{"id":100,"date":"2020-07-07T15:19:16","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T15:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/?p=100"},"modified":"2020-07-21T23:41:01","modified_gmt":"2020-07-21T23:41:01","slug":"open-doors-in-the-great-outdoors-looking-forward-to-the-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/2020\/07\/07\/open-doors-in-the-great-outdoors-looking-forward-to-the-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Doors in the Great Outdoors: Looking forward to the summer"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n \"Jensen\n
Photo by Lisa Dubisar<\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n

My name is Jensen Comment, and just a few days ago I started my internship with Oregon State University Extension Service. Born and raised in sunny central Oregon, I\u2019ve always been a fan of the \u201cGreat Outdoors.\u201d In my free time, I greatly enjoy hiking, going on road trips, country dancing, and fishing \u2013 my newest social-distancing hobby. Following my involvement in 4-H and FFA throughout middle and high school, I decided to continue my studies at Oregon State, with the ultimate goal of going into agriculture education.<\/p>\n

A few weeks ago, I wrapped up my first year at OSU in pursuit of a bachelor\u2019s degree in agricultural sciences. For sure, I wasn\u2019t planning on spending the last third of my freshman year watching class lectures in my childhood bedroom, but I\u2019m thankful for today\u2019s technology that allowed me to continue learning from home. People always say that academics in college are pretty different than in high school, and they sure aren\u2019t kidding. Although my academic performance at Oregon State got off to a bit of a rough start, I\u2019m pleased to announce that I have been able to make honor roll the past two terms. After earning my first degree, I plan to continue on to graduate school for a master\u2019s degree in agriculture education.<\/p>\n

\n \"Jensen\n
Jensen Comment poses in front of Weatherford Hall on the OSU campus. Photo by Terri Comment<\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n

While this summer is looking a little different than expected a few months back, I\u2019m still very excited to be working as an intern at the OSU Extension office in Crook County. I\u2019ll be honest \u2013prior to starting here, I had a very limited understanding of the impact and outreach of Extension. My interest in Extension was initially piqued last summer when my manager at my high school job shared her experience with the organization. Both she and her mother had both spent years working for the Extension Service, and my supervisor couldn\u2019t speak highly enough of the impact it had had on her life. While helping her learn more about her abilities and strengths, it also gave her countless opportunities to positively impact the community and truly make a difference.<\/p>\n

Over the coming weeks, I will have the unique opportunity to learn from professionals with specialties in many different areas, ranging from public health to agronomy to livestock management. I will also be focusing on public communications and marketing, as well as Crook County 4-H. Even though my time here only began a few days ago, I have already had so many doors open for me. I can\u2019t wait to see what opportunities present themselves over the summer!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My name is Jensen Comment, and just a few days ago I started my internship with Oregon State University Extension Service. Born and raised in sunny central Oregon, I\u2019ve always been a fan of the \u201cGreat Outdoors.\u201d In my free time, I greatly enjoy hiking, going on road trips, country dancing, and fishing \u2013 my… Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10614,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,26,27],"tags":[12,28,29],"class_list":["post-100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4-h","category-ag-and-natural-resources","category-crook-county","tag-4-h","tag-agriculture","tag-crook-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10614"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100\/revisions\/104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}