{"id":3311,"date":"2012-12-13T16:53:22","date_gmt":"2012-12-13T22:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/?p=3311"},"modified":"2012-12-13T16:53:32","modified_gmt":"2012-12-13T22:53:32","slug":"student-profiles-natalie-vander-zaag-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/2012\/student-profiles-natalie-vander-zaag-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Profiles &#8211; Natalie Vander Zaag (2012)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Natalie-Vander-Zaag_web-e1355439119377.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3312\" alt=\"Natalie Vander Zaag_web\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Natalie-Vander-Zaag_web-e1355439119377-300x220.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Natalie-Vander-Zaag_web-e1355439119377-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Natalie-Vander-Zaag_web-e1355439119377.jpg 433w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>December 13, 2012 &#8211; Natalie Vander Zaag (OT&#8217;11) started at Canadian Mennonite University as a participant in CMU\u2019s Outtatown French Africa program and stayed to study at CMU with a major in social sciences.<\/p>\n<p>Vander Zaag had always been interested in psychology, but it was her work at an Aboriginal drop-in centre in Winnipeg\u2019s North End that helped turn that interest into a true passion. \u201cI am so interested in how the human brain works and the methods people use to heal. My work at the drop-in centre has made me even more passionate about healing and therapy,\u201d says Vander Zaag.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love psychology because you can apply everything you learn to everyday experiences,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe quality of teaching here goes beyond what you\u2019d get at other schools because the faculty here are able to merge academics with an ability and a willingness to nurture the spiritual aspects of their students\u2019 lives,\u201d says Vander Zaag. \u201cThis is a genuine, caring place where people are supported and encouraged to grow in all areas of their lives. I have really enjoyed my CMU experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 13, 2012 &#8211; Natalie Vander Zaag (OT&#8217;11) started at Canadian Mennonite University as a participant in CMU\u2019s Outtatown French Africa program and stayed to study at CMU with a major in social sciences. Vander Zaag had always been interested in psychology, but it was her work at an Aboriginal drop-in centre in Winnipeg\u2019s North [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3312,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[156,170],"tags":[339,340],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3311"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3311"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3314,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3311\/revisions\/3314"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}