{"id":1732,"date":"2025-07-25T15:02:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T22:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/?p=1732"},"modified":"2025-07-25T15:02:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T22:02:44","slug":"osu-extension-intern-supports-4-h-growth-through-grants-and-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/2025\/07\/25\/osu-extension-intern-supports-4-h-growth-through-grants-and-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"OSU Extension intern supports 4-H growth through grants and innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello! My name is Dean Burwash, I am a freshman at Oregon State University,
\nmajoring in natural resources. I am an intern for the Oregon State University Extension
\nService in Polk County. I have worked for OSU Extension previously as a Summer
\nEducation Assistant at the Oregon Outdoor Education Center (formerly the Oregon 4-H
\nCenter), where I taught at camps and helped manage the facility. I have been very
\ninvolved in 4-H for the last eight years, where I have served as a Polk County and 4-H
\nState Ambassador, camp counselor and 4-H intern. I have also attended numerous
\nconferences and taught various classes.<\/p>\n

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Dean Burwash at the Oregon 4-H Center. Photo: Sarah LaDuke<\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n

I just attended the 4-H Summer Conference for the last time as a youth, and I will
\nbe a Junior Camp Director at both 4-H Wild West Camps this summer. I have been
\ngoing to camp since I joined 4-H. This year for the fair, I plan to enter some photos, a
\nwood mosaic (which is incomplete) and other miscellaneous static exhibits.
\nPreviously, I worked for Oregon State University as a student employee at the
\nOregon 4-H Center. I spent almost every night last summer living there and getting to
\nparticipate in each camp beyond the normal workday. I taught all kinds of activities and
\nclasses, including archery, leatherworking, ropes course, big swings, arts & crafts and
\ncanoes. This was my first job, and I feel like it gave me some unrealistic work standards
\nbecause of my love for camp. I am glad that I now have a wider range of work
\nexperience types. This summer is primarily online and last summer was spent teaching
\noutdoors all the time.<\/p>\n

This summer, for my internship, I am primarily working on grant applications to
\nbegin with. These include requests from 4-H clubs, getting robotics curriculum,
\npurchasing incubators and funding art\/welding classes. I am looking forward to
\nimproving my grant application skills and hopefully seeing positive results. I am also
\nexcited to be creating social media posts and learning how to use our new embroidery
\nmachine! So far, I have started some grant applications, and I am working on finding
\nmore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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