{"id":374,"date":"2020-09-25T15:30:56","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T15:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/?p=374"},"modified":"2020-10-05T15:15:49","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T15:15:49","slug":"andrew-smith-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/2020\/09\/25\/andrew-smith-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Smith \u201922"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/09\/AndrewSmithheadshot.jpg\" alt=\"Andrew Smith headshot\" class=\"wp-image-395\" width=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/09\/AndrewSmithheadshot.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/09\/AndrewSmithheadshot-284x300.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Why did you choose HSC?<\/strong><br>I chose Hampden-Sydney because I was looking for a smaller college that would provide me with opportunities to succeed. I came on an overnight visit my senior year of high school and immediately felt at home. I met some incredible people and wanted to develop the close relationships I saw on campus between students, alumni, faculty, and staff.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>What activities have you been engaged with on campus?<\/strong><br>In addition to serving as a Wilson Fellow, I am a member of the Garnet and Grey Society, the President\u2019s Men, and the Pre-Health Society. I am in Alpha Epsilon Delta, a health pre-professional honor society. I have also served as the annotator and COVID-19 chair for the Sigma Chi Fraternity.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>What have you enjoyed most about the Wilson Leadership Fellows program?<\/strong><br>I have enjoyed meeting my fellow members in the program. It provided an environment to meet other leaders that have been in every organization I am involved with on campus. Now that my brother is a freshman in the program, I look forward to working with him at events, too.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>How has the WLFP helped you grow as a person, student, or leader?<\/strong><br>The program has allowed me to examine leadership through a different lens than I did in the past. We get to talk about leadership in an academic setting and practice what we have learned in a controlled environment. I have also had amazing mentors through the program who have improved my overall college experience.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>What are your plans after HSC?<\/strong><br>Following graduation, I plan on going to medical school.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"604\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/09\/AndrewSmith.brother.jpg\" alt=\"Andrew Smith with his brother\" class=\"wp-image-423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/09\/AndrewSmith.brother.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/09\/AndrewSmith.brother-248x300.jpg 248w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>Andrew, pictured with his brother Jack &#8217;24<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why did you choose HSC?I chose Hampden-Sydney because I was looking for a smaller college that would provide me with opportunities to succeed. I came on an overnight visit my senior year of high school and immediately felt at home. I met some incredible people and wanted to develop the close relationships I saw on &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/2020\/09\/25\/andrew-smith-22\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Andrew Smith \u201922&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,7,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fall-2020","category-student-profiles","category-volume-3-issue-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":428,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374\/revisions\/428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}