{"id":108,"date":"2025-05-09T21:02:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T21:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/greece2025\/?page_id=108"},"modified":"2025-05-09T21:20:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T21:20:56","slug":"anna-van-patten","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/greece2025\/profiles\/anna-van-patten\/","title":{"rendered":"Anna Van Patten"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/greece2025\/files\/2025\/05\/250328_C_Greece-Profile-and-Group-Photo-School-of-Government_EK-9765.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34\" srcset=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/greece2025\/files\/2025\/05\/250328_C_Greece-Profile-and-Group-Photo-School-of-Government_EK-9765.jpg 600w, https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/greece2025\/files\/2025\/05\/250328_C_Greece-Profile-and-Group-Photo-School-of-Government_EK-9765-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Full Name&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Anna Van Patten<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Major\/Minor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">History&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Sophomore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Hometown<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Reno, Nevada&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>How would you describe yourself?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">I would describe myself as an introvert- adventurer, an outdoorsy individual, who is generally curious about most things, and excited to learn, and self-motivated to achieve academic and technical excellence. I see myself as competent and caring and as one who fills voids in leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Which Greek deity to you most identify with and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Artemis, primarily because I love the wilderness and am very protective of my people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>What do you most look forward to during the Greece program?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">I am really looking forward to traveling outside of the USA for the first time and visiting a place that was so integral to the development of western and global civilization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>What has been the most meaningful idea\/fact you have learned in this program so far?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The idea that I don\u2019t always have to be right. In pre-Socratic Greek philosophy, the emphasis is put on the art of speculation, rewarding progress over accuracy. I have been really appreciating the focus on explanation over correctness and the beneficial and freeing effects of that dynamic in a learning environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>At this point in your life, what is important\/meaningful to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Right now, the most important things in my life are my friends and family and expanding my academic horizons to build ever more varied and complete pictures of Truth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Full Name&nbsp; Anna Van Patten Major\/Minor History&nbsp; Year Sophomore Hometown Reno, Nevada&nbsp; How would you describe yourself?&nbsp; I would describe myself as an introvert- adventurer, an outdoorsy individual, who is generally curious about most things, and excited to learn, and self-motivated to achieve academic and technical excellence. 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