{"id":559,"date":"2021-12-15T15:25:38","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T15:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/?p=559"},"modified":"2021-12-15T15:25:42","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T15:25:42","slug":"jackson-aherron-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/2021\/12\/15\/jackson-aherron-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackson Aherron &#8217;22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Why I chose H-SC<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/12\/Aherron-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Jackson Aherron '22 headshot\" class=\"wp-image-576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/12\/Aherron-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/12\/Aherron-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/12\/Aherron-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/12\/Aherron-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/12\/Aherron-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/12\/Aherron-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption>Jackson Aherron &#8217;22<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I chose Hampden-Sydney because of the opportunity to grow in and outside of the classroom. The College\u2019s academic programs and the commitment to carrying out the mission of forming \u201cgood men and good citizens in an atmosphere of sound learning\u201d impressed me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>With what activities have you been most engaged on campus?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While attending Hampden-Sydney, I have been a Wilson Leadership Fellow and a member of the football team. I have also served as an orientation leader, TigerFund analyst, and shift manager at Tiger Rec.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What I have enjoyed most about the Wilson Center?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have enjoyed hearing and learning from distinguished alumni and guests of the College. These events are always enjoyable, and they have had a positive impact on how I approach leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How has the WLFP helped you grow as a person, student, or leader?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The WLFP has supported my personal growth by teaching me the right way to lead. The program spends a lot of time discussing the leader-follower relationship, specifically the need for leaders to understand their followers. I now approach leadership by first learning about who I will be working with and establishing a healthy leader-follower relationship. Another way the WLFP has helped me grow is through the mentoring program. Beginning in my junior year, I was matched with an alumnus. That relationship has given me additional confidence as I begin my career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>After Hampden-Sydney<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After graduation, I plan to start my career in the finance sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why I chose H-SC I chose Hampden-Sydney because of the opportunity to grow in and outside of the classroom. The College\u2019s academic programs and the commitment to carrying out the mission of forming \u201cgood men and good citizens in an atmosphere of sound learning\u201d impressed me. With what activities have you been most engaged on &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/2021\/12\/15\/jackson-aherron-22\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Jackson Aherron &#8217;22&#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":[26,7,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fall-2021","category-student-profiles","category-volume-4-issue-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559","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=559"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":580,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559\/revisions\/580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/wilsoncenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}