{"id":253,"date":"2020-04-16T20:12:28","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T20:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/?p=253"},"modified":"2020-04-22T19:25:55","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T19:25:55","slug":"ian-fitzgerald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/2020\/04\/16\/ian-fitzgerald\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Fitzgerald &#8217;22"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-277\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/04\/IanFitzgerald2-247x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ian Fitzgerald '22 headshot\" width=\"247\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/04\/IanFitzgerald2-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/04\/IanFitzgerald2.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/><strong>Why did you choose HSC?<\/strong><br \/>\nI chose H-SC because it felt like home the first time I visited the campus. The people I met throughout my visits during high school made me feel as though I was already a part of the close-knit family that is the H-SC campus even before my freshman year.<\/li>\n<li><strong>With what activities have you been involved at HSC?<\/strong><br \/>\nThroughout out my time at Hampden-Sydney, I have been a Wilson Leadership Fellow, a member of the soccer team, Wilson Center freshman peer advisor, Student Athlete Mentor (SAM), resident advisor, and a member of the Garnet &amp; Grey Society.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What have you enjoyed most about the Wilson Leadership Fellows program?<\/strong><br \/>\nThe thing that I have enjoyed most about being a Wilson Center fellow is being exposed to all different aspects of leadership. Through lectures, forums, symposia, excursions, and interactive activities, I have been exposed to unique and exciting ways to lead people.<\/li>\n<li><strong>How has the Wilson Leadership Fellows Program helped you grow as a person, student, or leader?<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Wilson Center has helped me develop traits that make me a better person, student, and leader. I have learned to communicate well and to establish good relationships with the people you surround yourself with because without those two things, no substantial progress can be made on anything.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What are your plans after HSC?<\/strong><br \/>\nI plan to pursue a law degree and an MBA.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/04\/IanFitzgerald.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-280\" title=\"Click for larger view of Ian Fitzgerald and Professor Pontuso\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/04\/IanFitzgerald-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"Ian Fitzgerald '22 with Professor Pontuso\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/04\/IanFitzgerald-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/04\/IanFitzgerald.jpg 702w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why did you choose HSC? I chose H-SC because it felt like home the first time I visited the campus. The people I met throughout my visits during high school made me feel as though I was already a part of the close-knit family that is the H-SC campus even before my freshman year. With &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/2020\/04\/16\/ian-fitzgerald\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ian Fitzgerald &#8217;22&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spring-2020","category-student-profiles","category-volume-2-issue-3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":301,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions\/301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}