{"id":1776,"date":"2021-06-01T11:00:05","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T18:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/?p=1776"},"modified":"2024-09-15T20:01:58","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T03:01:58","slug":"2021-graduation-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/2021-graduation-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"To the Oregon State Ecampus Class of 2021, your time has come"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"A<\/p>\n

Of all the months you\u2019ve lived and will live, you\u2019ll never forget this one \u2014 June 2021.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the month you officially become a graduate of Oregon State University, the one in which you\u2019ll put a celebratory bow on all of your hard work and perseverance.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re primed to enter a community of thousands of Oregon State Ecampus graduates who are out there, changing the world.<\/p>\n

And they\u2019re ready for you to join them.<\/p>\n

People who earn their degrees online with Oregon State work in all industries, and their work impacts communities in the U.S. and internationally. Here are a few examples of recent OSU Ecampus graduates and what they\u2019re up to.<\/p>\n

Just like with them, we\u2019re eager to celebrate your success in the coming months and years.<\/p>\n

Albert Diaz<\/h2>\n

\"\"B.S. in Computer Science<\/a><\/p>\n

Following a career as a nuclear machinist in the Navy, Diaz landed a job at Tesla Motors, helping to engineer the cars of the future. He enrolled online with Oregon State around the same time to earn a postbaccalaureate degree in computer science. (He was inspired to follow in his wife Samantha\u2019s footsteps<\/a> as an Ecampus graduate.)<\/p>\n

Now Diaz works in cybersecurity for a premier science and technology laboratory in the Bay Area.<\/p>\n

Amanda Kniepkamp<\/h2>\n

\"\"Master of Engineering in Engineering Management<\/a><\/p>\n

Kniepkamp is driven by a desire to be her best \u2014 for personal gain and to benefit a larger team. Her team is NASA, and her lab-based job is to fly spacecraft to the moon, Mars and beyond.<\/p>\n

To enhance her skills in a hyper-competitive workplace, she earned an engineering management master\u2019s degree online with Oregon State. Within weeks of graduating, she was promoted to team lead of NASA\u2019s Deep Space Network.<\/p>\n

Joseph Peters<\/h2>\n

\"\"Master of Natural Resources<\/a><\/p>\n

A lot of people say they want to give back to their community. Few deliver on their promises as well as Peters continues to do.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s a natural resources policy representative for the Squaxin Island Tribe, to which he belongs. He also works with other tribes and the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife to resolve issues related to natural resources conservation.<\/p>\n

His mission to provide knowledge to tribal communities meant he first needed more knowledge of his own. That\u2019s why he earned a fisheries management graduate certificate online<\/a> and then came back to OSU Ecampus for a master\u2019s degree in natural resources.<\/p>\n

Taniah Johnson<\/h2>\n

\"\"B.S. in Human Development and Family Sciences<\/a><\/p>\n

Johnson didn\u2019t think she was smart enough for college. Just the thought of applying to learn online with Oregon State intimidated her. Fast forward a few years, and there are few success stories as awe-inspiring as hers.<\/p>\n

Now she\u2019s an Oregon State graduate, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and an aspiring school counselor \u2014 all while raising two young kids as a single mom and building new career opportunities.<\/p>\n

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Find all the latest information about Oregon State’s 2021 graduation celebration and learn more about your fellow Ecampus classmates.<\/em><\/p>\n

Visit graduation home<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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