{"id":2,"date":"2016-09-01T14:14:57","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T14:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/alum-abroad\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2016-09-01T09:31:38","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T14:31:38","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/on-traveling\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/alum-abroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2016\/09\/Nicholas-Gates-Graduation-300x258.jpg\" alt=\"UMass Lowell Alum, Nicholas Gates stands next to the FAHSS banner at Commencement.\" width=\"300\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/on-traveling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2016\/09\/Nicholas-Gates-Graduation-300x258.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/on-traveling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2016\/09\/Nicholas-Gates-Graduation-768x660.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/on-traveling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2016\/09\/Nicholas-Gates-Graduation-1024x880.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/on-traveling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2016\/09\/Nicholas-Gates-Graduation-349x300.jpg 349w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/on-traveling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2016\/09\/Nicholas-Gates-Graduation.jpg 1242w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nicholas Gates is an alumnus of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uml.edu\/FAHSS\/Political-Science\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Political Science<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uml.edu\/FAHSS\/History\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">History<\/a> Departments at UMass Lowell, having received a dual degree as an undergraduate in Spring 2016.<\/p>\n<p>During his time here, Nick was actively involved with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uml.edu\/honors\/\" target=\"_blank\">Honors College<\/a>, as well as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uml.edu\/fahss\/model-un\/\" target=\"_blank\">Model United Nations<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uml.edu\/orientation\/\" target=\"_blank\">New Student Orientations<\/a>, and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uml.edu\/News\/stories\/2011-12\/Student_Alumni_Ambassadors.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"> Student Alumni Ambassador programs<\/a>. Having studied international affairs and becoming interested in international education, Nick studied abroad in at UMass Lowell partner university, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qub.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Queen&#8217;s University Belfast<\/a>, in Northern Ireland during the Fall of 2015. Continuing his international education work, Nick served as an office assistant for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uml.edu\/international-programs\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Office of Study Abroad <\/a>during the Summer of 2016.<\/p>\n<p>As a graduate of UMass Lowell, Nick is continuing his international studies as a full-time graduate student at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ku.dk\/english\/\" target=\"_blank\">University of Copenhagen in Denmark<\/a>, beginning Fall 2016 where he will be studying for an MSc in Global Development.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Nick&#8217;s global experiences via this blog!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nicholas Gates is an alumnus of the Political Science and History Departments at UMass Lowell, having received a dual degree as an undergraduate in Spring 2016. During his time here, Nick was actively involved with the Honors College, as well &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/on-traveling\/about\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/on-traveling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/on-traveling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/on-traveling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/on-traveling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/on-traveling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/on-traveling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/on-traveling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/on-traveling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}