STORY BY KATELYN MODLIN
PHOTO BY KERISA BROWN<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nia Vasquez-Ward, a senior from Colorado Springs, CO, is excited to be a 2019 Fort Hays State University Homecoming candidate finalist. Vasquez-Ward is representing Alpha Gamma Delta sorority, an organization that she holds close to her heart: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAGD has taught me new values that I plan to take with me and how to be a leader in any situation,\u201d says Vasquez-Ward. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She chose to come to FHSU because of the spirit she experienced here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy favorite part of FHSU is the school spirit held not just within the university but in the whole Hays community,\u201d Vasquez-Ward said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She is looking forward to the homecoming football game where \u201ceveryone is brought together to celebrate what it means to be a Tiger.\u201d When asked what it means to be a homecoming candidate, Vaquez-Ward said, \u201cTo me, being recognized as a candidate means that I am given the opportunity to show what it means to be a student here and keep the traditions of Fort Hays State.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Be on the lookout for Vasquez-Ward and the other royalty candidates as they participate in this year\u2019s homecoming festivities. Voting for the title of King and Queen will take place from 9:00 AM October 9th to noon October 11th on TigerLink or in Memorial Union from 11am to 1 PM on October 9th and 10th.<\/strong> STORY BY KATELYN MODLINPHOTO BY KERISA BROWN Nia Vasquez-Ward, a senior from Colorado Springs, CO, is excited to be a 2019 Fort Hays State University… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":49166,"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":[3397,3398,11],"tags":[69,3352,13200,103,290],"class_list":["post-49165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-area-news","category-campus-news","category-news","tag-fhsu","tag-fhsu-homecoming","tag-nia-vasquez-ward","tag-tiger-media-network","tag-tmn"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/NiaVasquez-Ward.jpg?fit=6720%2C4480&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49165","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\/142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49167,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49165\/revisions\/49167"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/49166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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