{"id":882,"date":"2026-04-10T17:14:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T17:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/?p=882"},"modified":"2026-04-10T17:14:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T17:14:27","slug":"parker-newell-sends-an-update-to-the-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/parker-newell-sends-an-update-to-the-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"Parker Newell sends an update to the Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Parker-Newel-IMG_9007_Original-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Parker-Newel-IMG_9007_Original-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Parker-Newel-IMG_9007_Original-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Parker-Newel-IMG_9007_Original-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Parker-Newel-IMG_9007_Original-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Parker-Newel-IMG_9007_Original-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Parker-Newel-IMG_9007_Original-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Parker Newell recently completed an internship at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navsea.navy.mil\/Home\/Warfare-Centers\/NSWC-Carderock\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"US Navy Surface Warfare Center Carderock\">US Navy Surface Warfare Center Carderock<\/a>, doing conceptual ship design. Right now last summer he was spending a few days in the Upper Peninsula with his Grandpa, Dad, and younger brother.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parker also received a financial aid offer from the <a href=\"https:\/\/umich.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">University of Michigan<\/a> which outlines the costs he was expected to pay. Parker included this photo of himself in the Upper Peninsula and the following message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover aligncenter\" style=\"min-height:100vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"659\" height=\"878\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-884\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Parker-Newell-USS-Philippine-Sea.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Parker-Newell-USS-Philippine-Sea.jpg 659w, https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Parker-Newell-USS-Philippine-Sea-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 659px) 100vw, 659px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Above is Parker Newell on the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USS_Philippine_Sea_(CG-58)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">USS Philippine Sea<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parker Newell recently completed an internship at US Navy Surface Warfare Center Carderock, doing conceptual ship design. Right now last summer he was spending a few days in the Upper Peninsula with his Grandpa, Dad, and younger brother.\u00a0 Parker also &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/parker-newell-sends-an-update-to-the-foundation\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipients","tag-recipients"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=882"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":885,"href":"https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882\/revisions\/885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandboxfoundation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}