{"id":879,"date":"2014-04-21T15:30:44","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T21:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wyomingextension.org\/agambassadors\/?p=879"},"modified":"2014-04-21T15:30:44","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T21:30:44","slug":"its-not-about-the-check-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/its-not-about-the-check-mark\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s not about the check mark."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_547\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-547\" style=\"width: 189px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sami-Jo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-547\" alt=\"Sami Jo Heitsch\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sami-Jo-199x300.jpg\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-547\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sami Jo Heitsch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<style>\np {text-indent:25px;}\n<\/style>\n<p>For the past 21 years of my life I feel like I have been living my life by a checklist:<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nSix years of elementary school<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nTwo years of middle school<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nFour years of high school<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In 20 days I will be bringing out another check mark for completing my four years of college. I begin to ponder these past four years, and I don\u2019t want to remember it as a check mark. I will remember meeting some of the most inspirational people that I now call my friends, meeting a handsome cowboy that I now call my boyfriend, receiving a high quality education that I know will come in handy as I pursue a career, gaining valuable work experience through my UW internships, learning what it\u2019s like to be a roommate, strengthening my faith with a loving congregation, being mentored by motivational teachers and advisors, and most importantly finding a passion for implementing my communication skills into the agriculture industry.<\/p>\n<p>College has been a fun chapter in my life and my advice for incoming freshman is to cherish every moment as it comes and find a way to apply what you are learning in class to your everyday life. One tool that I have used to apply what I have learned in class to my life is talking about the topics with my friends, boyfriend, and roommates. I realized that the more I discussed what I was learning in my classes, the more I have retained the information.<\/p>\n<p>Another opportunity that I want to encourage every incoming freshman to take advantage of is the internships provided in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. I received 7 credits from internship opportunities in two years at UW. In result of these internships I learned how to set deadlines, finish projects on time, accept constructive criticism, and meet professionals in the college that quickly became my mentors.<\/p>\n<p>Overall my experience as a student in the University of Wyoming has been extremely positive. The best decision I made was applying to become an ambassador for the college. I have had opportunities to meet high school students interested in attending UW, I have attended the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources advisory board meetings, I have volunteered my time to promote different events happening in the college, and I have made a lot of friends that were fellow ambassadors. My number one challenge I want to leave for all College of Ag students is to apply to become an ambassador!<\/p>\n<p>Because of my experiences here at UW I will be taking a leap of faith after graduation. I plan to start this next chapter in my life cherishing every moment and enjoying life as it comes. On Monday June 2, 2014 I will be moving to Omaha, Nebraska to begin my work with RFD-TV in their social media department. RFD-TV is owned by Rural Media Group (RMG). Rural Media Group, Inc. is the world&#8217;s leading provider of multimedia content dedicated to the rural and western lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>Landing this position with RFD-TV has resulted from all of the experiences I have had here at UW. I am blessed to have the opportunity to apply my education to this work. I have challenged myself, and I challenge all UW students to not live life by a checklist anymore. Have a blessed and safe summer and enjoy life as it comes!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the past 21 years of my life I feel like I have been living my life by a checklist: &nbsp; Six years of elementary school &nbsp; Two years of middle school &nbsp; Four years of high school &nbsp; In 20 days I will be bringing out another check mark for completing my four years &#8230; <a title=\"It&#8217;s not about the check mark.\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/its-not-about-the-check-mark\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about It&#8217;s not about the check mark.\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ag-ambassadors"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9Le20-eb","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}