{"id":240,"date":"2018-11-07T20:00:52","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T20:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/?p=240"},"modified":"2018-11-17T00:26:04","modified_gmt":"2018-11-17T00:26:04","slug":"staff-profile-terralyn-vandetta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/2018\/11\/07\/staff-profile-terralyn-vandetta\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff Profile: Terralyn Vandetta"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>How long have you been at Oregon State?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>21 years.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>How did you end up working with computers and technology?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Well, both my dad and grandfather graduated with forest engineering\/civil engineering degrees from Oregon State. My dad is a civil engineer, and I decided in high school that I needed to be an engineer, but I didn\u2019t want to be a civil engineer. I was really excited to learn about computers, so I became a computer science major.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>How do you make sure you\u2019re keeping up with the changes in your industry?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Google is your friend, and it\u2019s important to be able to fly by the seat of your pants and keep at it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-241\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/files\/2018\/11\/beaver_believer-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3115\/files\/2018\/11\/beaver_believer-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3115\/files\/2018\/11\/beaver_believer.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What does your life look like outside of work?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I like knitting and sewing. I also have a beautiful, two-year-old granddaughter that I love to engage with. We live on 10 acres, so I do a lot of outdoor wandering with my two dogs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-242\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/files\/2018\/11\/porter_and_panda-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3115\/files\/2018\/11\/porter_and_panda-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3115\/files\/2018\/11\/porter_and_panda-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>How did you get into sewing and knitting?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My grandmother taught me to sew when I was a member of 4-H. In my early 20s, I went to a quilt-in-a-day class and got hooked, so most of my sewing now is quilting. I\u2019ve only been knitting for about 10 years. My mom taught me, and it was something fun we could do together. Now, it keeps me from falling asleep on the couch at night.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-243\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/files\/2018\/11\/fiber_therapy-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3115\/files\/2018\/11\/fiber_therapy-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3115\/files\/2018\/11\/fiber_therapy-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3115\/files\/2018\/11\/fiber_therapy-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Any other hobbies?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Beaver sports! I\u2019ve maybe missed a handful of home football games since 1984. We go to football, basketball, gymnastics and baseball events on a regular basis, rain or shine, and sometimes we even travel to see the Beavers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-244\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/files\/2018\/11\/rain_or_shine-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3115\/files\/2018\/11\/rain_or_shine-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3115\/files\/2018\/11\/rain_or_shine.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>If you were an athlete \u2013 <\/strong><strong>\u00a0in the Olympics \u2013 what would be your sport?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Maybe curling? My husband and I play bocce ball on the beach, so maybe it\u2019s kind of similar.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What\u2019s your favorite breakfast food?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Waffles with peanut butter and syrup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How long have you been at Oregon State? 21 years. How did you end up working with computers and technology? Well, both my dad and grandfather graduated with forest engineering\/civil engineering degrees from Oregon State. My dad is a civil engineer, and I decided in high school that I needed to be an engineer, but&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/2018\/11\/07\/staff-profile-terralyn-vandetta\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5291,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240","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\/5291"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":254,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions\/254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}