{"id":2808,"date":"2017-08-16T22:45:57","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T22:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/?p=2808"},"modified":"2025-02-13T12:47:39","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T17:47:39","slug":"alumna-puts-her-degree-to-use-in-grenada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2017\/08\/16\/alumna-puts-her-degree-to-use-in-grenada\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumna Puts her Degree to Use in Grenada"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column2808_1e5544-9e > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kadence-column2808_1e5544-9e > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column2808_1e5544-9e > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column2808_1e5544-9e > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column2808_1e5544-9e > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column2808_1e5544-9e > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column2808_1e5544-9e > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column2808_1e5544-9e{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column2808_1e5544-9e > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column2808_1e5544-9e > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column2808_1e5544-9e dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2808_6d933b-9d, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2808_6d933b-9d[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2808_6d933b-9d\"]{font-size:1.5rem;line-height:30px;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-family:proxima-nova;color:#808080;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2808_6d933b-9d mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2808_6d933b-9d[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2808_6d933b-9d\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2808_6d933b-9d img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2808_6d933b-9d[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2808_6d933b-9d\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading2808_6d933b-9d wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2808_6d933b-9d\">Kimberly Colder put her studies at the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences into action when she started a drive to gather supplies for school children in Grenada, an island nation in the Caribbean.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image2808_d644e6-90.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image2808_d644e6-90 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:350px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image2808_d644e6-90.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image2808_d644e6-90 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image2808_d644e6-90 figure{max-width:350px;}.kb-image2808_d644e6-90 .image-is-svg, .kb-image2808_d644e6-90 .image-is-svg img{width:100%;}.kb-image2808_d644e6-90 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image2808_d644e6-90\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"476\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.test.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Principal-Degale-and-Kim-476x480.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-16392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Principal-Degale-and-Kim-476x480.jpeg 476w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Principal-Degale-and-Kim-248x250.jpeg 248w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Principal-Degale-and-Kim-768x774.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Principal-Degale-and-Kim.jpeg 1016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><figcaption><em>Principal Degale and Kim<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In May, Colder&nbsp;won the Student Service Award, presented at Wilmington University\u2019s commencement at the Chase Center on the Riverfront. She&nbsp;is spending the summer in Grenada, studying for the LSAT exam and spending time with extended family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A master\u2019s student, she worked with Dr. Mary S. Berridge, chair of the Behavioral Science program, to provide the students of Hindsey School with bulk supplies, including crayons, pencils, sharpeners and geometry sets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe even purchased some Fidget Spinners so the children could experience toys that American children are fortunate to play with,\u201d Colder says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Collaborating with Dr. Berridge boosted her enthusiasm for the project even higher. \u201cDr.&nbsp;Berridge&nbsp;has shown nothing but compassion and care toward the less fortunate children of Grenada,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When she arrived on the island, Colder visited the school and witnessed first- hand the difference her project made in the lives of the students and the staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was such an amazing experience to see the happiness on the school staffs\u2019 faces when they saw the supplies,\u201d she says. \u201cI would have never imagined that people, including children, would be so grateful for school supplies. The principal asked me to take pictures. He was so humble and grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kimberly Colder put her studies at the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences into action when she started a drive to gather supplies for school&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2809,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[90],"class_list":["post-2808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-college-of-social-and-behavioral-sciences"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":2,"label":"ACADEMIC NEWS"}],"post_tag":[{"value":90,"label":"College of Social and Behavioral Sciences"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/grenada-1561520_1920-717x480.jpg",717,480,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Rebecca Slinger","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/author\/rebecca\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":2,"name":"ACADEMIC NEWS","slug":"academic-news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":559,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":460,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":2,"category_count":460,"category_description":"","cat_name":"ACADEMIC NEWS","category_nicename":"academic-news","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":90,"name":"College of Social and Behavioral Sciences","slug":"college-of-social-and-behavioral-sciences","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":647,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":71,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2808"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16393,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2808\/revisions\/16393"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}