{"id":129,"date":"2024-05-09T15:00:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T15:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/newzealand2024\/?page_id=129"},"modified":"2024-05-09T15:00:03","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T15:00:03","slug":"mary-jane-hoff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/newzealand2024\/profiles\/mary-jane-hoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Jane Hoff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/newzealand2024\/files\/2024\/05\/Hoff_MJ_New-Zealand-Abroad-1-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41\" srcset=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/newzealand2024\/files\/2024\/05\/Hoff_MJ_New-Zealand-Abroad-1-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/newzealand2024\/files\/2024\/05\/Hoff_MJ_New-Zealand-Abroad-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/newzealand2024\/files\/2024\/05\/Hoff_MJ_New-Zealand-Abroad-1-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/newzealand2024\/files\/2024\/05\/Hoff_MJ_New-Zealand-Abroad-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is your hometown?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ballwin, Missouri<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is your major(s)\/minor(s)?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am the Resident Counselor!&nbsp; Academically, I majored in Biology and earned a Masters in Environmental Studies &amp; Geography<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>At this point in your life, what is important\/meaningful to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Being with family and friends and spending time in nature (and adding new birds to my life list).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What most intrigues and excites you about the Aotearoa\/New Zealand study abroad?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seeing New Zealand from the student&#8217;s eyes. (I&#8217;m excited to be back after going on the first Principia abroad to New Zealand in 1992!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is the most meaningful idea you\u2019ve discovered or learned about Aotearoa\/New Zealand so far?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have really enjoyed learning how deeply connected the Maori are with nature, so it is considered a part of their heritage. I can really relate to this and want to explore it more deeply when we are there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For me, the Aotearoa\/New Zealand abroad is an opportunity to \u2026 <\/strong>learn new skills, meet people, and learn more about the different cultures of New Zealand &#8211; to ultimately expand my own culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is your hometown? Ballwin, Missouri What is your major(s)\/minor(s)? I am the Resident Counselor!&nbsp; Academically, I majored in Biology and earned a Masters in Environmental Studies &amp; Geography At this point in your life, what is important\/meaningful to you? Being with family and friends and spending time in nature (and adding new birds to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"parent":82,"menu_order":19,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-129","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/newzealand2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/newzealand2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/newzealand2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/newzealand2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/newzealand2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/newzealand2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/newzealand2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/129\/revisions\/130"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/newzealand2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/newzealand2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}