{"id":4399,"date":"2016-08-30T08:27:18","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T12:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/?p=4399"},"modified":"2016-08-30T08:27:44","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T12:27:44","slug":"pokemon-go-craze-hits-ghc-campus-cartersville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/2016\/08\/30\/pokemon-go-craze-hits-ghc-campus-cartersville\/","title":{"rendered":"Pokemon Go craze hits GHC campus in Cartersville"},"content":{"rendered":"

AS SEEN IN THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS:\u00a0http:\/\/daily-tribune.com\/newsx\/item\/6155-pokemon-go-craze-hits-ghc-campus-in-cartersville<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Seems like everyone is getting in on the Pokemon Go craze.<\/p>\n

Students at Georgia Highlands College\u2019s Cartersville campus are joining the fun this week by participating in the Pokemon Go Extravaganza.<\/p>\n

Fifty Easter eggs have been hidden all over campus \u2014 45 are normal plastic eggs with chocolate candies inside, and five are decorated like Pokeballs that can be traded for a prize.<\/p>\n

\u201cI actually got the idea from my alma mater, Berry College,\u201d said Student Life Coordinator Clifton Puckett, who also oversees the student center. \u201cI saw on Facebook they were doing a Pokemon Go event, so I reached out to their student activities staff, who directed me to Tonya Conway. She came up with the event and rules there and explained to me how they did it. They went all out there, but I took the main elements and catered it toward our campus.\u201d<\/p>\n

Puckett said the college is doing the Pokemon event, which started Monday and ends Friday or \u201cuntil all the eggs are found,\u201d in conjunction with a GHC scavenger hunt.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe goal of the Pokemon and scavenger hunt is to get the students exploring the campus and engaging with their faculty staff,\u201d he said. \u201cBoth events involve students asking faculty and staff members for help in completing the tasks.\u201d<\/p>\n

The regular eggs are \u201cpretty out in the open,\u201d Puckett said, but the Pokeballs involve a little more searching and may require help from faculty members, librarians or even the campus dean.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the weekend, two of my student workers, Madison Harris and Nick Bennett, placed candy in Easter eggs and hid them all over campus,\u201d he said. \u201cMadison also decorated five of the eggs as Pokeballs and hid them a little more cleverly. They\u2019ve been placed in major areas like the library student services hub, cafe and bookstore, but some require the student to interact with the faculty or staff member there in order to get the Pokeball.\u201d<\/p>\n

Students who find the Pokeballs can bring them to the student life office to receive a GHC prize.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe considered doing Pokemon prizes, but we decided to keep the prizes GHC-related in order to build some school spirit and better engagement,\u201d Puckett said. \u201cThe prizes range from a GHC T-shirt to a GHC flash drive.\u201d<\/p>\n

So far, the Pokemon hunt is going well, Puckett said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just started today [Monday], and I\u2019ve noticed some of the regular eggs are gone, but all five Pokeballs are still out there [as of late Monday afternoon],\u201d he said. \u201cStudents seemed very excited when we told them we were doing this, and they seem to like the twist we put on it.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also said he thinks the college is having a lot of participation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had over two dozen students turn in completed scavenger-hunt sheets, so I think we\u2019ll get a lot for the Pokemon Go event,\u201d he said. \u201cStudents seem to love an activity that requires them to explore the campus.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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