{"id":1296,"date":"2021-12-13T13:47:18","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T18:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/newbury-center\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=1296"},"modified":"2023-06-14T14:20:22","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T18:20:22","slug":"kris-gilchrist-minasidis","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/newbury-center\/profile\/kris-gilchrist-minasidis\/","title":{"rendered":"Kris Gilchrist-Minasidis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>I\u2019m a BU alum (CAS\/GRS) originally from Albany, NY. I muddled my way through college, fiercely independent and convinced I could \u201cgo it alone.\u201d Luckily some wonderful professors and administrators encouraged and supported me, and I came to understand that the most successful students at BU were the ones who were taking advantage of the resources around them. I learned so much, and am blessed now that I\u2019m in a position to share my hard earned BU and \u201ccollege knowledge\u201d with fellow Terriers and their families. My job at BU is a mix of making things easier for students, and coaching on how to navigate a large, urban, research institution. I am living proof that you can study one area, work in another, and still wind up gainfully employed, going to a job you love every day. As a first gen alum myself, I\u2019m happy to talk with first gen students about anything. I\u2019ll be the first to tell you when I think there\u2019s a better expert you should track down, in the meantime, I\u2019m a great sounding board.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First-Generation College and Graduate\/Professional<\/li>\n<li>Member of Tri-Alpha National Honor Society<\/li>\n<li>Gender Identity and Pronouns: she\/her\/hers<\/li>\n<li>Race, Ethnicity, and\/or Nationality: <span>Caucasian<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Home: Albany, NY<\/li>\n<li>Languages Spoken: English<\/li>\n<li>Business\/Industry of Interest: Art and Humanities, Social Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Personal Facts\/ Hobbies\/ Interests: I&#8217;m an introvert, who loves to people watch and to read&#8211;but I&#8217;ll gladly give up my quiet reading time for family game or movie night. My spouse is a first-gen Terrier, too. My first job at BU was a work study position with the campus escort security service&#8211;we walked students all around campus, in pairs, and conducted safety checks of the street lights and the emergency blue light phone system. I couldn&#8217;t believe I was getting paid to walk around campus!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/usc\/contact-us\/\">BU Profile\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":18982,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/newbury-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/1296"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/newbury-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/newbury-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/newbury-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18982"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/newbury-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/1296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3931,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/newbury-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/1296\/revisions\/3931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/newbury-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}