{"id":109,"date":"2011-02-23T11:22:14","date_gmt":"2011-02-23T17:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/womens-week\/"},"modified":"2011-02-23T11:22:14","modified_gmt":"2011-02-23T17:22:14","slug":"amanda-fortin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/womens-week\/archive\/archive-2011\/amanda-fortin\/","title":{"rendered":"Amanda Fortin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/womens-week\/files\/2011\/02\/AmandaFortin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-110\" title=\"AmandaFortin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/womens-week\/files\/2011\/02\/AmandaFortin-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>What education have you taken?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This year I will graduate with my Bachelor of Physical Education Studies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What accomplishments are you proud of?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have coached basketball in Brandon and Saskatoon for the past four years, including the BU Bobcats summer basketball camp. I have been an Academic All-Canadian in each of my three years at BU, while playing on the Bobcats. I was awarded the President&#8217;s Leadership Scholarship (2009) and have volunteered for various organizations with the Bobcats, including the Canadian Cancer Society and The United Way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell me about yourself \/ your background \/ your history.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. I came to Brandon four years ago to play basketball and earn my degree. I have been here ever since.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did you become interested in your field of study?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have always been interested in all aspects of the medical field and in helping people, so it just seems right to have a career in medicine. Getting to play basketball and earn my degree at BU has been a\u00a0privilege and something I will never take for granted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is your philosophy in life?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To always do well, work hard and have fun. If you do these things, you cannot be disappointed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where do you see yourself in the future?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I would like to have some kind of career in medicine and travel with my knowledge and skills to poorer countries of the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nominator\u2019s Comments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Amanda exemplifies leadership.\u00a0 She was recommended to be a mentor for the team \u2013 and has been for two years.\u00a0 Amanda is an outstanding leader, while maintaining a GPA over 4.0.\u00a0 She has played through just about everything.<strong><\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What education have you taken? This year I will graduate with my Bachelor of Physical Education Studies. What accomplishments are you proud of? I have coached basketball in Brandon and Saskatoon for the past four years, including the BU Bobcats summer basketball camp. I have been an Academic All-Canadian in each of my three years [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110,"parent":183,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-109","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/womens-week\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/womens-week\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/womens-week\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/womens-week\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/womens-week\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/womens-week\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/109\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/womens-week\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/183"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/womens-week\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/womens-week\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}