{"id":1070,"date":"2012-09-07T20:55:04","date_gmt":"2012-09-07T20:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/?p=1070"},"modified":"2012-09-07T20:55:04","modified_gmt":"2012-09-07T20:55:04","slug":"those-internships-pay-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/2012\/09\/07\/those-internships-pay-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Those Internships Pay Off!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1071\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1071\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/09\/forrester-0660.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1071\" title=\"forrester-0660\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/09\/forrester-0660.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/09\/forrester-0660.jpg 480w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/09\/forrester-0660-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1071\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrew Forrester &#8217;11 In His &#8220;New&#8221; Office<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Grunge caught up with Andrew Forrester &#8217;11, the Executive Director of Community Relations for the town of Madison, Indiana. \u00a0Andrew&#8217;s office is getting completely redone but he wanted me to see that the Wabash sheepskin was proudly displayed.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew was offered a job while still a student &#8211; a good thing. \u00a0However, his boss at that point was merely a candidate for mayor. \u00a0Win&#8230;and you join the mayor&#8217;s management team. \u00a0Lose&#8230;and you join the employment line.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew believed in what his boss wanted to do and signed on. \u00a0The mayor believed in Andrew because he had heard about Andrew&#8217;s demonstrated skills as an intern. \u00a0The mayoral candidate called Andrew&#8230;Andrew&#8217;s performance as an intern had set him apart. \u00a0You have to like the way this one unfolded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Grunge caught up with Andrew Forrester &#8217;11, the Executive Director of Community Relations for the town of Madison, Indiana. \u00a0Andrew&#8217;s office is getting completely redone but he wanted me to see [&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-1070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"w_featured_image_url":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/09\/forrester-0660.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1070\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}