{"id":790,"date":"2022-04-20T15:09:15","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T19:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/?p=790"},"modified":"2023-06-07T11:45:03","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T15:45:03","slug":"brighter-experiences-in-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/impact-stories\/brighter-experiences-in-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Brighter Experiences in Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style='text-align:left'>\r\n\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<img src='http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2021\/09\/BLC-logo-top-nav.png' width='200' alt='The Brighter Light Campaign homepage'\/>\r\n\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/div><h1 class='entry-title'>Brighter Experiences in Research<\/h1>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"385\" height=\"475\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2022\/04\/Marco-Savone-SIP-385x475-1.jpg\" alt=\"Marco Savone '22 holding his Senior Integrated Project\" class=\"wp-image-791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2022\/04\/Marco-Savone-SIP-385x475-1.jpg 385w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2022\/04\/Marco-Savone-SIP-385x475-1-243x300.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 385px) 100vw, 385px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>K-Plan <\/em>empowers students to seek out meaningful experiences throughout their four years on campus. That is certainly the case for Marco Savone \u201822, a senior chemistry major who completed his Senior Integrated Project on exercise physiology, took part in a medical volunteer trip to Costa Rica and worked in a COVID-19 testing lab. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking back on the past four years, Savone sees how far he\u2019s come. He credits his growth to the academics at K, his hands-on experiences completing his SIP, and the lessons in teamwork and time management he learned as a student-athlete on the football field.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy experiences wouldn\u2019t have been possible without going to K,\u201d Savone said. \u201cIf I had to redo the whole thing again, I would do it the same.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"fas fa-solid fa-angle-double-right\" style=\"font-size:inherit; color:inherit\"> <\/span> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/fruit-flies\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more about Marco and his research<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-gray-background-color has-background\">Consider helping student-athletes like Marco Savone \u201822 get the most out of their K education by making a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/onlinegiving?utm_source=brighterlight&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_content=button_post_Experiences202\" target=\"_blank\">gift online<\/a> or contacting Andy Miller, Associate Vice President for Development, at 269.337.7327 or Andy.Miller@kzoo.edu.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h3 style='text-align:center; font-size:24px;color:#006983;'><span style='font-weight:400;text-transform:uppercase'>Brighter<\/span> <span style='font-weight:bold;margin-left:-7px'>Experiences<\/span><\/h3><p>The K-Plan empowers students like Marco Savone \u201822 to seek out meaningful experiences. Among his pursuits, Savone played four years of football, took part in a medical volunteer trip to Costa Rica, worked in a COVID-19 testing lab, and completed his Senior Integrated Project on exercise physiology. He credits his growth to the academics at K and the lessons he learned as a student athlete. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":791,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"post_formats":[],"class_list":["post-790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brighter-experiences"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2022\/04\/Marco-Savone-SIP-385x475-1-385x400.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2022\/04\/Marco-Savone-SIP-385x475-1.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"WordPress Administrator","author_link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/impact-stories\/author\/skipper\/"},"guten_post_layout_featured_media_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2022\/04\/Marco-Savone-SIP-385x475-1.jpg",385,475,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2022\/04\/Marco-Savone-SIP-385x475-1-385x473.jpg",385,473,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2022\/04\/Marco-Savone-SIP-385x475-1-243x300.jpg",243,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2022\/04\/Marco-Savone-SIP-385x475-1.jpg",385,475,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2022\/04\/Marco-Savone-SIP-385x475-1.jpg",385,475,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2022\/04\/Marco-Savone-SIP-385x475-1.jpg",385,475,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2022\/04\/Marco-Savone-SIP-385x475-1.jpg",385,475,false],"ab-block-post-grid-landscape":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2022\/04\/Marco-Savone-SIP-385x475-1-385x400.jpg",385,400,true],"ab-block-post-grid-square":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2022\/04\/Marco-Savone-SIP-385x475-1.jpg",385,475,false],"guten_post_layout_landscape_large":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2022\/04\/Marco-Savone-SIP-385x475-1.jpg",385,475,false],"guten_post_layout_portrait_large":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2022\/04\/Marco-Savone-SIP-385x475-1.jpg",385,475,false],"guten_post_layout_square_large":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2022\/04\/Marco-Savone-SIP-385x475-1.jpg",385,475,false],"guten_post_layout_landscape":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2022\/04\/Marco-Savone-SIP-385x475-1-385x400.jpg",385,400,true],"guten_post_layout_portrait":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2022\/04\/Marco-Savone-SIP-385x475-1.jpg",385,475,false],"guten_post_layout_square":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2022\/04\/Marco-Savone-SIP-385x475-1.jpg",385,475,false],"campus-posts-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2022\/04\/Marco-Savone-SIP-385x475-1-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"gform-image-choice-sm":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2022\/04\/Marco-Savone-SIP-385x475-1.jpg",243,300,false],"gform-image-choice-md":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2022\/04\/Marco-Savone-SIP-385x475-1.jpg",324,400,false],"gform-image-choice-lg":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/files\/2022\/04\/Marco-Savone-SIP-385x475-1.jpg",385,475,false]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=790"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1199,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790\/revisions\/1199"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=790"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/brighterlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_formats?post=790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}