{"id":8017,"date":"2023-03-16T12:59:12","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T19:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/ignite\/?page_id=41"},"modified":"2025-07-29T16:36:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T23:36:28","slug":"testimonials","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/academics\/ignite\/testimonials\/","title":{"rendered":"Testimonials"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wsu-card-wrapper wsu-card-wrapper--per-row-1\" >\r\n    \n<article class=\"wsu-card wp-block-quote wsu-card--style-horizontal-33 wsu-color-background--gray-85\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-image-frame wsu-image--ratio-16-9\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/03\/Ignite_Jayda-Jessie_3-e1524500710203.jpg\"\r\n\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"\"\r\n\t\t\t\tsizes=\"(max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\"\r\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Jayda Jessie standing next to research poster.\"\r\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"object-position: 50% 50%\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\/>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"wsu-title  wsu-font-size--large\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJayda Jessie\u00a0\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wsu-card__content-custom\">\r\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>Agricultural Education<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;The Ignite program as a whole helped me get quickly acquainted with the different research projects and faculty researchers within CAHNRS. It also allowed me to work directly with my academic advisor.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-cta \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/ignite\/testimonials\/jayda-jessie\/\" class=\"wsu-button wsu-button wsu-button--style-action-white\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\tMore about Jayda\u2019s Ignite Experience\t\t\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\n\n<article class=\"wsu-card  wsu-card--style-horizontal-33 wsu-card--layout-reversed wsu-color-background--gray-85\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-image-frame wsu-image--ratio-16-9\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/03\/Ignite_Lindsey-Mongan_2-e1518801773277.jpg\"\r\n\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/03\/Ignite_Lindsey-Mongan_2-e1518801773277.jpg 595w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/03\/Ignite_Lindsey-Mongan_2-e1518801773277-260x300.jpg 260w\"\r\n\t\t\t\tsizes=\"(max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\"\r\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Lindsey Mongan with Dr. Pete Jacoby.\"\r\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"object-position: 50% 50%\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\/>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"wsu-title  wsu-font-size--large\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLindsey Mongan\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wsu-card__content-custom\">\r\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>Viticulture &amp; Enology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIgnite helped me with my first year on campus because it allowed me to make connections with my professors, especially those in my field and to get to know other students studying a similar discipline as me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-cta \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/ignite\/testimonials\/lindsey-mongan\/\" class=\"wsu-button wsu-button wsu-button--style-action-white\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\tMore about Lindsey\u2019s Ignite Experience\t\t\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\n\n<article class=\"wsu-card  wsu-color-background--gray-85 wsu-card--style-horizontal-33\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-image-frame wsu-image--ratio-16-9\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/03\/Olivia-Renn-Ignite-picture-3.jpeg\"\r\n\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/03\/Olivia-Renn-Ignite-picture-3.jpeg 756w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/03\/Olivia-Renn-Ignite-picture-3-225x300.jpeg 225w\"\r\n\t\t\t\tsizes=\"(max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\"\r\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Olivia Renn holding a goat.\"\r\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"object-position: 50% 50%\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\/>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"wsu-title  wsu-font-size--large\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOlivia Renn\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wsu-card__content-custom\">\r\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>Animal Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cBeing in Ignite has allowed me to connect with other students who are passionate about research pertaining to their field of study \u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-cta \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/ignite\/testimonials\/olivia-renn\/\" class=\"wsu-button wsu-button wsu-button--style-action-white\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\tMore about Olivia\u2019s Ignite Experience\t\t\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\n\n<article class=\"wsu-card  wsu-color-background--gray-85 wsu-card--style-horizontal-33 wsu-card--layout-reversed\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-image-frame wsu-image--ratio-16-9\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/03\/IMG_3002-scaled-1.jpg\"\r\n\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/03\/IMG_3002-scaled-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/03\/IMG_3002-scaled-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/03\/IMG_3002-scaled-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/03\/IMG_3002-scaled-1-768x576.jpg 768w\"\r\n\t\t\t\tsizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\r\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Natalie Camerino standing with another student.