id":18,"date":"2019-05-03T15:08:46","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T15:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/homecoming\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2025-02-19T16:04:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T21:04:23","slug":"show-your-pride","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/homecoming\/show-your-pride\/","title":{"rendered":"Show Your Pride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you are a current student, recent alumni, graduated before we were the Red Hawks or are close family and friends, we hope you show your Red Hawk Pride at Homecoming this year.<\/p>\n<h2>Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ State Traditions<\/h2>\n<p>All true Red Hawks should be savvy on some of our school traditions. Are you up to speed?!<\/p>\n<h3>&#8220;The Hawk&#8221; Gesture<\/h3>\n<p>Many universities across the country show their school pride through a hand gesture or symbol most often used at on campus activities and events &#8211; so we decided to create one for Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ! We put our heads together and came up with a way to showcase our Red Hawk Pride through the American Sign Language (ASL) for &#8220;hawk.&#8221; <strong>Let&#8217;s Go MSU &#8211; Fight, Fight, Fight!<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Get Your Picture with Rocky!<\/h3>\n<p>We love Rocky the Red Hawk, our school mascot here at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ &#8211; don&#8217;t you?! Rocky will of course be out and about throughout the day on Homecoming so we encourage you to give him a hi-five and take a picture with him!<\/p>\n<div class=\"prpl-row\"><div class=\"prpl-column one-half\"><span class=\"prpl-button full-width\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/student-services\/student-communications\/rocky\/\">Learn More about Rocky<\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"prpl-column one-half\"><span class=\"prpl-button full-width\"><a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/RockytheRedHawk\">Follow Rocky<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Do You Know the Alma Mater?<\/h3>\n<p>By<em> Evelyn Hock Walter \u201925<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Beneath the Jersey skies so blue, in Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ\u2019s mountain town, there stands our College, tried and true and growing in renown. \/ We love thy campus, love thy halls, and oft to thee we raise, with loyal lips and loyal hearts, united songs of praise.<\/p>\n<p>All hail to thee Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, to thee our voices raise. \/ Alma mater, dear Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, our undying hymn of praise.<\/p>\n<p>We love thy colors, dear Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, the scarlet and the white; may they forever help us dare to choose and do the right. \/ And tho&#8217; in after years our fate may lead us far apart, nor time nor space may separate the ties that bind our heart.<\/p>\n<p>All hail to thee Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, to thee our voices raise. \/Alma mater, dear Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, our undying hymn of praise.<\/p>\n<div class=\"prpl-row\"><div class=\"prpl-column one-half\">\n<p><iframe title=\"Video: Alma Mater - Commencement 2009\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SjN3DfeX3sY?feature=oembed\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen style=\"width: 500px; height: 375px; border: 0px solid #000;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"prpl-column one-half\"><\/div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Wear Your Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Gear!<\/h3>\n<p>One of the easiest ways to show your pride is to wear it! Whether it be a hat, t-shirt, hoodie or pair of socks, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Bookstore has something just for you. Need to update your wardrobe or get your very first piece of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ State swag? Shop online or even come over to the Bookstore in-person, located on the ground floor of the Student Center, today!<\/p>\n<p><em>Alumni get 20% off one apparel or gift item at the Bookstore! Pick up your coupon at the Alumni Welcome Tent.<\/em><\/p>\n<span class=\"prpl-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bkstr.com\/montclairstatestore\/home\/en?cm_mmc=Redirect-_-VanityURL-_-montclair.bkstr.com-_-10415\">Check Out the Bookstore!<\/a><\/span>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Give Back<\/h3>\n<p>When you give to Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, you make great things happen. You provide opportunities and create possibilities. Annual gifts to The Fund for Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ State have a direct and meaningful impact on the lives of our students by providing much-needed support for scholarships; improvement to classrooms; laboratories and campus facilities; new program development; and technologies that give our students an edge in an increasingly competitive world.<\/p>\n<span class=\"prpl-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/crowdfund.montclair.edu\/project\/10546\">Give Now<\/a><\/span>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you are a current student, recent alumni, graduated before we were the Red Hawks or are close family and friends, we hope you show your Red Hawk Pride at Homecoming this year. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ State Traditions All true Red Hawks should be savvy on some of our school traditions. 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