{"id":806,"date":"2022-02-01T12:27:38","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T18:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alumni-association\/?p=806"},"modified":"2022-02-02T09:55:23","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T15:55:23","slug":"reflections-on-friendship-from-unmc-best-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alumni-association\/reflections-on-friendship-from-unmc-best-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections on Friendship from UNMC Best Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Good friends are like stars. You don&#8217;t always see them, but you know they&#8217;re always there.<\/p><cite>Unknown<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the most critical pieces of your support system, both in and out of graduate school, is friendship. Jed Hansen, PhD&#8217;21, APRN, FNP-C and Carli Zegers, PhD&#8217;19, APRN, FNP-BC became fast friends while going through their program together at UNMC. Check out their video below as they chat about friendship, what it means to them, and why it is important to have while going through higher education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Reflections on Friendship from UNMC Best Friends\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gLcXTCbIgz8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you find your best friend at UNMC? Did you fall in love with your profession? 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