{"id":36,"date":"2017-03-16T18:35:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T18:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/slovenia2017\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2017-04-14T20:59:20","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T20:59:20","slug":"ellen-sprague-program-faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/slovenia2017\/ellen-sprague-program-faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Ellen Sprague, Program Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-38\" src=\"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/slovenia2017\/files\/2017\/03\/EllenSprague-e1492203551458-820x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/slovenia2017\/files\/2017\/03\/EllenSprague-e1492203551458-820x1024.jpg 820w, https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/slovenia2017\/files\/2017\/03\/EllenSprague-e1492203551458-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/slovenia2017\/files\/2017\/03\/EllenSprague-e1492203551458-768x959.jpg 768w, https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/slovenia2017\/files\/2017\/03\/EllenSprague-e1492203551458.jpg 1758w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hometown\/State\/Country:<\/strong>&nbsp;Godfrey, Illinois, United States\n<ul>\n<li>originally Chagrin Falls, Ohio<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Major\/Minor:<\/strong> French and English\n<ul>\n<li>teach writing at Principia, including courses that cover translation studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Why Slovenia?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>I still don\u2019t know enough about it, despite having been there three times.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What Slovenian landscape feature&nbsp;are you most excited to see, and&nbsp;why?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>I\u2019m excited for a hike we\u2019re going to take from Kobarid that traces part of Rommel\u2019s route in WWI. The description says we\u2019ll see a great view of the Soca Valley. I always like a great view from a high place.<\/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>These four qualities from Edith Gaddis Brewer\u2019s hymn 86 in the <em>Christian Science Hymnal<\/em> resonate with me now: patience, courage, meekness, learning.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>For me, the Slovenia Abroad is an&nbsp;opportunity to \u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Show my students a place that many of them didn\u2019t even know existed before they learned about this abroad. I can\u2019t wait to see their faces light up with wonder when they discover for the first time the secrets and treasures of Slovenia and its people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hometown\/State\/Country:&nbsp;Godfrey, Illinois, United States originally Chagrin Falls, Ohio Major\/Minor: French and English teach writing at Principia, including courses that cover translation studies Why Slovenia? I still don\u2019t know enough about it, despite having been there three times. What Slovenian landscape feature&nbsp;are you most excited to see, and&nbsp;why? I\u2019m excited for a hike we\u2019re going to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/slovenia2017\/ellen-sprague-program-faculty\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ellen Sprague, Program Faculty&#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-36","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/slovenia2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36","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=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/slovenia2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":188,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/slovenia2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions\/188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/slovenia2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}