{"id":3368,"date":"2024-03-18T13:41:08","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T13:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/education\/?p=3368"},"modified":"2024-03-27T17:40:48","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T17:40:48","slug":"success-story-natalie-ikonn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/education\/2024\/03\/18\/success-story-natalie-ikonn\/","title":{"rendered":"Success Story &#8211; Natalie Ikonn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3369 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2024\/03\/natalie_ikonn-300x258.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"258\" \/>I consider WCSU my alma mater; it holds a special place in my heart. As a recent MBA graduate from WCSU, I have thoroughly enjoyed the experience of learning during my years there, which influenced my decision to become a doctoral student in Instructional leadership. Being a part of the EdD in Instructional Leadership cohort has been a profound chapter in my life and significantly shaped my professional and personal development.<\/p>\n<p>Engaging with like-minded professionals and scholars in EdD in Instructional Leadership has been particularly rewarding. The collaborative environment and student-centered approach, coupled with a commitment to excellence, diversity, inclusion, and lifetime learning objectives, have encouraged insightful dialogues and shared learning. The faculty dedication has not only inspired me but also propelled me to embrace a leadership role in education. \u00a0As an alma mater, WCSU has been more than an educational institution; it has been a crucible for my growth shaping my lifelong commitment to advocating for educational equity, inclusion, and excellence.<\/p>\n<p>As I have navigated through this enriching educational landscape, my ambitions solidified: to teach and inspire future professionals in critical disciplines where I consider myself an expert, business, accounting, and finance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I consider WCSU my alma mater; it holds a special place in my heart. As a recent MBA graduate from WCSU, I have thoroughly enjoyed the experience of learning during my years there, which influenced my decision to become a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":314,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-success-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/314"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3368\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}