{"id":1723,"date":"2025-07-25T09:55:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T16:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/?p=1723"},"modified":"2025-07-25T09:57:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T16:57:11","slug":"osu-extension-intern-builds-on-4-h-roots-to-make-a-lasting-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/2025\/07\/25\/osu-extension-intern-builds-on-4-h-roots-to-make-a-lasting-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"OSU Extension intern builds on 4-H roots to make a lasting impact"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello, my name is Abigail Cape, and this is my second-year interning for Oregon State
\nUniversity Extension Service Polk County Extension in Dallas, OR. I am going into my third year at
\nOregon State University majoring in psychology. After I graduate, as of right now I am hoping to go to
\ngraduate school to get my doctoral degree in counseling psychology. For my future career I hope to either
\nhave a career as a counselor with a specialty in trauma or becoming a counselor for teens and young
\nadults, with a Christian backing. Along with studying psychology, I am also going into my third year in
\nthe clarinet section of the Oregon State University Marching Band, this is an activity that I just started
\ndoing while at Oregon State and I have learned and grown so much in. This is also an area both on and off
\ncampus where I am constantly making new connections as well as new friends. My past experience with
\nOregon State Extension primarily is being a member of 4-H for nine years, volunteering with 4-H
\nExtension for a year and my internship with Extension last year. I was also granted the opportunity to take
\na class on Extension that is taught by Oregon State. Throughout my time in 4-H I showed rabbits, bred
\nand owned market rabbits, turkeys and bred and owned market turkeys, as well as various leadership
\nroles.<\/p>\n

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Students at the Polk County Jr. Master Gardeners Camp begin learning about floral arrangements. Photo: Abigail Cape<\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n

Over this summer I hope to continue to learn about the various aspects of behind the scenes work
\nthat goes into 4-H and Extension. In my internship last year, I was able to learn so much and I am
\neternally grateful to have this opportunity for the second year in a row. Last year I worked with multiple
\ndifferent project groups that I had never worked with before in the pre-fair weeks of planning and
\npreparation, particularly with horses. I was also able to do projects that were closer to what I did as a 4-
\nH\u2019er by conducting a small animal master showmanship class. This class was meant to teach youth the
\nbasics of handling different animals that would be found in a small animal master showmanship class,
\nbasic knowledge about those animals and other information about your show presence that can help you
\nstand out while showing. Throughout this summer I am excited to learn more about how to plan and run a
\nvariety of classes with different topics. I will also have the opportunity to learn more about marketing for
\nthe 4-H program, working with various fundraisers and senior scholarship\/graduating senior related
\npromotions. I also will have the chance to work on a multitude of fair related tasks. Through my past
\ninternship experience I have learned so much and I hope to continue to learn and grow this summer! I
\nhave grown up with a deep love of 4-H, which was developed quite a bit here in Polk County, and I am so
\nexcited to help the program grow in any way that I can!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello, my name is Abigail Cape, and this is my second-year interning for Oregon State University Extension Service Polk County Extension in Dallas, OR. I am going into my third year at Oregon State University majoring in psychology. After I graduate, as of right now I am hoping to go to graduate school to get… Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14884,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,26,137,38,64],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-1723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4-h","category-ag-and-natural-resources","category-livestock","category-master-gardener","category-polk-county","tag-abigail-cape"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1723","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\/14884"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1723"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1727,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1723\/revisions\/1727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}