{"id":388,"date":"2016-12-15T01:34:57","date_gmt":"2016-12-15T01:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=388"},"modified":"2016-12-15T16:19:44","modified_gmt":"2016-12-15T16:19:44","slug":"meet-siu-scholarship-recipient-amanda-neuhouser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=388","title":{"rendered":"Meet SIU Scholarship Recipient &#8211; Amanda Neuhouser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-389 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/amanda-neuhouser-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"SIU scholarship recipient, Amanda Neuhouser\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/amanda-neuhouser-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/amanda-neuhouser-768x1155.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/amanda-neuhouser-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/amanda-neuhouser.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/> <em>Amanda Neuhouser received the Foote Scholarship in the <a href=\"http:\/\/mcma.siu.edu\/\">College of Mass Communication &amp; Media Arts<\/a>. Neuhouser is a senior from Bloomington, Illinois, specializing in cinema production.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why did you choose SIU?<\/strong>\u00a0I chose SIU for their known cinema program and their in-state tuition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did you feel when you received notification that you received the scholarship?<\/strong>\u00a0I was shocked and overjoyed when I received notification about the scholarship. It was such a blessing for my family.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What does the scholarship mean to you and how has it enabled you to pursue your goals?<\/strong>\u00a0My scholarship has lessened the financial burden on my family. It has also allowed for me to spend more towards purchasing equipment that I can use for my freelance work. By investing in myself and my tools, I have gained skills and connections before graduating.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What inspired you to choose your area of study?<\/strong>\u00a0My childhood dream was my inspiration for my career choice, I never gave it up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What achievement in your life are you most proud of?<\/strong>\u00a0I am most proud of receiving two awards from Girls Impact The World Film Festival at Harvard University two years in a row before the age of 21.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you have a message you would like shared with your donor?<\/strong>\u00a0I am truly grateful that you have invested in me and my ambitions as I push myself to grow more as a filmmaker. I have found myself growing more attached to documentarian activist works and blessing me with finances towards school allows me to use the finances I win from filmmaking awards to invest back into my work.<\/p>\n<p>Hear more from scholarship donors and recipients from our SIU Academic Scholarship Brunch in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R_HPHmQ4nGM&amp;t\">video.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amanda Neuhouser received the Foote Scholarship in the College of Mass Communication &amp; Media Arts. Neuhouser is a senior from Bloomington, Illinois, specializing in cinema production. Why did you choose SIU?\u00a0I chose SIU for their known cinema program and their in-state tuition. How did you feel when you received notification that you received the scholarship?\u00a0I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=388\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Meet SIU Scholarship Recipient &#8211; Amanda Neuhouser<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,9,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-higher-education","category-illinois-higher-education","category-scholarship-recipient","category-siu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=388"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":419,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388\/revisions\/419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}