{"id":1639,"date":"2010-12-10T08:17:48","date_gmt":"2010-12-10T13:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/alumni\/?p=1639"},"modified":"2010-12-10T08:17:48","modified_gmt":"2010-12-10T13:17:48","slug":"its-the-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/2010\/12\/10\/its-the-reason\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#039;s the reason&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1640\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1640\" style=\"width: 542px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/alumni\/files\/2010\/12\/smalstig.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1640\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/alumni\/files\/2010\/12\/smalstig.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"542\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/12\/smalstig.jpg 542w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/12\/smalstig-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 542px) 100vw, 542px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1640\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gehrig and Madison Smalstig<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Scott Smalstig &#8217;88 is running for reelection to the alumni board. \u00a0The ballot requires his picture and a short bio.<\/p>\n<p>Scott, a very creative guy, sent in this picture and wondered if the rules for a photo could be \u00a0s t r e t c h e d \u00a0a little. \u00a0&#8220;It&#8217;s the reason I do what I do for Wabash&#8221;, Scott said.<\/p>\n<p>That got me to thinking&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Scott&#8217;s &#8220;investing in the future&#8221; is exactly what we are trying to here with the <em><strong>Challenge of Excellence. <\/strong><span style=\"font-style: normal\">Build upon what we have right now, make it better and better, and minimize the economic impacts of the recession for the education we offer.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-style: normal\">Be aggressive, because it is what we need to do for our young men. \u00a0Someone did it for us&#8230;and now it&#8217;s our turn. \u00a0Who wins? \u00a0We all do&#8230;these guys&#8230;you guys&#8230;our world. \u00a0A better and stronger Wabash.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-style: normal\">Thanks Scott!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-style: normal\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scott Smalstig &#8217;88 is running for reelection to the alumni board. \u00a0The ballot requires his picture and a short bio. Scott, a very creative guy, sent in this picture and wondered if [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"w_featured_image_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1639\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}