{"id":18445,"date":"2023-06-21T17:19:50","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T17:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/?post_type=stories&#038;p=18445"},"modified":"2023-06-21T18:38:45","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T18:38:45","slug":"senior-highlight-kennadi-walker","status":"publish","type":"stories","link":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/news\/senior-highlight-kennadi-walker\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Highlight: Kennadi Walker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">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!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18446 img-fluid alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2023\/06\/Kennadi-Walker.png\" alt=\"Kennadi Walker\" width=\"204\" height=\"275\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>What is your major and minor\/certificate and what made you choose that major\/minor?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My major is in Secondary English Education.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What is one of your favorite memories so far in your program\/at Eastern?\u00a0 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By far, my favorite memories are the times spent with the amazing friends I made here at Eastern.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What is your plan after graduation?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I plan to start applying for jobs as a high school English teacher in the greater Seattle area.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Which faculty member in your program did you connect with the most and why?\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The faculty member that I connected with the most was Chris Valeo. I had the pleasure of having Dr. Valeo as the professor for my Senior Capstone this past winter. Words cannot express the level of gratitude I have for her. The care and compassion she has for her students extends far beyond the classroom. I could not have completed with year without her support.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What was the hardest assignment you\u2019ve had to do and how did you get through it? <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Any paper I had to turn in for one of Dr. Binney&#8217;s classes! The way I got through the essays was thanks to the wonderful Writer&#8217;s Center and many lattes from The Mason Jar.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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! &nbsp; What is your major and minor\/certificate and what made you choose that major\/minor? My major is in<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/news\/senior-highlight-kennadi-walker\/\">&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1285,"featured_media":311,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-18445","stories","type-stories","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","stories_categories-english-philosophy","stories_tags-senior-highlight"],"acf":{"subheading":"Secondary English 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\/18445","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":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories\/18445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18522,"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories\/18445\/revisions\/18522"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}