{"id":1069,"date":"2020-02-14T20:13:43","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T20:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/?p=1069"},"modified":"2020-02-14T20:19:08","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T20:19:08","slug":"biology-outstanding-graduate-mallorie-lynn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/biology-outstanding-graduate-mallorie-lynn\/","title":{"rendered":"Biology Outstanding Graduate: Mallorie Lynn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1070 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/02\/Mallorie-Lynn-224x300.png\" alt=\"Mallorie Lynn\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/02\/Mallorie-Lynn-224x300.png 224w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/02\/Mallorie-Lynn.png 422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><strong>Why I chose Biology at WSU<br \/>\n<\/strong>I chose Biology at WSU because I wanted a degree that would allow me to pursue my dream of working with animals, but was also affordable and close to home.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What I gained from my experience in the Biology Department<br \/>\n<\/strong>I had many valuable and enjoyable experiences through WSU&#8217;s Biology Department. I met my best friends, networked with professionals, and learned hands-on skills that I will be able to utilize throughout my future career. I was able to travel across the world through a travel study to Tanzania and gain an even stronger appreciation and understanding for wildlife and other cultures. Above all, I had the opportunity to create memories and relationships that will last a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What I am doing after graduation<\/strong><br \/>\nFollowing graduation, I plan to move to the Twin Cities area to pursue a career with wildlife or companion animals. I then plan on applying to graduate school and pursuing a Master\u2019s degree in anthrozoology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why I chose Biology at WSU I chose Biology at WSU because I wanted a degree that would allow me to pursue my dream of working with animals, but was also affordable and close to home. What I gained from my experience in the Biology Department I had many valuable and enjoyable experiences through WSU&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":233,"featured_media":1070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[24,4,354,116,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","category-achievements","category-biology","category-cose","category-featured-stories"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/02\/Mallorie-Lynn.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb2ffS-hf","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/233"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}