{"id":272,"date":"2019-01-07T20:05:24","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T20:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/?p=272"},"modified":"2019-01-07T20:05:24","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T20:05:24","slug":"staff-qa-jessica-fitzmorris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/2019\/01\/07\/staff-qa-jessica-fitzmorris\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff Q&amp;A: Jessica Fitzmorris"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>How long have you been at Oregon State?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Seven wonderful years. I started in FERM as a student worker. I did a short stint in FES as graduate coordinator before moving to the dean\u2019s office five years ago. I just stepped into a new position. I\u2019m now the event, outreach and administrative manager.\u00a0I plan all the events for the College of Forestry\u00a0and I will be taking on more of an administrative role in my new position.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-273 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/files\/2019\/01\/20160611_122756-e1546891475613-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3115\/files\/2019\/01\/20160611_122756-e1546891475613-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3115\/files\/2019\/01\/20160611_122756-e1546891475613-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3115\/files\/2019\/01\/20160611_122756-e1546891475613-576x1024.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I hear you took an interesting path to your current career. Tell us about that.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I was a stay-at-home mom for ten years and was living in Florida when I went through a divorce. I moved to Oregon with my three daughters. We lived with my mom, and her neighbor helped me get a job as a student worker at the College of Forestry, and that turned into a full-time position. I also went to school full time and got my bachelor\u2019s degree in business in four and a half years.\u00a0I graduated in 2016.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-274\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/files\/2019\/01\/wedding-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3115\/files\/2019\/01\/wedding-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3115\/files\/2019\/01\/wedding-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3115\/files\/2019\/01\/wedding-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3115\/files\/2019\/01\/wedding.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>That\u2019s amazing. What is your favorite part of your job now?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I love working with students when I can. Whether it be having the ambassadors help me at an event or hosting them in my home for Thanksgiving, I just like spending time with them and getting to know them and about their experiences.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What does your life look like outside work?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I have a husband who is going to nursing school at OHSU. I have three daughters ages 18, 15 and almost 13. All three of them are cheerleaders, God help me.<\/p>\n<p>I own my own wedding and event planning company: Bella Fontaine Events, so I do wedding and corporate events on the side. Last year I did about 20 events.<\/p>\n<p>When I\u2019m not working, I like crafts,\u00a0reading\u00a0,\u00a0hanging out with my husband and family\u00a0and decorating my new house.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-275\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/files\/2019\/01\/47686278_10213403867276931_2999313617146347520_n-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3115\/files\/2019\/01\/47686278_10213403867276931_2999313617146347520_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3115\/files\/2019\/01\/47686278_10213403867276931_2999313617146347520_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3115\/files\/2019\/01\/47686278_10213403867276931_2999313617146347520_n-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3115\/files\/2019\/01\/47686278_10213403867276931_2999313617146347520_n-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3115\/files\/2019\/01\/47686278_10213403867276931_2999313617146347520_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Seen any good movies lately?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ralph Breaks the Internet. It was a feel\u00a0good movie that kind of poked fun at all the things on the internet that we\u2019re obsessed with like eBay. It was just cute.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What else are you into?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My favorite food is chips and salsa. My favorite music is anything from the 80s. My favorite color is pink.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Why pink?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I\u2019m not a very warm, fuzzy person, but pink is just such a happy color. I have a black heart, but I just love pink.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How long have you been at Oregon State? Seven wonderful years. I started in FERM as a student worker. I did a short stint in FES as graduate coordinator before moving to the dean\u2019s office five years ago. I just stepped into a new position. I\u2019m now the event, outreach and administrative manager.\u00a0I plan all&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/2019\/01\/07\/staff-qa-jessica-fitzmorris\/\">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":[603042],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-staff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272","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=272"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":276,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272\/revisions\/276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}