{"id":4309,"date":"2023-02-13T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/?p=4309"},"modified":"2024-04-04T13:58:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T13:58:59","slug":"melisa-alves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/2023\/02\/13\/melisa-alves\/","title":{"rendered":"Valuing Community & Identity: A Deep Dive with Melisa Alves, Director of Career Services"},"content":{"rendered":"

Worcester State\u2019s New Director of Career Services Melisa Alves comes to us from her previous role at Fitchburg State University. As a newer member of the WSU community, Melisa shares how her leadership style was formed from her experiences as a first-generation Latinx student, how her first six months at Worcester State have gone, and the impact she hopes to make.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Melisa was originally born in New York but made her way to Worcester at age 11. She grew up in the Worcester school system, graduated from north high, and finished her bachelor’s degree at Holy cross. Melisa completed her master’s degree at Springfield college\u2019s psychology and Counseling for Higher Education program. Currently, she is continuing her education in the doctoral program for Higher Education Leadership at UMass Boston.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"

Melisa Alves, Director of Career Services<\/p><\/div>\n

Lessons in Leadership\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Melisa describes her leadership style as being people-centered. \u201cMy style is very collaborative, for me, it’s important to connect with as many people on campus as possible.\u201d Being in a new role she looks to build relationships with the WSU community to encourage new collaborations and help in the growth of her new staff. \u201cI\u2019m not into being the sole leader. I\u2019m always interested in other people’s thoughts and opinions and seeing how we can work together to lead efforts on campus.\u201d She looks forward to seeing her style transform with her new career services staff.<\/span><\/p>\n

When recalling the lessons she has learned as a leader,\u00a0 Melisa stated \u201cI think one of the biggest lessons for me and the hardest lesson for me was being a good leader is understanding that everybody has a different work style. I am a perfectionist but I think as you become a leader you have to figure out what your style is but then ask yourself how to work with others with a different working style\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWithout understanding who you are as a leader, you can do things that cause confrontation without understanding that not everyone works the same way as you do\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In working through the confrontation Melisa discussed the outcomes of understanding others’ working styles. \u201cYou have to consider how your styles merge together to get things done effectively.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Identity Culture and Leadership Development<\/b><\/p>\n

Melisa shared that her most salient identities guide how she does her work. Being a Latina, first-generation college student and the daughter of immigrants, and growing up in a low socioeconomic background are some that are at the forefront \u201cEspecially being a Latina is very salient because physically, you can look at me and tell that I am a Latina but for me, I am conscious of other identities of others and how to be inclusive of others values and thoughts.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOne thing I really learned in the last five years is seeing how these identities are assets to the communities I am a part of.\u201d She shaped these few as she saw how some of her most salient social identities can be seen by others from a lens that shapes differences as a deficit. \u201cI have been very intentional about how I tie them into the work I do and what skills I have developed as a supervisor and leader.\u201d Being a first-generation student made Melisa gain good research skills early on in her time in college. \u201cThings that I needed to know I had to figure out on my own because my parents, through no fault of their own, didn’t go through the college system here.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Melisa further spoke to the importance of navigating uncomfortable spaces that were necessary for her progression. It was a challenge as a student of a low socioeconomic background to relate to the same privileges as other students at Holy Cross. \u201cI just learned how to be really creative with the resources I had.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"

Melisa with her cohort members<\/p><\/div>\n

A Community Centered Leader<\/b><\/p>\n

Melisa believes a good leader should be a good listener and empathetic. \u201cA good leader should be understanding and open, someone who is more democratic so it can really be more about working in the community.\u201d Her identity as a Latina taught her the importance of family and community. She recognized that no matter the position, a good leader can be someone who listens to their community and is conscious of what’s happening. \u201cYou are not always going to hear what people and communities need, but you need to be attentive, so you can pick up on what your needs are in different ways.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

