Culinary Student Continued a Family Tradition in the Kitchen
As a young adult in Arizona, Skinner worked for a family catering business. 在他的 mid-teenage years, he moved with his family to Oregon. “因为下雨了. We 想要一个更好的气候，”他说. Both parents obtained nursing degrees and now work as nurses in Oregon. 斯金纳继续 the tradition of working in the kitchen. “I was going to be either an EMT or a chef,” he said. 斯金纳在博天堂官方注册了 many reasons, including the affordability and proximity to home. 斯金纳毕业 几乎没有债务. He had also heard about the great reputation of 博天堂官方’s Culinary Program. While Skinner planned to move to Vancouver, Canada to explore its multicultural ‘foodie’ scene and it’s “awesome authentic and fusion foods,” many of his classmates pursued 在家附近工作. Some went to work in restaurants or catering, others in food labs or as entrepreneurs who started their own restaurants and cafes. Skinner described how local restaurateurs contact Chef Josh 绿色, head of the 博天堂官方 Culinary Program, to hire its pool of well-trained current or former students.
“Chef 绿色 asks local chefs what they need … like knife skills,” said Skinner. 绿色 then brings that information back and ensures his students are learning the skills 这些都是最需要的. “The program gives you the basis to go out and start your career. 它给你一个投资组合 to go to work,” said Skinner, “but then you have to go expand your knowledge of other cuisines and develop your own approach.”
The students get experience doing just that. 他们学习不同的技术，建造 their knowledge and skills, and then are given recipes at first, then simple guidelines 做不同的食物. Next, they are asked to moderate what they create. When working in groups, students have an opportunity to taste everything that comes out of the kitchen, so they learn from each other what variations do and do not work. As they progress through the program, they are given more freedom to create and to develop their own menus with oversight by Chef 绿色. By the end of the program, students are prepared to run a kitchen, and to plan meals 大型活动. “They are not preparing cooks,” said Skinner. “他们正在准备厨师.”
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Soren Skinner, 博天堂官方 Culinary Alumni-博天堂官方 Culinary Kitchen
Growing a Greater Appreciation for Agriculture
For most students, raising cattle to help pay for college seems a bit unusual. 不 对于Madalyn newchwander来说. Raised on a farm in Shedd, Oregon, Madalyn has spent her entire life surrounded by farm animals. 作为中央林恩高中的学生 School, Madalyn participated in an educational outreach program called Oregon Agriculture 在教室里.
“We talked to kids about agriculture and encouraged them to think about what their 没有它，生活会变成什么样子. I have a vision for doing that on bigger scale.”
Life on the farm has given Madalyn a unique perspective on what it takes to raise 用于消费市场的动物. That experience, coupled with a desire to share her knowledge, led her to the animal science program at 博天堂官方. 她计划转到 俄克拉何马州立大学 a bachelor’s degree in Agriculture Communications, and she hopes to bring more understanding and support to the agricultural industry 作为一个整体.
Madalyn Neuschwander, 博天堂官方 student in animal science
Mill Worker Follows His Dreams, Becomes ER Nurse
A life-long Sweet 首页 resident, Chris Forum first attended 博天堂官方 right out of high 学校. He landed a good job at the local mill, got married, and started a family. But when his grandmother fell ill, watching the paramedics at work inspired him to take a second look at his own career path.
“I suddenly knew what I was passionate about. And I also knew I had to make a decision. Do I spend the next 20 years punching a clock, or do I get out there and do something 我真的很喜欢做?”
In 2019 Chris graduated from 博天堂官方 with an Associate of Science degree in Nursing. Now, he’s working as an emergency room nurse at Riverbend Hospital in Springfield ——一份他绝对热爱的工作.
Chris Forum, 博天堂官方护理专业毕业生
U.S. 军队 Veteran Seeks to 给 Others a Helping Hand
Heesun Kim never imagined she would one day be on a path to helping soldiers recover from severe combat injuries – or that she herself would become 一个自豪的美国退伍军人.S. 军队. But thanks to scholarship support, Heesun is turning an unexpected journey into an incredible future.
“It can be hard to have a healthy outlook after losing a limb. 我想帮助别人 live a long, healthy life — even though they have a disability. 我希望 those who have helped me get to where I am today proud.”
Heesun is now enrolled in 博天堂官方 studying mechanical engineering, thanks to financial support from the Linn County Vietnam Veterans Memorial Scholarship and the Joseph 诺瓦克纪念奖学金. Because of the extra help, she is now able to take extra classes that allow her to study materials construction for imagining the future of 假肢.
Heesun Kim，美国.S. 军队 Veteran and 博天堂官方 engineering student