{"id":46,"date":"2022-09-21T19:35:10","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T19:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/derrick-newsome\/?page_id=46"},"modified":"2025-10-11T04:17:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T04:17:22","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/derrick-newsome\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hey I\u2019m Derrick and this is my eportfolio!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am from Glen Carbon and have lived here all my life. My major is currently Business Administration with a concentration in HR Management and I am expected to graduate in May of 2026. I am not 100% sure what I want to do after I graduate though I am considering going into graduate school to pursue a master&#8217;s degree or using my bachelor&#8217;s to get a job somewhere in the business realm. Some hobbies include bowling, playing basketball, practicing ASL, and gaining new skills just to name a few.<\/p>\n\n\n<a class=\"wp-block-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/derrick-newsome\/\" target=\"_self\">https:\/\/www.theintelligencer.com\/sports\/article\/Down-big-Tigers-rally-past-Lancers-16772652.php<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: About Me<\/span><\/a>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"272\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 480 \/ 272;\" width=\"480\" controls src=\"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/derrick-newsome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/11\/trim.D3F815BD-9D29-4099-B6B9-2A6D4C404FCC-1.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"360\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 640 \/ 360;\" width=\"640\" controls src=\"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/derrick-newsome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/11\/IMG_1037.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/derrick-newsome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/11\/varsity-letter.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/derrick-newsome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/11\/varsity-letter.jpg 233w, https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/derrick-newsome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/11\/varsity-letter-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">senior varsity letter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/derrick-newsome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/11\/senior-night-photo-feat.-carter.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-147\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/derrick-newsome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/11\/senior-night-photo-feat.-carter.jpg 233w, https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/derrick-newsome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/11\/senior-night-photo-feat.-carter-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Senior night with Carter after my last win in bowling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey I\u2019m Derrick and this is my eportfolio! I am from Glen Carbon and have lived here all my life. My major is currently Business Administration with a concentration in HR Management and I am expected to graduate in May of 2026. I am not 100% sure what I want to do after I graduate<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/derrick-newsome\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;About Me&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_sb_is_suggestion_mode":false,"_sb_show_suggestion_boards":false,"_sb_show_comment_boards":false,"_sb_suggestion_history":"","_sb_update_block_changes":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-46","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/derrick-newsome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/derrick-newsome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/derrick-newsome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/derrick-newsome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/derrick-newsome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/derrick-newsome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/derrick-newsome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46\/revisions\/278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/derrick-newsome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}