{"id":575,"date":"2019-10-14T15:50:45","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T15:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/?p=575"},"modified":"2019-10-21T15:12:33","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T15:12:33","slug":"cof-spotlight-michelle-greene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/2019\/10\/14\/cof-spotlight-michelle-greene\/","title":{"rendered":"CoF Spotlight: Michelle Greene"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Welcome to the College of Forestry! What do you do here?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you!  I\u2019m the new FES graduate coordinator. I started late-June 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How is it going so far?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s great!  I have to give a big shout out to my predecessor, Jessica Bagley, because she left me so many detailed and thorough resources that have helped me get settled into my new role.  As a student at the University of Oregon, I had a student job assisting the program manager of an online graduate program and then was the student intern of their Office of Internal Audit, so I\u2019ve had some experience in higher education administration.  Thanks to those factors, it\u2019s been a smooth transition into this role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What\u2019s your favorite part of the job?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So far, I love getting to know everyone here in FES and in the College of Forestry.  It was very quiet over the summer, so now that more people are back from fieldwork and vacations, it\u2019s nice to be able to meet more faculty, staff, and students. The subject area is also very interesting to me because of how interdisciplinary the FES department is.  I studied accounting in school, so it\u2019s refreshing to be exposed to topics like nature, wildlife, and the way humanity interacts with and impacts the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do you do when you\u2019re not working?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every weekend, our family tries to\u00a0explore\u00a0a\u00a0different part of Oregon\u2019s outdoors.\u00a0Recently, we\u2019ve been to Clear Lake, and it was\u00a0beautiful.\u00a0\u00a0We\u2019ve been to\u00a0some parts of\u00a0the coast and the Cascades.\u00a0\u00a0I\u2019ve\u00a0also\u00a0started\u00a0taking an adult ballet class, which is really\u00a0challenging and\u00a0fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Are you watching anything interesting right now?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the beginning of September, my husband and I have been watching (foreign)horror films.  Halloween is our family\u2019s favorite holiday, so we usually start gearing up for it as early as we can!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you were an animal, what kind of animal would you be?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think I would probably be a koala because they just go with the flow. They love naps and usually just hang out, but they can be a little feisty, too.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you a morning bird or a night owl?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I used to be a night owl, but I\u2019ve turned into a morning person because of my commute to work from Eugene.  It was rough getting used to my schedule, but now I\u2019ve found it\u2019s nice to be awake before everyone else is, to have some uninterrupted time to myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you have a go-to Karaoke song?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018A Whole New World\u2019 from Aladdin with anyone who\u2019ll do the duet with me!  My mom\u2019s side of the family is actually very into Karaoke.  She and my aunts have been guilty of staying up until 5 a.m. having cocktails and Karaoke battles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What sport would you play in the Olympics?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women\u2019s Indoor Volleyball.  I played competitively in school and club teams for about 8 years until I had some knee injuries.  It\u2019s still my favorite sport to watch because of the athleticism, strategy, and teamwork involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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