{"id":3244,"date":"2023-02-08T17:14:46","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T22:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/?p=3244"},"modified":"2023-02-08T17:14:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T22:14:46","slug":"why-i-choose-history-jameson-hannah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/2023\/02\/08\/why-i-choose-history-jameson-hannah\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Choose History: Jameson Hannah"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jameson Hannah, a 2022-23 scholarship recipient, on why he chose to major in history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2023\/02\/Hannah-Jameson.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2023\/02\/Hannah-Jameson.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3245\" width=\"378\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2023\/02\/Hannah-Jameson.jpeg 756w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2023\/02\/Hannah-Jameson-580x773.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2023\/02\/Hannah-Jameson-610x813.jpeg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>I chose history to better understand the world today. I had to learn history to begin to understand the processes that shape the societies we live in, and how those societies shape us. Getting the chance to engage with these ideas with so many intelligent people, both other students and History Department faculty, was the best decision I could have made for my future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jameson Hannah, a 2022-23 scholarship recipient, on why he chose to major in history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/2023\/02\/08\/why-i-choose-history-jameson-hannah\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":800,"featured_media":3245,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3244","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why I Choose History: Jameson Hannah - History Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/2023\/02\/08\/why-i-choose-history-jameson-hannah\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why I Choose History: Jameson Hannah - History Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jameson Hannah, a 2022-23 scholarship recipient, on why he chose to major in history. 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