{"id":2180,"date":"2018-06-14T14:39:58","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T18:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=2180"},"modified":"2018-06-14T14:41:16","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T18:41:16","slug":"facebook-live-hear-from-nacacs-gwi-keynote-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/06\/14\/facebook-live-hear-from-nacacs-gwi-keynote-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Live: Hear from NACAC\u2019s GWI Keynote Speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gL2TWCyno6g?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Why do you do what you do?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a question that even the most dedicated professionals benefit from asking themselves, said David Dixon, this year\u2019s Guiding the Way to Inclusion (GWI) keynote speaker.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Beyond the how and what, the <em>why<\/em> is the piece that is both the foundation and the fuel&#8230;for being an advocate,\u201d Dixon said earlier today during a Facebook Live chat with NACAC\u2019s Crystal Newby. During the 20-minute conversation, Dixon and Newby talked about this year\u2019s GWI conference, the importance of college access, and Dixon\u2019s own work advocating on behalf of students.<\/p>\n<p>Dixon worked in college admission and enrollment management for nearly a decade at Oglethorpe University (GA) before moving to education policy work. He currently serves as a senior legal and policy advisor with EducationCounsel.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gL2TWCyno6g&amp;feature=youtu.be\">full conversation<\/a> and learn more about this year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nacacnet.org\/professional-development\/guiding-the-way-to-inclusion\/\">GWI conference<\/a>. The three-day event kicks off in Washington, DC, on July 29.<\/p>\n<p><em>Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:mstegmeir@nacacnet.org\">mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why do you do what you do? It\u2019s a question that even the most dedicated professionals benefit from asking themselves, said David Dixon, this year\u2019s Guiding the Way to Inclusion (GWI) keynote speaker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[397],"class_list":["post-2180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-access","tag-guiding-the-way-to-inclusion"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-za","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}