{"id":543,"date":"2013-05-10T08:00:33","date_gmt":"2013-05-10T15:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/engage\/?p=543"},"modified":"2013-04-16T13:15:43","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T20:15:43","slug":"melissa-whitney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/engage\/2013\/05\/10\/melissa-whitney\/","title":{"rendered":"Melissa Whitney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/engage\/files\/2013\/04\/melissa_whitney.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-544\" title=\"melissa_whitney\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/engage\/files\/2013\/04\/melissa_whitney-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Melissa Whitney\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/1270\/files\/2013\/04\/melissa_whitney-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/1270\/files\/2013\/04\/melissa_whitney-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/1270\/files\/2013\/04\/melissa_whitney-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/1270\/files\/2013\/04\/melissa_whitney.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Name: <\/strong>Melissa Whitney<\/p>\n<p><strong>Position:<\/strong> Enrollment Services Specialist, Extended Campus<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hometown:<\/strong> McMinnville, Oregon<\/p>\n<p><strong># of years at OSU:<\/strong> 2 years<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best part of your job:<\/strong> I get to talk to prospective students from all over the world, every day! Being someone who went back to school later in life, I feel like I can really relate to the stories I hear from people working hard to accomplish their life goal of completing their education. Enrollment Services is the first point of contact for prospective students, and it is awesome to work with such an amazing team who want to make sure they have the best first impression of Oregon State Ecampus possible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Something someone might be surprised to know about you:<\/strong> I absolutely love swimming. I swam butterfly for my high school varsity swim team for 4 years and have swam across the Columbia River three times. I love to travel and have been to 26 states and 10 countries. I also like to explore and photograph ghost towns.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favorite book\/movie\/album:<\/strong> My favorite book is my \u2018Weird Oregon\u2019 book, my favorite movies (because I can\u2019t pick just one) are Return of the Jedi, The Count of Monte Cristo, Napoleon Dynamite, The Goonies, Shawshank Redemption, Indiana Jones and Billy Madison, to name a few. Music is a pretty big part of my life, so I don\u2019t know if I could begin to pick a favorite album, but I love the Beatles album Rubber Soul.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name: Melissa Whitney Position: Enrollment Services Specialist, Extended Campus Hometown: McMinnville, Oregon # of years at OSU: 2 years Best part of your job: I get to talk to prospective students from all over the world, every day! 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