{"id":4272,"date":"2013-05-10T07:00:01","date_gmt":"2013-05-10T14:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/?p=4272"},"modified":"2013-05-08T08:59:34","modified_gmt":"2013-05-08T15:59:34","slug":"spotlight-people-making-a-difference-at-collins-samantha-wilk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/spotlight-people-making-a-difference-at-collins-samantha-wilk\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight: People Making a Difference at Collins &#8211; Samantha Wilk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Samantha Wilk, and I am a sophomore. I am majoring in politics and government, with a minor in environmental policy and decision-making and an emphasis in global development studies. I am from Washington, and next spring I will be going abroad to Copenhagen, Denmark. That still hasn\u2019t sunk in yet\u2014it\u2019s less than a year away! I\u2019m thinking about working with nonprofits after graduation, but I\u2019m leaving my options open. I love to read, run\u2014particularly outside when the weather allows it, and ride horses. I became a learning commons assistant the spring of my freshman year, and take care of the printers, reference books, and minor computer problems. I like being able to help people out and get them what they need, whether it\u2019s a specific book or a printing problem. Another nice thing about my job is that I can do schoolwork when it\u2019s quiet. Working in the library, I appreciate the fact that the library is always warm! It\u2019s nice on those cold wet days that Washington excels in, and it is an excellent place to study.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Samantha Wilk, and I am a sophomore. I am majoring in politics and government, with a minor in environmental policy and decision-making and an emphasis in global development studies. I am from Washington, and next spring I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/spotlight-people-making-a-difference-at-collins-samantha-wilk\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight-making-a-difference-at-collins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4272"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4273,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4272\/revisions\/4273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}