{"id":1342,"date":"2022-09-20T21:04:26","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T21:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/?p=1342"},"modified":"2022-09-20T22:02:37","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T22:02:37","slug":"what-i-did-this-summer-nathan-vega","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/2022\/09\/20\/what-i-did-this-summer-nathan-vega\/","title":{"rendered":"What I did this summer: Nathan Vega"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Nathan is a double major in renewable materials<\/a> and forestry<\/a> in the College of Forestry. This summer, he participated in our faculty-led program to the Italian Alps. Tradition and Innovation in the Wood Construction Industry: A Journey in the Italian Alps<\/a><\/em> explored the past of European\u00a0wood architecture and the future of timber engineering in the beautiful Dolomites of Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What originally interested you in studying abroad?<\/strong>
I really wanted to go to Italy, and I thought the program sounded interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What surprised you most during your travels? Why?<\/strong>
Everything. I felt almost constantly surprised. If I have to pick I would say I was most surprised at how purposeful the wilderness is. In the United States, I am never quite sure if a wild place is protected, or just hasn\u2019t been built on yet. In Italy, it was clear by the resort-style \u201chuts\u201d deep in the mountains that they mean to leave that forest a forest. It was also interesting to me to see how close each town was to the next town. It seems like it would make it harder to get horribly lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How did your time abroad influence your thoughts on your field of study?<\/strong>
I feel like this trip really cemented in me the idea that my career could be international, and that I would like to do that, at least for part of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you had to pick one, what was your all-time favorite experience while abroad? Why was it so meaningful?<\/strong>
Just talking to people on transit. I feel like I am supposed to have a flashier answer, but I met so many interesting characters in between activities for the program. I was surprised at how few Americans there were, but how many other friendly English-speakers wanted to get to know someone far from home. I guess everyone on transit is a traveler, no matter how many kilometers they cross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What advice would you give to students considering an international experience?<\/strong>
Stay longer if you can, and rest one of the days you are gone. Don\u2019t be afraid to apply<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What I did this summer<\/strong> is a profile series of students, faculty and staff in the College of Forestry. Did you have a great job, vacation, or field research experience? Contact CoFThisWeek@oregonstate.edu<\/a> and we will be in touch!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nathan is a double major in renewable materials and forestry in the College of Forestry. This summer, he participated in our faculty-led program to the Italian Alps. Tradition and Innovation in the Wood Construction Industry: A Journey in the Italian Alps explored the past of European\u00a0wood architecture and the future of timber engineering in the… Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3455,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[213751,1292537],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-students","category-international-programs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3455"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1342"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1345,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342\/revisions\/1345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}