{"id":404,"date":"2017-02-13T10:06:06","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T18:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/?p=404"},"modified":"2024-04-02T15:28:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T22:28:21","slug":"kristy-trevino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/kristy-trevino\/","title":{"rendered":"A special chemistry with water"},"content":{"rendered":"

Master of Natural Resources program gives alum\u00a0new career channels<\/h2>\n
\"Kristy

After more\u00a0than a decade entrenched in the field of\u00a0chemistry, Texas resident and Oregon State Ecampus graduate Kristy Trevino decided to uproot her career to pursue her passion for water conservation.<\/p><\/div>\n

By Tyler Hansen<\/a><\/em>
\n<\/em><\/a>Feb. 1, 2017<\/em><\/p>\n

Kristy Trevino spent four years earning her bachelor\u2019s degree in chemistry from a private university in Texas, then quickly transitioned to a chemistry Ph.D. program in Colorado. That was another six years.<\/p>\n

As you would expect someone with her educational experience to do, she found work as an engineer at a chemical lab in New York.<\/p>\n

Her investment \u2013 time and money \u2013 in the field of chemistry was significant. She zig-zagged the country and devoted a decade of her life to studying the science and several more years capitalizing career-wise on her academic success.<\/p>\n

Kristy was a chemist because chemistry is what she\u2019d always done. Until one day it wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was working in industry doing something I was not happy with,\u201d she says. \u201cI decided to go back to school to change careers to what I love.\u201d<\/p>\n

In those words were her criteria for starting fresh: Finding happiness and doing what she loves. That blueprint led her to Oregon State University Ecampus, where she discovered an online Master of Natural Resources program<\/a> that would satisfy her passion for water conservation.<\/p>\n

Kristy wasn\u2019t starting from square one \u2013 no one with two college degrees is a fish out of water \u2013 but this was new territory in some respects. She conducted extensive research on similar programs at several institutions, but Oregon State helped convince her that it was the best place to build a new career.<\/p>\n

“<\/span>This degree fulfills all the educational needs for my love and passion of water, and it sets me up for whatever the next chapter in my life holds.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cI had a very pleasant experience with professors and program administrators in getting information about the MNR program and if they thought I was a good fit,\u201d she says. \u201cAll of this was before I applied to OSU, so I was very happy with the commitment the school showed.\u201d<\/p>\n

The MNR program is delivered 100 percent online by OSU Ecampus, affording Kristy the flexibility to help care for her son while learning online and satisfying the urge to learn about issues that had piqued her interest previously.<\/p>\n

When she traveled to Oregon State\u2019s main campus in Corvallis, Oregon, in June 2016 to accept her master\u2019s diploma, Kristy spoke of the happiness she was seeking, partly because of her confidence that fulfilling career opportunities were in her future.<\/p>\n

But even she might have underestimated all that would come her way:<\/p>\n