{"id":739,"date":"2022-06-28T13:56:50","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T20:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/?p=739"},"modified":"2022-07-20T15:33:44","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T22:33:44","slug":"building-a-brighter-future-for-youths-in-my-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/2022\/06\/28\/building-a-brighter-future-for-youths-in-my-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Building a brighter future for youths in my community"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Keon Cohl Kiser<\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n

Hello there! I am Keon Cohl Kiser, a freshly cooked college freshman going into my second year at Oregon State University. I am studying to be an environmental engineer with honors, with a hope to provide new solutions and\/or sustainable alternatives for waste treatment through the study of organic decay. For me to be ready to take those steps I wanted to take an internship position to familiarize myself with the working environment and communal relationships.<\/p>\n

I found this opportunity at the OSU Extension office in The Dalles with the Extension 4-H program, whose mission is to provide meaningful opportunities for all youths and adults to work together to create sustainable community change. I experienced a change as a high school student participating in the VEX Robotics Program, organized by Lu Seapy, 4-H STEM educator in Wasco County.<\/p>\n

Through 4-H I was introduced into STEM and I was able to find a calling in my life to help improve the health of our planet and our communities, leading me into the engineering field. This is something that I hope I can give back to youths by introducing them to a multitude of topics like robotics and biology (as a few examples) to provide a groundwork for whatever path they are called to be on.<\/p>\n

Not only will I build communal relationships and communication skills, I will also be put into an environment where I am charged with tasks to be done by deadlines. This opportunity provides new habits of scheduling, planning and executive decision-making, when needed.<\/p>\n

Being at 4-H I can be a part of the lives of many people within my community, striving to enthrall youths in a variety of ways to encourage them to push themselves to grow in their future careers and as people. Similarly, I will grow with this experience communally and technically to establish the groundwork for my future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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