{"id":1857,"date":"2025-09-10T10:54:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T17:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/?p=1857"},"modified":"2025-09-10T10:54:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T17:54:40","slug":"osu-extension-intern-shares-wisdom-for-future-interns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/2025\/09\/10\/osu-extension-intern-shares-wisdom-for-future-interns\/","title":{"rendered":"OSU Extension intern shares wisdom for future interns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello, lovely people! My name is Nyla Bennett, and this is my closing blog for this year\u2019s internship. I
\nhope that the people around me enjoyed this summer as much as I did.<\/p>\n

\n \"\"\n
Nyla Bennett, an intern in Wheeler County, enjoys a delicious crepe at the 4-H State Fair. Photo: Sophie Grow<\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n

This was my second time working as a Wheeler County Extension Service Intern, and reflecting on the
\nwork I did last year compared to this year, I am so incredibly proud. I\u2019m proud of the growth of our local
\n4-H program. I\u2019m proud of the 4-H members with their projects and the effort they devoted to them.
\nAnd I\u2019m proud of the skills I have developed over this past year, and how I implemented them in this
\ninternship.<\/p>\n

If I could give any piece of advice to future interns coming into this position, I\u2019d have to say: you can\u2019t
\nexpect yourself to be able to do everything, but if you never try, you\u2019ll never know if you could. Very
\nsimple and clich\u00e9, but in this internship, you get to experience a wide variety of careers and will be
\nasked to complete tasks you may not think you can. For instance, over the course of our fair week, I
\nstood in for a clerk, photographer, herdsmanship judge and handyman, to name a few. I definitely was
\nnot experienced with some of those jobs, but I learned what I needed to do and did the best I could.
\nThe flexibility and variety are two aspects of this internship I adore. However, I also love the expected
\nparts of this position. In my role, I teach and lead classes and clinics, and guide 4-Hers to give them a
\nscaffold as future leaders. Working with the 4-H fair Junior Superintendents, I guided them through the
\nprocess of emceeing an awards ceremony, instructed them on the importance of delegating amongst a
\ngroup of leaders and encouraged them to face the fears of public speaking.<\/p>\n

There have been so many opportunities presented to me in this position, but one of my favorites was
\ngetting the chance to travel to the state capital and help with the photography section at the 4-H state
\nfair. I was a 4-H photographer myself when I was a youth in the program. I had many of my own photos
\nsent to the state, and being able to facilitate this process and work with the judges was such a treat
\n(along with the food at Salem, I had some crepes that were to die for).<\/p>\n

Soon, I\u2019m going to be heading back to La Grande to continue pursuing my bachelor of science in nursing
\nthrough OHSU. Heading into the nursing program and my future career, I\u2019m even more grateful I had the
\nopportunity to be in this position. I\u2019ve managed youth and adults, adapting programs\/resources to fit
\ntheir personal needs. I\u2019ve practiced interpersonal communication, explaining foreign concepts to my
\nstudents. Lastly, I\u2019ve really learned the importance of empathizing with someone\u2019s situation, so I can
\nunderstand exactly what they need and be more effective with both of our time. I\u2019m excited to take
\nthese refined skills into my day-to-day practice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello, lovely people! My name is Nyla Bennett, and this is my closing blog for this year\u2019s internship. I hope that the people around me enjoyed this summer as much as I did. This was my second time working as a Wheeler County Extension Service Intern, and reflecting on the work I did last year… 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":[9,34,272],"tags":[274],"class_list":["post-1857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4-h","category-statewide","category-wheeler-county","tag-nyla-bennett"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1857","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=1857"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1859,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1857\/revisions\/1859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}