{"id":853,"date":"2020-12-29T17:26:04","date_gmt":"2020-12-29T17:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/?p=853"},"modified":"2020-12-29T17:26:05","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T17:26:05","slug":"undergraduate-qa-xavier-tacker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/2020\/12\/29\/undergraduate-qa-xavier-tacker\/","title":{"rendered":"Undergraduate Q&A: Xavier Tacker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Major: Forestry, Forest Management<\/a> and Forest Restoration + Fire<\/a> Options
Class of 2024
Hometown: Beaverton, OR<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How did you get interested in this particular field?<\/em>
I have always had a fascination with ecology and the management of systems. What really drew me to forestry was an internship I held the summer before my senior year in high school through Saturday Academy, Apprenticeships in Science and Engineering. I interned at Horning Tree Seed Orchard where I did inventories, data collection, analysis, and seed germination research. From this well rounded experience I decided to pursue an education in forestry to learn more about what I love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What brought you to OSU?<\/em>
I was very blessed to have received enough funding from various donors to attend OSU entirely on scholarship, to whom I am so grateful. Along with this OSU is the premier forestry program in the United States, and that program in Sweden is too cold for my liking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s the best experience you\u2019ve had as a student?<\/em>
Being able to work as a research assistant my first year at school has been the best experience I\u2019ve had so far. It has been such a valuable opportunity to gain work experience and applications of what I\u2019ve learned in my classes. The autonomy I\u2019ve been trusted with to carry out experiments has been wonderful as well!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to school, how do you spend your time?<\/em>
As previously mentioned, I work as a research assistant in Strauss Lab<\/a> if I am not in class or taking a nap I am likely to be found working in the lab. Aside from lab work I like to study Africanisms in music, learning and playing rhythms that transcend genres and countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s your goal for your education? A particular dream job?<\/em>
Following an bachelors degree I have my sights set on a masters to further my education and possibly a doctorate, although right now I am just trying to best my finals schedule of my first term of my first year! Recently I have been exploring the cross section between bioengineering and forest management practice. I hope to find myself in a career that employs both these disciplines (preferably somewhere tropical).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is there something you wish Faculty and staff knew about you or your fellow students?<\/em>
Aprend\u00ed espa\u00f1ol en mi juventud espero que pueda utilizar el lenguaje en mi futuro empleo (I learned Spanish in my youth and hope to use it in my future career.<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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