{"id":328,"date":"2011-09-18T18:55:45","date_gmt":"2011-09-18T23:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/?p=328"},"modified":"2011-09-18T18:55:45","modified_gmt":"2011-09-18T23:55:45","slug":"make-a-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/2011\/09\/18\/make-a-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Make a statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/09\/sumosong.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-331 alignright\" style=\"margin: 3px\" title=\"Stevie Pointer and Song\" alt=\"Stevie Pointer and Song\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/09\/sumosong.jpg\" width=\"243\" height=\"324\" \/><\/a>Congrats everyone! You have survived your first two weeks of classes!<\/p>\n<p>So I have something to admit: I\u2019ve always been pretty shy. Well that is until you get to know me, then I don\u2019t shut up.<\/p>\n<p>Before I transferred to UWSP, I never wanted to go to any events by myself. That resulted in me not knowing many people and not getting involved. When I came to UWSP, I didn\u2019t know anyone but decided this was my last chance. If I wanted to make a difference, I had to do something about it. You can\u2019t achieve something great if you keep it to yourself.<\/p>\n<p>Being a little crazy has helped me land my job in the College of Professional Studies Dean\u2019s Office and a leadership role in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/stuorg\/dietetics\/\">Student Association of Nutrition and Dietetics<\/a> (SAND). Being crazy doesn&#8217;t have to scream, &#8220;LOOK AT ME!&#8221; Being crazy could simply be getting out of your comfort zone like going to a UWSP sporting event or making a conversation with that stranger next to you in class. And besides, it makes life a little more fun and survivable. It also makes you memorable. I mean, how many people get dressed up in inflatable sumo outfits to go to the Involvement Fair?<\/p>\n<p>-Song<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/category\/students\/song-x\/\">Song Xiong<\/a> is a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point majoring in\u00a0dietetics and communication.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congrats everyone! You have survived your first two weeks of classes! So I have something to admit: I\u2019ve always been pretty shy. Well that is until you get to know me, then I don\u2019t shut up. Before I transferred to UWSP, I never wanted to go to any events by myself. That resulted in me [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":331,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,23],"tags":[343,344],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}