{"id":323,"date":"2021-07-13T14:19:42","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T21:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/?p=323"},"modified":"2021-07-13T14:19:42","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T21:19:42","slug":"learning-about-extension-in-linn-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/2021\/07\/13\/learning-about-extension-in-linn-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning about Extension in Linn County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-324 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3908\/files\/2021\/07\/Kelci-Free-Blog-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"335\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3908\/files\/2021\/07\/Kelci-Free-Blog-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3908\/files\/2021\/07\/Kelci-Free-Blog-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3908\/files\/2021\/07\/Kelci-Free-Blog-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3908\/files\/2021\/07\/Kelci-Free-Blog-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3908\/files\/2021\/07\/Kelci-Free-Blog-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/>My name is\u00a0Kelci\u00a0Free, and\u00a0I am from Scio,\u00a0Oregon. This fall I will be a\u00a0senior at OSU studying\u00a0agricultural\u00a0sciences with a plan to start the\u00a0agriculture\u00a0education master\u2019s program the following year, and to eventually be\u00a0an Extension agent. When I am not busy in school I enjoy hiking, enjoying the beauty of Oregon and spending time with my friends and family.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I am an intern this summer\u00a0in the OSU Extension office in Linn County, working under the supervision of\u00a0Chrissy Lucas,\u00a0Extension\u2019s\u00a0groundwater quality education and outreach program coordinator for Linn, Benton, Marion, Polk\u00a0and Jackson counties. I will be doing a lot of work in\u00a0groundwater management by\u00a0setting up nitrate testing and trying to help those at risk learn about the contaminants in their water.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Before starting my internship,\u00a0I had a brief understanding of what Extension is besides\u00a0being at\u00a0county\u00a0fairs\u00a0and answering questions about gardening. Then\u00a0I took an \u201cIntroduction to Extension\u201d\u00a0class\u00a0at OSU, in which I learned that\u00a0there were many branches\u00a0to Extension. There is still so much I am eager to learn!\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Since I started my internship,\u00a0I have been able to learn so much more about\u00a0Extension and had new experiences doing all kinds of program prep, outreach, and what goes into being an\u00a0Extension agent.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is\u00a0Kelci\u00a0Free, and\u00a0I am from Scio,\u00a0Oregon. This fall I will be a\u00a0senior at OSU studying\u00a0agricultural\u00a0sciences with a plan to start the\u00a0agriculture\u00a0education master\u2019s program the following year, and to eventually be\u00a0an Extension agent. When I am not busy in school I enjoy hiking, enjoying the beauty of Oregon and spending time with my friends and&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/2021\/07\/13\/learning-about-extension-in-linn-county\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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":[66,68,59,65,37,78],"tags":[82,61,41],"class_list":["post-323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-benton-county","category-jackson-county","category-linn-county","category-marion-county","category-small-farms","category-western-oregon","tag-kelci-free","tag-linn-county","tag-small-farms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323","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=323"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":363,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323\/revisions\/363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}