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    1. Charles C. Warner is a 2021 forestry student at Purdue University who was initially undecided but found he loved being outdoors. He was introduced to the forestry major by upperclassmen and was impressed by the hands-on learning. 2. Coursework includes general education classes as a freshman, then more major-specific classes like tree identification and forest measurements as a sophomore. There is a lot of field work to apply classroom skills. 3. The most important things for students to know about this major are that it involves a lot of time outdoors, strong communication and people skills are needed to work with landowners, and an understanding of biology and natural processes is important for various forestry

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    1. Charles C. Warner is a 2021 forestry student at Purdue University who was initially undecided but found he loved being outdoors. He was introduced to the forestry major by upperclassmen and was impressed by the hands-on learning. 2. Coursework includes general education classes as a freshman, then more major-specific classes like tree identification and forest measurements as a sophomore. There is a lot of field work to apply classroom skills. 3. The most important things for students to know about this major are that it involves a lot of time outdoors, strong communication and people skills are needed to work with landowners, and an understanding of biology and natural processes is important for various forestry

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    1. Charles C. Warner is a 2021 forestry student at Purdue University who was initially undecided but found he loved being outdoors. He was introduced to the forestry major by upperclassmen and was impressed by the hands-on learning. 2. Coursework includes general education classes as a freshman, then more major-specific classes like tree identification and forest measurements as a sophomore. There is a lot of field work to apply classroom skills. 3. The most important things for students to know about this major are that it involves a lot of time outdoors, strong communication and people skills are needed to work with landowners, and an understanding of biology and natural processes is important for various forestry

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    1. Charles C. Warner is a 2021 forestry student at Purdue University who was initially undecided but found he loved being outdoors. He was introduced to the forestry major by upperclassmen and was impressed by the hands-on learning. 2. Coursework includes general education classes as a freshman, then more major-specific classes like tree identification and forest measurements as a sophomore. There is a lot of field work to apply classroom skills. 3. The most important things for students to know about this major are that it involves a lot of time outdoors, strong communication and people skills are needed to work with landowners, and an understanding of biology and natural processes is important for various forestry

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    Gavin Johnston Student Interview

    1. Charles C. Warner, Forestry and Natural Resources, 2021 warner88@purdue.edu

    2. He started in exploratory studies and didn’t know what he wanted to do but he knew he

    loved hunting and being outside and found upperclassman friends In a club and they

    should him the forestry major and he was very impressed and it’s a lot of hands on stuff

    and it matched everything he liked doing. (very small tight nit group)

    3. Freshmen year is a lot of gen ed classes sophomore year you get into the major classes

    and there is a lot of field work lot of going out into the actual woods and be introduced

    different tree species learn how to tack inventory and learn how to take base area a lot

    of labs and identification labs professors are very hands on and detailed and expect a lot

    and expect you to reason and use your skills from previse classes.

    4. End of sophomore year all the classes you take and the whole forestry class take a five

    week trip to Michigan and teach field resources and allow for a 9 credit hour field class

    using the skills they learned into and actual practice and it also let him create some

    really great friendships. Campus course was forest measurements learn to read

    numbers as a forester and what certain numbers for a forester means.

    5. Two classes that really stick out one is forest ecosystems and the reason is because it’s a

    very lab heavy course and the lab portion is pretty much one big long group project and

    with it being like that it’s hard to work well with others when the group isn’t completing

    their tasks or helping. The other course is tree physiology and that is the nitty gritty

    from cellular structure to overall form of the tree and you learn why and how trees grow
    and it was hard because the professor is very particular and expects a lot of the students

    how take it.

    6. Learn how to talk to people know how to have a conversation with a land owner and

    identify specific goals of what they want for their forest and be good with people and

    also be good with numbers and know how to apply those numbers and what they mean

    and how those numbers affect your prescriptions and have a good understanding of

    biology and know how animals plants and ecosystems manage naturally and how it

    works and lastly have a good sense of direction working in the woods it can be hard to

    know where you are and help you from getting lost.

    7. This past summer he had an internship with a company, and he was a log buyer and. Her

    was offered a job with them and he will start his career as a log buyer in Ohio but he

    also planning on attending graduate school and go into more of a teaching role and that

    will depend on what schools accept him. Most students don’t need to go to graduate

    school and it depends on the person and what they decide to do and looks good and

    usually more for teaching and higher positions in companies. Consulting foresters-land

    owners call and to help them manage their woods. Log buyers- scale logs and find board

    footage and assign a price to each log then buy them. Forests services- prescribe fires,

    forest inventory, forest research, and a lot more. Urban forestry- tree care company’s

    make sure power lines are clear and remove trees in people’s yards.

    8. Five weeks up in Michigan that he took and highly recommends. Forest products

    society- learn ins and outs of wood product industry like stave mills and lumber mills

    and a wood working club that helps provide funds for tours. Society of American
    foresters- learn ins and outs of forestry industry and go to a conference every year with

    career fairs have an event called conclave similar to lumber jack competitions.

    What is the most important thing students looking at this major should know?

    9. This major is very big on personality needs to be a person that wants to be outside and

    doesn’t want to be pint up in an office and needs to understand biology and know how

    to talk to people and have good people and communication skills. Wanting to do a lot of

    research and learn new ways to do things like implementing lidar and drones to do

    inventory’s and do “x-rays” of trees to test wood quality. A lot of tree research and

    money put into combating insects and animals threating tress and keeping them form

    going extinct. If you love the outdoors and working outside is interesting to you then

    forestry is a good place for you because there is a whole lot of jobs and careers you can

    get into and to be successful you have to be able to work with others and have a good

    understanding of natural process. And meeting people similar to yourself is a great thing

    about forestry is amazing especially since its smaller classes there is more personal

    bonds.

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