{"id":18404,"date":"2023-06-21T16:35:36","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T16:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/?post_type=stories&p=18404"},"modified":"2023-06-21T18:39:44","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T18:39:44","slug":"senior-highlight-rachel-forrister","status":"publish","type":"stories","link":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/news\/senior-highlight-rachel-forrister\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Highlight: Rachel Forrister"},"content":{"rendered":"

In celebration of our college graduates, we reached out to our seniors for a little highlight and feedback from their time at Eastern. Congratulations on getting your degree! And welcome to the Eagle Alumni Family! Go Eags!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Rachel<\/p>\n

What is your major and minor\/certificate and what made you choose that major\/minor?<\/b><\/p>\n

My name is Rac<\/span>hel Forrister, I go by Rae. My major was originally Social Work and I switched to Communication Studies because it was similar, but\u00a0<\/span>applicable to more careers. I finished in December 2022 with my Bachelor of Communication Studies and certificate in Aging Studies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What class would you tell incoming freshmen that they should make sure to take?<\/b><\/p>\n

There are two courses that I can think of that are genuinely worth taking whether or not you are in the communications program: <\/span>CMST 368 – Conflict Management Skills and CMST 360 – Becoming Other-Centered. They both teach valuable life skills that will help you better yourself, and allow you to understand and empathize with o<\/span>thers while knowing how to set boundaries.<\/span><\/p>\n

What\u2019s one class that wasn\u2019t in your major that you\u2019d recommend?<\/b><\/p>\n

Social Work 549 – Grief, Loss, and Resilience. As part of the aging studies program, this course had a profound impact on my own understanding of grief in myself and others. It is really important to realize that grief is a part of life. You can also grieve people who are still alive, or something or a place you’ve lost. Grief is not solely reserved for death, and I think that is something that doesn’t get talked about enough. <\/span><\/p>\n

If you made one rule every teacher had to follow, what would it be? Why?<\/b><\/p>\n

To be kind. You can teach your course while still being understanding of students who are struggling. Sometimes extending a little grace can make a huge positive impact on someone’s relationship with school and learning. We live in a world that is pretty hard to live in sometimes, and the professors who understand and empathize with that make all the difference.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In celebration of our college graduates, we reached out to our seniors for a little highlight and feedback from their time at Eastern. Congratulations on getting your degree! And welcome to the Eagle Alumni Family! Go Eags!\u00a0\u00a0   What is your major and minor\/certificate and what made you choose that major\/minor? My name is Rachel…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1285,"featured_media":8816,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-18404","stories","type-stories","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","stories_categories-communication-studies","stories_tags-senior-highlight"],"acf":{"subheading":"Communication Studies Major","featured_image_format":"cover","display_byline":false,"display_date_published":true,"featured_video":"","Links":false,"Resources":false,"page_hide_sidebar":false,"page_enable_page_nav":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories\/18404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/stories"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1285"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories\/18404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18527,"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories\/18404\/revisions\/18527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}