{"id":2458,"date":"2021-09-01T15:27:57","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T15:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/agry\/ambassadorblog\/?p=2458"},"modified":"2021-09-01T15:27:57","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T15:27:57","slug":"half-way-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/agry\/ambassadorblog\/half-way-there\/","title":{"rendered":"Half Way There"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As I embark upon another semester I look back and reflect on the many classes, memories, and encounters I have had here at Purdue. Each one unique in its own way and yet all can be so similar. The many lifelong friends I have made, professional figures I was lucky enough to make connections with, and experiences earned have all brought me to where I am today. Yet as I look back it still astonishes me I was able to accomplish all that in 4 semesters. In such a short amount of time I was able to increase my potential and knowledge for future employment\u00a0 through all the opportunities offered here at Purdue. With 4 more semesters left, including the one I am currently in, I hope to continue increasing my potential and knowledge through my courses and opportunities. I know this will not be hard to accomplish because of all the opportunities I will be offered through Purdue&#8217;s classes.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t say it has always been an easy journey. It takes effort, dedication, perseverance, and a good work ethic. All good things take work though and I am willing to work hard towards accomplishing my goals for my future and hopefully my families future. In the end I know it will all be worth it for that Diploma with my name being encompassed by the Purdue University logo and the beginning of a great career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I embark upon another semester I look back and reflect on the many classes, memories, and encounters I have had here at Purdue. Each one unique in its own way and yet all can be so similar. The many lifelong friends I have made, professional figures I was lucky enough to make connections with,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogposts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/agry\/ambassadorblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/agry\/ambassadorblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/agry\/ambassadorblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/agry\/ambassadorblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/agry\/ambassadorblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2458"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/agry\/ambassadorblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2459,"href":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/agry\/ambassadorblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458\/revisions\/2459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/agry\/ambassadorblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/agry\/ambassadorblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/agry\/ambassadorblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}