{"id":3098,"date":"2015-09-17T10:01:56","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T17:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/erlenmeyer\/?p=3098"},"modified":"2015-09-17T10:01:56","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T17:01:56","slug":"chemicals-and-duty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/erlenmeyer\/2015\/09\/17\/chemicals-and-duty\/","title":{"rendered":"Chemicals and Duty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/erlenmeyer\/files\/2015\/09\/DSC_0097.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-3099\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/erlenmeyer\/files\/2015\/09\/DSC_0097-681x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Maria Jolley\" width=\"292\" height=\"439\" \/><\/a>Maria Jolley grew up in Portland, Oregon.\u00a0 She and her brother were raised by a single mother that emigrated to the US from Vladivostok, Russia.\u00a0 She graduated from Milwaukie High School and just before her 18th birthday, enlisted in the Navy.\u00a0 Upon completion of her enlistment, she moved back to Oregon to attend OSU and joined the NROTC program.<br \/>\nWinter term, 2015, Maria graduated with a Bachelor\u2019s in Chemistry.\u00a0 During the 2015 Winter Commissioning Ceremony, held at the Naval Armory, she was appointed Ensign in the US Navy.<br \/>\nMaria chose Chemistry because she was drawn to the challenge.\u00a0 \u201cTo me, Chemistry was always a foreign language that explained how everything works.\u00a0 I love knowing what makes the world around us work, how things are made and how they\u2019re put together.\u00a0 This degree gave me the tools to do just that.\u201d<br \/>\nShe chose the Navy for a far simpler reason.\u00a0 Because she wanted to serve our nation and because she believed in the cause.\u00a0 She specifically chose the Navy because it is a very diverse service.\u00a0 \u201cUS Navy Sailors are challenged both technically and physically,\u201d Jolley stated.<br \/>\nHer advice for students who are just starting out?\u00a0 Diversify.\u00a0 \u201cOregon State has so much to offer in just about every field &#8211; if you don\u2019t let the opportunities pass you by, this place will make you into a well-rounded human being.\u201d\u00a0 And, stay involved.\u00a0 \u201cStay focused on why you are here and don\u2019t watch the clock while you\u2019re in class.\u201d<br \/>\nEnsign Maria Jolley is currently residing in Pensacola, FL, training to become a Naval Aviator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maria Jolley grew up in Portland, Oregon.\u00a0 She and her brother were raised by a single mother that emigrated to the US from Vladivostok, Russia.\u00a0 She graduated from Milwaukie High School and just before her 18th birthday, enlisted in the Navy.\u00a0 Upon completion of her enlistment, she moved back to Oregon to attend OSU and&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/erlenmeyer\/2015\/09\/17\/chemicals-and-duty\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3656,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/erlenmeyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/erlenmeyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/erlenmeyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/erlenmeyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/erlenmeyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3098"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/erlenmeyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3100,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/erlenmeyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3098\/revisions\/3100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/erlenmeyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/erlenmeyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/erlenmeyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}