{"id":259,"date":"2021-06-28T16:55:02","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T23:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/?p=259"},"modified":"2021-06-28T16:55:02","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T23:55:02","slug":"bound-for-a-career-in-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/2021\/06\/28\/bound-for-a-career-in-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Bound for a career in Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello everyone!\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

My name is Alli Studnick, I am 22 years old, and from the small town of Scio, Oregon, where I live on my family\u2019s 400-acre cattle ranch. Our ranch started in 1944, and I am a fourth-generation cattle rancher. We run about 200 head of cattle and we also raise pigs. I have “3\u00bd” horses \u2013 when you count my Shetland pony. We also have a goat, four dogs and lots of cats.\u202f \"\"
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While I am not helping my family on the farm, my hobbies include riding and competing in speed events with my horses Dalton Dixie and Romeo. In July of 2019, I was working at a farm stand and\u00a0a woman\u00a0walked\u00a0in with\u00a0a dog\u00a0and\u00a0asked me if I wanted her.\u00a0She had\u00a0found her on the side of a road and couldn\u2019t keep her.\u00a0So,\u00a0I took\u00a0her\u00a0home, and the rest is history!\u00a0Ivy\u00a0is a\u00a02-year-old Australian shepherd\u00a0and she\u2019s\u00a0my best friend, we do almost everything together. She loves adventure. She rides horses,\u00a0four-wheelers,\u00a0riding\u00a0lawn mowers, tractors, mopeds, and does everything in between. She\u2019s such a fun dog and I am so lucky to have her.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This June I graduated from Oregon State University with a degree in\u00a0agricultural\u00a0science and minors in\u00a0crop and\u00a0animal\u00a0science. This fall I am headed to the\u00a0agricultural\u00a0education\u00a0master\u2019s program here at\u00a0OSU\u00a0to become an extension agent!
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When I was younger,\u00a0I was in 4-H and FFA in Linn County.\u00a0I showed horses and sold pigs to pay for my horse obsession. I knew that the OSU Extension\u00a0Service helped put on the fair, but I really didn’t know much more than that. When I was a junior\u00a0at OSU, I enrolled in a class titled \u201cIntro to Extension and Engagement.\u201d\u00a0During this course we learned about different programs of\u00a0OSU\u00a0Extension and met some of the agents in each program. After\u00a0the\u00a0class ended, I was hooked and knew\u00a0that\u00a0I wanted to pursue Extension as my career.\u202f<\/span> \"\"<\/span><\/p>\n

Most of\u00a0my life has been spent in the agriculture industry, and\u00a0I\u2019ve\u00a0just been\u00a0so\u00a0inspired by farmers, ranchers,\u00a0Extension agents\u00a0for\u00a0their love and passion of making the world a better place.\u00a0This\u00a0is why I decided to pursue a career in\u00a0Extension, specifically in the agriculture field. Interacting with my community and listening to their stories, challenges, or successes in their farms and ranches makes me motivated to\u00a0lend\u00a0a helping hand in whatever needs they might have. Overall,\u00a0I want to make a difference in every person’s life I may cross, which is why Extension is the perfect path for me!\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This summer I will be an intern with Chrissy Lucas, who is the\u00a0Extension\u00a0groundwater\u00a0quality\u00a0outreach\u00a0program\u00a0coordinator\u00a0in the Willamette Valley. I am really excited for this opportunity to learn more about this part of\u00a0Extension, and to meet the different people in the communities of Polk, Linn,\u00a0Benton\u00a0and Marion counties!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello everyone!\u202f\u00a0 My name is Alli Studnick, I am 22 years old, and from the small town of Scio, Oregon, where I live on my family\u2019s 400-acre cattle ranch. Our ranch started in 1944, and I am a fourth-generation cattle rancher. We run about 200 head of cattle and we also raise pigs. I have… Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11435,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,26,66,59,65,64,37],"tags":[12,60,62,61,63,67,41],"class_list":["post-259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4-h","category-ag-and-natural-resources","category-benton-county","category-linn-county","category-marion-county","category-polk-county","category-small-farms","tag-4-h","tag-alli-studnick","tag-benton-county","tag-linn-county","tag-marion-county","tag-polk-county","tag-small-farms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259","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\/11435"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":269,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259\/revisions\/269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}