{"id":420,"date":"2023-03-29T08:19:51","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T13:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/kelsey\/?p=420"},"modified":"2023-03-29T08:19:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T13:19:51","slug":"10-things-to-look-forward-to-in-the-spring-as-a-uiowa-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/kelsey\/2023\/03\/10-things-to-look-forward-to-in-the-spring-as-a-uiowa-student\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Things to look forward to in the spring as a UIowa student"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is getting warm enough for some days now that I can say winter is over! Experiencing spring on campus at the University of Iowa is so exciting and I can&#8217;t wait to share some of the things I am looking forward to. Here is a list, use it as a bucket list for spring:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Studying outside (bonus points if you are in a hammock or bring a blanket to the Pentacrest)<\/li>\n<li>Walking everywhere (ditch the bus because the weather is nice)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/uiowawalkitout\/?hl=en\">Walk it Out<\/a> (A showcase of diversity through fashion and music, and to my knowledge the biggest multicultural group on campus!)<\/li>\n<li>Sidewalk sales (downtown shops tend to put clearance items on the sidewalk when the weather is nice)<\/li>\n<li>Using the parks and courts on campus for a catch, spike ball, volleyball, or basketball<\/li>\n<li>Live music (there is always an event going on in the pedestrian mall across from campus that has some live entertainment when the weather is nice)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/imu.uiowa.edu\/visit\/annual-events\/thursdays-terrace\">Thursdays on the Terrace<\/a> (Weekly events at the Iowa Memorial Union on campus to give students a break from studying and a chance to win cool prizes)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilsonsorchard.com\">Wilson&#8217;s Farm visits<\/a> (a farm close to campus where you can go pick your own fruits, vegetables, and flowers)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icgov.org\/farmersmarket\">Iowa City Farmers Market<\/a> (the biggest farmers market I have ever been to and there is always such a great variety of vendors)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alltrails.com\/us\/iowa\/iowa-city\">Hiking or biking trails<\/a> (trails are short around here, but perfect for a Saturday morning wakeup call)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is getting warm enough for some days now that I can say winter is over! Experiencing spring on campus at the University of Iowa is so exciting and I can&#8217;t wait to share some of the things I am looking forward to. Here is a list, use it as a bucket list for spring: Studying outside (bonus points if you are in a hammock or bring a blanket to the Pentacrest) Walking everywhere (ditch &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/kelsey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/kelsey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/kelsey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/kelsey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/kelsey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/kelsey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":422,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/kelsey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420\/revisions\/422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/kelsey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/kelsey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/kelsey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}