{"id":2218,"date":"2025-02-20T11:10:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T16:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3.12.124.99\/?p=2218"},"modified":"2025-02-20T11:10:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T16:10:55","slug":"student-highlight-emma-hilton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/digitalcorps\/2025\/02\/20\/student-highlight-emma-hilton\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Highlight: Emma Hilton"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.12.124.99\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emma_1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2219\" style=\"width:260px;height:auto\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Driven, compassionate, and dependable; this is how Communication Team Graduate Assistant, Emma Hilton, describes herself. 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Emma just completed her final season on the Ball State Field Hockey team where she was named captain. Through this experience she not only learned how to work with a team but also gained the experience of how to lead a team.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cI\u2019ve always loved working in teams. After finishing my field hockey career, it was nice to have another team like environment to collaborate with people. 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