{"id":78,"date":"2011-02-08T18:14:46","date_gmt":"2011-02-08T18:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/newfields\/?p=78"},"modified":"2011-02-08T18:14:46","modified_gmt":"2011-02-08T18:14:46","slug":"faculty-spotlight-james-cassidy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/newfields\/2011\/02\/08\/faculty-spotlight-james-cassidy\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Spotlight: James Cassidy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Name and title:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">James Cassidy &#8211; Instructor Soil Science<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Where are you from? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">St Paul, Minnesota<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Where did you attend college? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Mount Hood CC and OSU<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>What is your favorite college memory? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">First time the student farm pulled off a great Hoo Haa (Earthday April 22<sup>nd<\/sup>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>What do you like most about OSU? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I love the climate we have here and it allows students to get out into the field any time of year.\u00a0 Also, I love that our students are a blend of urban and rural folks and appreciate the REALITY that is to be found outdoors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>What kind of transportation did you use in college? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I bicycled and had a small truck.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>What is your favorite agricultural commodity?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Well I don\u2019t really have a particular \u201ccommodity\u201d that I love but I am crazy about putting seeds in soil and having a reasonable expectation that they will germinate and become something beautiful and alive!\u00a0 I love growing food \u2013 what else is there really to do in this life?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>What is something that you enjoy doing in your free time? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I don\u2019t have a lot of free time really.\u00a0 I love what I do so in a way, it\u2019s all free time or as Winston Churchill said \u201cChoose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life\u201d I kinda feel like that\u2019s what happened to me(!)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Do you have any advice for students in the college of agricultural sciences? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Don\u2019t shy away from getting a solid science education just because \u201cits hard,\u201d a 4 year degree in science is what it is going to take to get the life you want.\u00a0 Don\u2019t fear \u2013 say yes to everything \u2013 you would be amazed how much you can really do!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/newfields\/files\/2011\/02\/Cassidy_James.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-79\" title=\"Cassidy_James\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/newfields\/files\/2011\/02\/Cassidy_James-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/677\/files\/2011\/02\/Cassidy_James-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/677\/files\/2011\/02\/Cassidy_James.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name and title: James Cassidy &#8211; Instructor Soil Science Where are you from? St Paul, Minnesota Where did you attend college? Mount Hood CC and OSU What is your favorite college memory? First time the student farm pulled off a great Hoo Haa (Earthday April 22nd) What do you like most about OSU? 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