{"id":1905,"date":"2022-02-28T18:02:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T18:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/m-span.org\/pave\/?p=1905"},"modified":"2022-03-08T18:12:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T18:12:50","slug":"february-2022-peer-advisor-of-the-month-hope-williams-university-of-north-carolina-at-charlotte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/m-span.org\/pave\/2022\/02\/28\/february-2022-peer-advisor-of-the-month-hope-williams-university-of-north-carolina-at-charlotte\/","title":{"rendered":"February 2022 Peer Advisor of the Month: Hope Williams, University of North Carolina at Charlotte"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/m-span.org\/pave\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/03\/Hope-Williams_rs-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"University of North Carolina at Charlotte's Peer Advisor, Hope Williams\" class=\"wp-image-1906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m-span.org\/pave\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/03\/Hope-Williams_rs-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/m-span.org\/pave\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/03\/Hope-Williams_rs.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>From Tyler Thomas, VA Certifying Official at UNCC<\/em>: \u201cHope has been pivotal in establishing our program at UNC Charlotte. She has assisted a student veteran above and beyond expectations given their unique circumstances and is directly responsible for the student\u2019s readmittance to the school. Hope&#8217;s persistence and ability to connect the student to resources on and off campus has made a significant improvement in the student&#8217;s quality of life and ability to navigate the world of higher education.\u201d<br><br><em>From Hope Williams<\/em>: \u201cAs a Peer Advisor I think it truly benefits the student veterans I work with as a more relaxed resource on campus. Because we act more as a peer and friend versus an actual employee on campus, I think it makes talking and opening up to us a whole lot easier on the student veterans rather than going to an employee on campus who might not understand their situations as well. Also as Peer Advisors, we act as a direct connection on campus, which helps student veterans feel more connected to the school itself and actually a part of the student body. I love the fact that I am meeting so many new people along the way. Getting to know my fellow student veterans and learning about their experiences and becoming a trusted friend to them is an incredible experience. It&#8217;s also a major learning experience for me because as I connect them with resources and help them through situations, I learn more about what I personally can utilize on campus and new resources that I can send to other student veterans that have similar situations.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Tyler Thomas, VA Certifying Official at UNCC: \u201cHope has been pivotal in establishing our program at UNC Charlotte. She has assisted a student veteran above and beyond expectations given <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/m-span.org\/pave\/2022\/02\/28\/february-2022-peer-advisor-of-the-month-hope-williams-university-of-north-carolina-at-charlotte\/\">&#8230; Learn More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1906,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/m-span.org\/pave\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1905"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/m-span.org\/pave\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/m-span.org\/pave\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m-span.org\/pave\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m-span.org\/pave\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1905"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/m-span.org\/pave\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1907,"href":"https:\/\/m-span.org\/pave\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1905\/revisions\/1907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m-span.org\/pave\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/m-span.org\/pave\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m-span.org\/pave\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m-span.org\/pave\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}