She feels that the community-based values connect with her leadership style and her drive to work collaboratively with others. \u201cI come from a background where you don’t do things on your own, you work with your community, you support one another, you open your door to other people. This is how my parents raised me.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Melisa believes one of the misconceptions of leadership is the idea that \u201colder is wiser\u201d. She states \u201cNo matter your age you are wise, someone older doesn’t have to be the leader of the company or the community.\u201d This value made her recognize that every generation of leaders has its strengths. \u201cWhen people think of leadership they think of people who are often older, but I learn things from my students all the time. They are younger than me but I see them as leaders too, even within the positions they hold in our office or on campus.\u201d Through working with student organizations, she recognizes how powerful the work students do can be, if seen as leaders regardless of age or experience.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur students come to college with different skills and experiences gained through their different values and identities. This makes them great leaders.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Melisa would like to change the way the traditional leader is viewed. \u201cUnfortunately when people think of leaders they think of a very white often male-dominated space.\u201d This misconception comes from the traditional view of often seeing white-identifying men in roles who are seen as leaders. She uses this example to remind students that just because they might be who hold certain roles at a certain time, this does not always mean they are great leaders and there is space for people of different identities to be great and effective leaders.<\/span><\/p>\n

Experiences that Matter<\/b><\/p>\n

When asked about her most meaningful experience working with students Melisa spoke about the relationships she has made. \u201cI think what’s most meaningful to me is how the relationships I have built with students have carried on for many years.\u201d Melisa started her career in higher education in 2008 and she values the students who have become friends. \u201cSocial media has made it easier to stay in touch\u2026but try to reconnect when they are in the area.\u201d She enjoys it when she can support former students even when she has not seen them in months or years. She spoke about the way she values seeing the growth and development of her students with what they go on to do and who they go on to be.<\/span><\/p>\n

When asked about her accomplishments at WSU, Melisa shares she is proud of what she was able to accomplish within her first months in career services. \u201cWe have started implementing services I think are important to students and our goal is to become as visible as possible.\u201d With a new staff Melisa is motivated to do the good work she knows the department can do and recognizes the parts of her identity and values that contribute to that drive \u201cas the daughter of immigrants, my parents are some of the most hard-working people I know. I feel like that’s what I do, I go into institutions and I work really hard to do what needs to be done, and I do it for the students.\u201d Her drive is to make sure career services can get Worcester State students what they need for success.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"

Meilsa with family members<\/p><\/div>\n

Melisa shared her advice to student leaders to \u201ctake time to pause and reflect\u201d. Taking this time in undergrad to pause and think was something her institution valued when she was a student. She recalls how this made a significant impact on her leadership style. \u201cI was able to pause and think about who I was, how my identity tied into the work I was doing, what was purposeful to me, what I find joy in, and who I wanted to be as a leader. This helped me develop so much in my four years in undergrad.\u201d She goes on to recommend that students take this time for themselves to understand more of what they want to get out of being a leader and how identity can play a role in finding your leadership style and have an appreciation for those identities and how they can support what you bring to the table.<\/span><\/p>\n

