{"id":32,"date":"2017-03-16T18:18:40","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T18:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/slovenia2017\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2017-04-14T20:54:33","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T20:54:33","slug":"devon-izmirian","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/slovenia2017\/devon-izmirian\/","title":{"rendered":"Devon Izmirian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-33\" src=\"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/slovenia2017\/files\/2017\/03\/DevonIzmirian-e1492203264399-818x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/slovenia2017\/files\/2017\/03\/DevonIzmirian-e1492203264399-818x1024.jpg 818w, https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/slovenia2017\/files\/2017\/03\/DevonIzmirian-e1492203264399-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/slovenia2017\/files\/2017\/03\/DevonIzmirian-e1492203264399-768x962.jpg 768w, https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/slovenia2017\/files\/2017\/03\/DevonIzmirian-e1492203264399.jpg 889w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hometown\/State\/Country:<\/strong> Lakewood, Colorado, United States<\/li>\n<li><strong>Major\/Minor:<\/strong> Mass Communication<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Why Slovenia?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>I\u2019m fascinated about what goes into making a nation, and as a relatively new and culturally vibrant country, Slovenia gives me the chance to observe rapid growth in identity and modernity.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What Slovenian landscape feature&nbsp;are you most excited to see, and&nbsp;why?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Karst caves! I love caves. I\u2019ve been spelunking in New Zealand and walked caverns in Iceland and I can\u2019t wait to see what Slovenia\u2019s caves are like \u2013 and take plenty of pictures for my geophysicist dad. Like he always says, \u201cIt\u2019s all about the rocks!\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>If you had your own shield\/coat of&nbsp;arms, what four qualities would&nbsp;you choose to represent you?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>An angry swan because they are both graceful and terrifying. A computer monitor instead of a shield because I don\u2019t see much sense in pretending to be from a different time period. On the monitor, the motto \u201cContextualize and Employ\u201d because I enjoy researching and problem solving. Finally, the colors would primarily be purple, red, teal, white, and black, just because I like them!<\/p>\n<h2><strong>For me, the Slovenia Abroad is an&nbsp;opportunity to \u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Study the history, literature, and culture of a growing nation from academic and personal viewpoints.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hometown\/State\/Country: Lakewood, Colorado, United States Major\/Minor: Mass Communication Why Slovenia? I\u2019m fascinated about what goes into making a nation, and as a relatively new and culturally vibrant country, Slovenia gives me the chance to observe rapid growth in identity and modernity. What Slovenian landscape feature&nbsp;are you most excited to see, and&nbsp;why? Karst caves! I love &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/slovenia2017\/devon-izmirian\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Devon Izmirian&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"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-32","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/slovenia2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/slovenia2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/slovenia2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/slovenia2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/slovenia2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/slovenia2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/slovenia2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions\/182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/slovenia2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}