{"id":7759,"date":"2024-10-08T13:11:32","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T17:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=7759"},"modified":"2025-03-03T14:16:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T19:16:56","slug":"will-richards","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/people\/will-richards\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Richards"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"PSPDFKit-8ayy4hjz5h5sb5mqfjxzpc42zw PSPDFKit-3npj2ht4kppfp95hepqhfjb49x PSPDFKit-2tg9p1utsyyke5vpebq5gc3413 PSPDFKit-Text\"><span class=\"PSPDFKit-6fq5ysqkmc2gc1fek9b659qfh8\" data-contentblock-id=\"1\" data-textline-id=\"1\" data-page-index=\"0\">Hi, I\u2019m a second-year student at Carleton University, pursuing a Bachelor of IT with a focus on <\/span><\/span><span class=\"PSPDFKit-8ayy4hjz5h5sb5mqfjxzpc42zw PSPDFKit-3npj2ht4kppfp95hepqhfjb49x PSPDFKit-2tg9p1utsyyke5vpebq5gc3413 PSPDFKit-Text\"><span class=\"PSPDFKit-6fq5ysqkmc2gc1fek9b659qfh8\" data-contentblock-id=\"1\" data-textline-id=\"2\" data-page-index=\"0\">multimedia and a minor in business. 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