{"id":17691,"date":"2020-02-07T15:12:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T20:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=17691"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:05:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:05:07","slug":"um-flint-announces-new-esports-team-for-fall-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2020\/02\/07\/um-flint-announces-new-esports-team-for-fall-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"UM-Flint announces new esports team for Fall 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A rendering of the planned esports’ space at UM-Flint. (UM-Flint NOW)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

UM-Flint recently announced plans to introduce an\u00a0esports team\u00a0to campus in Fall 2020.<\/a> Esports are organized, multiplayer video game competitions played by teams or individuals. Games can be played locally or against players around the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are always seeking ways in which UM-Flint can be responsive to what prospective students are looking for in a campus,\u201d said Kristi Hottenstein, UM-Flint\u2019s Vice Chancellor for\u00a0Enrollment Management. \u201cThe rise of esports in higher education is a hot topic right now, and more and more students are looking at esports as an important criterion for selecting a university \u2013 either as an academic discipline or a social pursuit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UM-Flint has allocated funding for new equipment and a space on campus for an esports team to practice, train, and compete. Officials expect significant interest in the first year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UM-Flint recently announced plans to introduce an\u00a0esports team\u00a0to campus in Fall 2020. Esports are organized, multiplayer video game competitions played by teams or individuals. Games can be played locally or against players around the globe. \u201cWe are always seeking ways in which UM-Flint can be responsive to what prospective students are looking for in a campus,\u201d said Kristi\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[17,198,96],"class_list":["post-17691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-flint","tag-gaming","tag-students"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/esports-room-with-logo.jpg",600,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/esports-room-with-logo-200x133.jpg",200,133,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/esports-room-with-logo-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/esports-room-with-logo.jpg",600,400,false],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/esports-room-with-logo.jpg",600,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/esports-room-with-logo.jpg",600,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/esports-room-with-logo.jpg",600,400,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/esports-room-with-logo-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/esports-room-with-logo-60x42.jpg",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/esports-room-with-logo-600x300.jpg",600,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/esports-room-with-logo.jpg",600,400,false],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/esports-room-with-logo.jpg",375,250,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"News Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mitnewsadm\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"UM-Flint recently announced plans to introduce an\u00a0esports team\u00a0to campus in Fall 2020. Esports are organized, multiplayer video game competitions played by teams or individuals. Games can be played locally or against players around the globe. \u201cWe are always seeking ways in which UM-Flint can be responsive to what prospective students are looking for in a…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17691"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17694,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17691\/revisions\/17694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}