{"id":18786,"date":"2015-02-11T09:20:15","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T14:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/?p=18786"},"modified":"2015-02-11T09:20:15","modified_gmt":"2015-02-11T14:20:15","slug":"all-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/2015\/02\/11\/all-in\/","title":{"rendered":"All In"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Christian Hughes flings Eagle gear into the crowd on Ball Circle and adlibs a joke into the mike. The UMW junior\u2019s perfectly comfortable onstage as a Family Weekend emcee, with no memorized material. Just confidence.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s all he brought with him to college \u2013 no pictures, no posters, no high school pals. He saw Mary Washington as a place to start fresh and try different things. Determined to soak it all in, he joined many of the University\u2019s more than 120 student organizations, finding new friends, new interests, and a new sense of self.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA light bulb went off in my head that what you do here will define the rest of your life,\u201d said Hughes, a double major in political science and economics.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/119310866\" width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Great Minds: Christian Hughes\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Growing up in Charlottesville, he was the kind of kid who took charge, planning an alternate high school prom and launching his own landscaping company. His school principal mother and fire captain father met as undergrads and cast so much school spirit onto their children Hughes knew precisely where he did <em>not<\/em> want to study.<\/p>\n<p>He pictured a place small enough that he wouldn\u2019t get lost in the crowd, with big iron gates that opened to campus. So, when he turned onto Double Drive, there was no turning back.<\/p>\n<p>He showed up at his Alvey Hall room freshman year ready to jump in. Club Carnival was his springboard. The semi-annual event highlights a string of UMW student groups, from the Astronomy Club to the Young Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started joining clubs to see if anything clicked,\u201d Hughes said.<\/p>\n<p>He took up Student Senate, basketball, Frisbee and track; hit sports games, concerts, and special events; signed up for Relay for Life, A Night to Remember and Good Neighbor Day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not something anyone should miss,\u201d he said of the effort that\u2019s had him picking up trash and sweeping out sheds to benefit the Fredericksburg community.<\/p>\n<p>He became an Orientation leader, Student Transition Program counselor and part of the RISE mentoring program, paired with former SGA President Jeremy Thompson \u201913.<\/p>\n<p>Hughes even took second in the steamy Mr. UMW contest. And the infamous Underwear Run across campus? He stripped down to his skivvies and joined that one, too.<\/p>\n<p>He has a formula to fit it all in \u2013 papers on Sundays, reading on Mondays. And don\u2019t get him started on prepping for tests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll turn my back to the rest of the world,\u201d said Hughes, who tweeted last year: \u201cchecking into the library at 11am, checking out 11pm #finalsweek.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Faculty has noticed his drive and diversity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChristian is one of those hard-working students with many interests who thrives at a place like Mary Washington,\u201d said Professor of Political Science and International Affairs Stephen Farnsworth.<\/p>\n<p>A former UMW tour guide, Hughes also is a student panelist for Admissions, helping draw others to campus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want more people to come here,\u201d said Hughes, who felt welcome at Mary Washington from the start. \u201cI want more people to have the experience I\u2019ve had.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christian Hughes takes getting involved to a whole new level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":18787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"umw_cb_additional_links":[[]],"_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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_advisory_expires_time":"","_advisory_meta_include":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4,81],"tags":[47,19,36],"class_list":{"0":"post-18786","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-show","8":"category-umw-home","9":"tag-alumni2016","10":"tag-economics","11":"tag-political","12":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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