{"id":44415,"date":"2019-03-12T10:17:53","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T15:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=44415"},"modified":"2019-03-12T10:18:10","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T15:18:10","slug":"%ef%bb%bfgraduate-student-participates-in-leadership-hays-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=44415","title":{"rendered":"\ufeffGraduate student participates in Leadership Hays class"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By UNIVERSITY RELATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chelsie Andrews, Bennington graduate student at Fort Hays State University, is participating in Leadership Hays, coordinated by the Hays Area Chamber of Commerce. <br> Andrews double\u2013majored in tourism and hospitality management and leadership studies as her undergraduate degrees at FHSU and is now working towards a Master of Professional Studies in human resources management. <br> Leadership Hays is a multi-session program held from February through May and helps develop leadership skills and challenges its participants to implement the techniques learned in their personal and professional lives. <br> This year there are 21 participants from 19 areas of business that are participating in the program. Together, they will collaborate ideas, practice leadership skills, discuss leadership qualities and network. <br> Their final project will be a testament of the skills gained as they plan an activity to benefit the children in Ellis county. <br> \u201cI saw the word \u2018leadership\u2019 and wanted to give it a shot,\u201d said Andrews. \u201cMy goal is to give back to the community while gaining vital leadership tools that will aid me in my future career.\u201d <br> \u201cChelsie\u2019s dedication to her academic and professional pursuits are admirable as she seizes opportunities while being a part of FHSU and the Hays community,\u201d said Dr. Stacey Smith, chair of the Department of Applied Business Studies and associate professor of Tourism and Hospitality Management <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By UNIVERSITY RELATIONS Chelsie Andrews, Bennington graduate student at Fort Hays State University, is participating in Leadership Hays, coordinated by the Hays Area Chamber of&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11722],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44415"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44416,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44415\/revisions\/44416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}