{"id":1627,"date":"2016-02-02T22:13:56","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T22:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/?p=1627"},"modified":"2022-05-30T11:41:31","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T11:41:31","slug":"why-were-here-jacob-akers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/why-were-here-jacob-akers\/","title":{"rendered":"Why We&#8217;re Here:  Jacob Akers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1627\" class=\"elementor elementor-1627\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3ef6fd60 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3ef6fd60\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b4f4fe4\" data-id=\"6b4f4fe4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dc5bc1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6dc5bc1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 2014, all of Jacob&#8217;s dreams were coming true.&nbsp; In May, he had graduated from Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN, with a degree in Molecular Biology.&nbsp; On July 4, he had proposed to his girlfriend of 7 years.&nbsp; He was looking forward to starting medical school in August. 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