{"id":1366,"date":"2018-01-10T13:11:58","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T19:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/alumninewsletter\/?p=1366"},"modified":"2018-09-12T16:03:52","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T21:03:52","slug":"student-spotlight-matthew-nieland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/alumninewsletter\/2018\/01\/10\/student-spotlight-matthew-nieland\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Spotlight: Matthew Nieland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1368 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/alumninewsletter\/files\/2017\/12\/IMG_0327-e1512660453356-300x271.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0327\" width=\"300\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/alumninewsletter\/files\/2017\/12\/IMG_0327-e1512660453356-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/alumninewsletter\/files\/2017\/12\/IMG_0327-e1512660453356-768x695.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/alumninewsletter\/files\/2017\/12\/IMG_0327-e1512660453356-1024x926.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/alumninewsletter\/files\/2017\/12\/IMG_0327-e1512660453356.jpg 1547w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Nieland is a student that works hard to get involved and meet new people whenever he can. Nieland is a senior biology and chemistry double major from Auburn, Iowa.<\/p>\n<p>When asked, Nieland explained that he chose Morningside because he felt that it was the perfect distance from home. He stated, &#8220;It wasn&#8217;t too close, but also not too far away.&#8221; He also enjoyed the beautiful campus and the friendly people that he met on his visits.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I like Morningside because the professors really care about their students and there are a lot of opportunities to be involved,&#8221; Nieland said.<\/p>\n<p>Nieland has taken every opportunity to get involved in groups and activities on campus. Currently, he is involved in Chemistry Club, Tri-Beta, Omicron Delta Kappa, Marching Mustangs, Symphonic Wind Ensemble, and he is a staff member for Residence Life. Nieland was also crowned the 2017 Homecoming King this year.<\/p>\n<p>His favorite thing about being involved on campus is working with others. After graduation in May, Nieland plans to attend graduate school to further his education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Matthew Nieland is a student that works hard to get involved and meet new people whenever he can. Nieland is a senior biology and chemistry double major from Auburn, Iowa. When asked, Nieland explained that he chose Morningside because he felt that it was the perfect distance from home. He stated, &#8220;It wasn&#8217;t too [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1005,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52909],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-volume-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/alumninewsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/alumninewsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/alumninewsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/alumninewsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1005"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/alumninewsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1366"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/alumninewsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1384,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/alumninewsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1366\/revisions\/1384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/alumninewsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/alumninewsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/alumninewsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}