{"id":59,"date":"2006-04-24T12:45:34","date_gmt":"2006-04-24T17:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.southernarkansasuniversity.info\/2006\/04\/academics\/science_and_tech\/biology\/billy-whitt-mulerider-spotlight\/59\/"},"modified":"2006-04-24T12:45:34","modified_gmt":"2006-04-24T17:45:34","slug":"billy-whitt-mulerider-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/2006\/billy-whitt-mulerider-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Billy Whitt – Mulerider Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Billy<\/a>When Billy Whitt graduates from Southern Arkansas University on May 12, he believes that his diploma will compare favorably with others from around the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would hold my degree against any university in the United States,\u201d says the senior biology major from Texarkana, Texas. \u201cJust because we are a small school, does not mean that our professors don\u2019t expect students to meet high standards.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the reasons Billy chose to attend SAU was because he felt he could receive a quality education and form personal relationships with his professors.<\/p>\n

After graduation, Billy will continue to receive a quality education through the SAU School of Graduate Studies. He will pursue a master\u2019s of art in teaching degree. He will then apply to dental school and physician assistant\u2019s school.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to be a dentist in the Liberty-Eylau area,\u201d said the 2002 Liberty-Eylau High School graduate. \u201cI want to contribute to the community that gave me my start and helped me arrive at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n

Billy\u2019s favorite thing about college is the student activities he has been involved with during his four years at the University.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is always something going on around campus,\u201d said Billy. \u201cI have met so many people through my work as a President\u2019s Ambassador and through my fraternity. There are all types of different people that I have come in contact with through my on-campus activities.\u201d<\/p>\n

He offers some words of advice to prospective students.<\/p>\n

\u201cGet involved in campus activities, and keep your grades up,\u201d he suggests.<\/p>\n

Billy credits his parents, Ray and Genie Whitt, with being the most influential people in his life. Both of his parents work in the Liberty-Eylau Independent School District. His dad teaches auto mechanics and his mother is a secretary on the pre-kindergarten campus.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy parents have always encouraged me to do my best,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When Billy Whitt graduates from Southern Arkansas University on May 12, he believes that his diploma will compare favorably with others from around the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would hold my degree against any university in the United States,\u201d says the senior biology major from Texarkana, Texas. \u201cJust because we<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":3564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[96],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}