{"id":10319,"date":"2022-04-07T10:04:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T14:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=10319"},"modified":"2022-04-12T08:24:12","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T12:24:12","slug":"student-spotlight-joyce-olatunde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2022\/04\/07\/student-spotlight-joyce-olatunde\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Spotlight: Joyce Olatunde"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our student spotlight shines on international student Joyce Olatunde.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hometown:<\/strong> Ikun Ekiti, Nigeria<\/li>\n<li><strong>Year and major:<\/strong> First year, Nursing<\/li>\n<li><strong>Languages spoken:<\/strong> Yoruba, Ibibio, English<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10320 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2022\/04\/Joyce_Photo_April-2022.jpg?resize=154%2C273&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Joyce Olatunde black and white photo\" width=\"154\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2022\/04\/Joyce_Photo_April-2022.jpg?resize=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1 169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2022\/04\/Joyce_Photo_April-2022.jpg?resize=309%2C550&amp;ssl=1 309w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2022\/04\/Joyce_Photo_April-2022.jpg?w=405&amp;ssl=1 405w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 154px) 100vw, 154px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>What shocked you upon coming to the United States?<\/h4>\n<p>Coming to the United States was a great task because I thought about how I was going to survive in a country based on so many reasons, one of which is discrimination, but it amazed me when everyone accepted me with love and care. Another is the food, it&#8217;s too salty.<\/p>\n<h4>What have you learned about yourself since arriving in the U.S.?<\/h4>\n<p>I&#8217;ve learned to always ask since I won&#8217;t be crucified for asking. I&#8217;ve learned to stand up and believe in my convictions. Also, fear should never be the drive of a decision.<\/p>\n<h4>What do you like best about Detroit Mercy and the U.S.?<\/h4>\n<p>The friendly and welcoming community. The act of freedom, which should not be misused. The opportunity to engage in community services.<\/p>\n<h4>About Joyce<\/h4>\n<p>Studying in the United States is a wonderful opportunity, which was once a hope lost but now restored. As the first child in my family, my objective has always been to lay down a good leadership foundation for my siblings to follow and I know God will help me, though things may be hard now, they will surely get better. Life has taught me so many lessons, I&#8217;ve learned to always appreciate my personality because no one else has my unique personality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our student spotlight shines on international student Joyce Olatunde. Hometown: Ikun Ekiti, Nigeria Year and major: First year, Nursing Languages spoken: Yoruba, Ibibio, English What &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":224,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4235,4083],"tags":[19,2355,4537,2146,181,4224,4223],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-2Gr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10319"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10319"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10354,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10319\/revisions\/10354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}