{"id":4885,"date":"2019-04-29T10:45:56","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T14:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/?p=4885"},"modified":"2019-05-07T09:57:43","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T13:57:43","slug":"shaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/class-of-2019\/shaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Holly Shaw"},"content":{"rendered":"

Majors: English and Health Services Administration<\/span><\/p>\n

Hometown: Coventry, RI<\/span><\/p>\n

What makes the College of Arts and Sciences at URI unique?<\/b><\/p>\n

The College of Arts and Sciences encompasses a wide range of majors and areas of interest. As an English major, my primary focus in the College of Arts and Sciences was, of course, English classes. I have been blown away by the professionalism and genuine passion that drives the faculty members. I have grown close with many professors and they played a major role in my success and achievements. Every time I walk into an English classroom, I feel like I am home. I have connected with many of my classmates, shared similar interests, discussed areas of disagreement, and have grown tremendously due to the support I have received under the College of Arts and Sciences.<\/span><\/p>\n

Who or what influenced your time at URI the most? How or why?<\/b><\/p>\n

While I made connections with almost all of my professors, some of them really increased my confidence, improved my skills, and challenged and inspired me. Travis Williams [in the Department of English] challenged my ability to analyze, interpret, and edit. Mary Cappello [in the Department of English] encouraged my creativity, inspired me with unique prompts, and taught me to be proud of my work–regardless of my received grade. Jean Walton [in the Department of English] inspired a newfound love of war novels written by women, immensely helped in the advising process, and asked perplexing questions in class that urged me to read, re-read, and read again. All three are extremely memorable faculty members and I am an improved person having been a student in their classrooms. <\/span><\/p>\n

What do you value about your liberal arts education?<\/b><\/p>\n

I value the confidence in myself that my classes and professors provoked within me. I also highly appreciate the diverse exposure to different people, cultures, perspectives, opinions, and content that I received throughout my time at URI, as it has opened my eyes to the world and expanded my own understanding of society, literature, and people. <\/span><\/p>\n

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English, Health Services Administration <\/p>\n

“I highly appreciate the diverse exposure to different people, cultures, perspectives, opinions, and content that I received throughout my time at URI, as it has opened my eyes to the world and expanded my own understanding of society, literature, and people.\u00a0“<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1089,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[212],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-of-2019"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1089"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4885"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5305,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4885\/revisions\/5305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}