To connect further with Melisa and see what career services have to offer, visit worcester.edu\/career-services<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Worcester State\u2019s New Director of Career Services Melisa Alves comes to us from her previous role at Fitchburg State University. As a newer member of the WSU community, Melisa shares how her leadership style was formed from her experiences as a first-generation Latinx student, how her first six months at Worcester State have gone, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":4311,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faces-of-leadership","category-faculty-staff"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nValuing Community & Identity: A Deep Dive with Melisa Alves, Director of Career Services | Worcester State University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/2023\/02\/13\/melisa-alves\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Valuing Community & Identity: A Deep Dive with Melisa Alves, Director of Career Services | Worcester State University\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Worcester State\u2019s New Director of Career Services Melisa Alves comes to us from her previous role at Fitchburg State University. As a newer member of the WSU community, Melisa shares how her leadership style was formed from her experiences as a first-generation Latinx student, how her first six months at Worcester State have gone, and […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/2023\/02\/13\/melisa-alves\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Campus Life\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-02-13T08:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-04T13:58:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/02\/Blog-Header-Templates-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"924\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sarah Potrikus\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sarah Potrikus\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"8 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/2023\/02\/13\/melisa-alves\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/2023\/02\/13\/melisa-alves\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sarah Potrikus\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/#\/schema\/person\/76539d5ec6e84372703ff79a508a32c9\"},\"headline\":\"Valuing Community & Identity: A Deep Dive with Melisa Alves, Director of Career Services\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-13T08:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-04T13:58:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/2023\/02\/13\/melisa-alves\/\"},\"wordCount\":1528,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/2023\/02\/13\/melisa-alves\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/02\/Blog-Header-Templates-1.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Faces of Leadership\",\"Faculty & Staff\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/2023\/02\/13\/melisa-alves\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/2023\/02\/13\/melisa-alves\/\",\"name\":\"Valuing Community & Identity: A Deep Dive with Melisa Alves, Director of Career Services | Worcester State University\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/2023\/02\/13\/melisa-alves\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/2023\/02\/13\/melisa-alves\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/02\/Blog-Header-Templates-1.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-13T08:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-04T13:58:59+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/#\/schema\/person\/76539d5ec6e84372703ff79a508a32c9\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/2023\/02\/13\/melisa-alves\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/2023\/02\/13\/melisa-alves\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/2023\/02\/13\/melisa-alves\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/02\/Blog-Header-Templates-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/02\/Blog-Header-Templates-1.png\",\"width\":1640,\"height\":924},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/2023\/02\/13\/melisa-alves\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Valuing Community & Identity: A Deep Dive with Melisa Alves, Director of Career Services\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/\",\"name\":\"Campus Life\",\"description\":\"Just another Worcester State University site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/#\/schema\/person\/76539d5ec6e84372703ff79a508a32c9\",\"name\":\"Sarah Potrikus\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aab87b121ca9753fa95ceed1af286c9bf669e1ce880d065c6164e7f58b271b93?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aab87b121ca9753fa95ceed1af286c9bf669e1ce880d065c6164e7f58b271b93?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aab87b121ca9753fa95ceed1af286c9bf669e1ce880d065c6164e7f58b271b93?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Sarah Potrikus\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/author\/sarah-potrikus\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Valuing Community & Identity: A Deep Dive with Melisa Alves, Director of Career Services | Worcester State University","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/2023\/02\/13\/melisa-alves\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Valuing Community & Identity: A Deep Dive with Melisa Alves, Director of Career Services | Worcester State University","og_description":"Worcester State\u2019s New Director of Career Services Melisa Alves comes to us from her previous role at Fitchburg State University. As a newer member of the WSU community, Melisa shares how her leadership style was formed from her experiences as a first-generation Latinx student, how her first six months at Worcester State have gone, and […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/2023\/02\/13\/melisa-alves\/","og_site_name":"Campus Life","article_published_time":"2023-02-13T08:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-04-04T13:58:59+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1640,"height":924,"url":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/02\/Blog-Header-Templates-1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Sarah Potrikus","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sarah Potrikus","Est. reading time":"8 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/2023\/02\/13\/melisa-alves\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/2023\/02\/13\/melisa-alves\/"},"author":{"name":"Sarah Potrikus","@id":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/#\/schema\/person\/76539d5ec6e84372703ff79a508a32c9"},"headline":"Valuing Community & Identity: A Deep Dive with Melisa Alves, Director of Career Services","datePublished":"2023-02-13T08:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-04-04T13:58:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/2023\/02\/13\/melisa-alves\/"},"wordCount":1528,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/2023\/02\/13\/melisa-alves\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/02\/Blog-Header-Templates-1.png","articleSection":["Faces of Leadership","Faculty & Staff"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/2023\/02\/13\/melisa-alves\/","url":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/2023\/02\/13\/melisa-alves\/","name":"Valuing Community & Identity: A Deep Dive with Melisa Alves, Director of Career Services | Worcester State University","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/2023\/02\/13\/melisa-alves\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/2023\/02\/13\/melisa-alves\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/02\/Blog-Header-Templates-1.png","datePublished":"2023-02-13T08:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-04-04T13:58:59+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/#\/schema\/person\/76539d5ec6e84372703ff79a508a32c9"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/2023\/02\/13\/melisa-alves\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/2023\/02\/13\/melisa-alves\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/2023\/02\/13\/melisa-alves\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/02\/Blog-Header-Templates-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/02\/Blog-Header-Templates-1.png","width":1640,"height":924},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/2023\/02\/13\/melisa-alves\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Valuing Community & Identity: A Deep Dive with Melisa Alves, Director of Career Services"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/","name":"Campus Life","description":"Just another Worcester State University site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/#\/schema\/person\/76539d5ec6e84372703ff79a508a32c9","name":"Sarah Potrikus","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aab87b121ca9753fa95ceed1af286c9bf669e1ce880d065c6164e7f58b271b93?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aab87b121ca9753fa95ceed1af286c9bf669e1ce880d065c6164e7f58b271b93?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aab87b121ca9753fa95ceed1af286c9bf669e1ce880d065c6164e7f58b271b93?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Sarah Potrikus"},"url":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/author\/sarah-potrikus\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4309"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4435,"href":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4309\/revisions\/4435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worcester.edu\/campus-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}