\"\r\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"object-position: 50% 50%\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\/>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"wsu-title  wsu-font-size--large\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNatalie Camerino\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wsu-card__content-custom\">\r\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>Food Science<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe most beneficial part about being part of Ignite was building a community with the other undergrads and grad students that work in the lab\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-cta \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/ignite\/testimonials\/natalie-camerino\/\" class=\"wsu-button wsu-button wsu-button--style-action-white\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\tMore about Natalie\u2019s Ignite Experience \t\t\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\n\n<article class=\"wsu-card  wsu-color-background--gray-85 wsu-card--style-horizontal-33\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-image-frame wsu-image--ratio-16-9\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/03\/Ignite_Gena-Franco-2-225x300-1.jpg\"\r\n\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"\"\r\n\t\t\t\tsizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\"\r\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Gena Franco working in lab.\"\r\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"object-position: 38% 37%\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\/>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"wsu-title  wsu-font-size--large\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGena Franco\u00a0\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wsu-card__content-custom\">\r\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>Apparel Merchandising, Design, &amp; Textiles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThis program opened my eyes to a lot of possibilities that make me excited for the future and what other projects I could involve myself in or even start myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-cta \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/ignite\/testimonials\/gena-franco\/\" class=\"wsu-button wsu-button wsu-button--style-action-white\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\tMore about Gena\u2019s Ignite Experience \t\t\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\n\n<article class=\"wsu-card  wsu-color-background--gray-85 wsu-card--style-horizontal-33 wsu-card--layout-reversed\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-image-frame wsu-image--ratio-16-9\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/03\/Ignite_Riley-Reed_2-scaled-1.jpg\"\r\n\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/03\/Ignite_Riley-Reed_2-scaled-1.jpg 1244w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/03\/Ignite_Riley-Reed_2-scaled-1-146x300.jpg 146w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/03\/Ignite_Riley-Reed_2-scaled-1-498x1024.jpg 498w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/03\/Ignite_Riley-Reed_2-scaled-1-768x1580.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/03\/Ignite_Riley-Reed_2-scaled-1-746x1536.jpg 746w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/03\/Ignite_Riley-Reed_2-scaled-1-995x2048.jpg 995w\"\r\n\t\t\t\tsizes=\"(max-width: 1244px) 100vw, 1244px\"\r\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Riley Reed in beekeeper keeper grabbing tray from beehive and bees swarming all around.\"\r\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"object-position: 42% 30%\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\/>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"wsu-title  wsu-font-size--large\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRiley Reed\u00a0\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wsu-card__content-custom\">\r\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>Agricultural Biotechnology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe Ignite program gave me the opportunity to truly experience research. Prior to starting my project, I only had preconceived ideas about what it would look like.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-cta \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/ignite\/testimonials\/riley-reed\/\" class=\"wsu-button wsu-button wsu-button--style-action-white\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\tMore about Riley\u2019s Ignite Experience \t\t\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\n\n<article class=\"wsu-card  wsu-color-background--gray-85 wsu-card--style-horizontal-33\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-image-frame wsu-image--ratio-16-9\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/03\/Image-1.jpg\"\r\n\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/03\/Image-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/03\/Image-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/03\/Image-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/03\/Image-1-768x576.jpg 768w\"\r\n\t\t\t\tsizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\r\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Nora Abelsen working at desk in office.\"\r\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"object-position: 17% 16%\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\/>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"wsu-title  wsu-font-size--large\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNora Abelsen\u00a0\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wsu-card__content-custom\">\r\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>Wildlife Ecology and Conversation Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI never got to experience anything quite like this, so having this opportunity to see what research is like has been amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-cta \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/ignite\/testimonials\/nora-abelsen\/\" class=\"wsu-button wsu-button wsu-button--style-action-white\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\tMore about Nora&#039;s Ignite Experience \t\t\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\n<\/div>\n        <div id=\"cahnrs-back-to-top\" class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top\" hidden aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <a id=\"cahnrs-back-to-top-btn\" class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top__btn\" href=\"#product-top\" aria-label=\"Back to top\">\n                <span class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2191<\/span>\n                <span class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top__label\">Back to top<\/span>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2191 Back to top<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8273,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_expiration_date":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8017"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8273"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8017"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8056,"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8017\/revisions\/8056"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}