{"id":5690,"date":"2018-01-24T10:50:22","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T18:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/reconnect\/?page_id=5690"},"modified":"2019-03-20T13:41:37","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T20:41:37","slug":"future-coug","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/reconnect\/2018-issue\/future-coug\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"cpb-row  pad-bottom gutter single\" style=\"padding-top:0rem;padding-bottom:0rem;padding-left:0rem;padding-right:0rem\"><div class=\"cpb-row-inner\"><div class=\"cpb-column  one\" style=\"\"><div class=\"cpb-row  pad-bottom gutter single\" style=\"padding-top:0rem;padding-bottom:0rem;padding-left:0rem;padding-right:0rem\"><div class=\"cpb-row-inner\"><div class=\"cpb-column  one\" style=\"\"><div class=\"cpb-textblock cpb-item \"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"download\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2008\/2018\/02\/reconnect-2018.pdf\">Download as PDF<\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"cpb-row  pad-bottom gutter single\" style=\"\"><div class=\"cpb-row-inner\"><div class=\"cpb-column  one\" style=\"\"><div class=\"cpb-textblock cpb-item \"><p><\/p>\n<h1>Meet Forest.<\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: -0.75em;margin-bottom: 0.75em\">He\u2019s a future Coug.<\/h2>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"cpb-textblock cpb-item \"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5988\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2008\/2018\/01\/reconnect2018-mendezr-family.jpg\" alt=\"Lee and Hayley Mendez with their son Forest.\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2008\/2018\/01\/reconnect2018-mendezr-family.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2008\/2018\/01\/reconnect2018-mendezr-family-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2008\/2018\/01\/reconnect2018-mendezr-family-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2008\/2018\/01\/reconnect2018-mendezr-family-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2008\/2018\/01\/reconnect2018-mendezr-family-396x264.jpg 396w, https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2008\/2018\/01\/reconnect2018-mendezr-family-792x528.jpg 792w, https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2008\/2018\/01\/reconnect2018-mendezr-family-990x660.jpg 990w, https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2008\/2018\/01\/reconnect2018-mendezr-family-1188x792.jpg 1188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"cpb-textblock cpb-item \"><p>How do we know that? Well, those proud parents behind him\u2014Lee and Hayley Mendez\u2014they met, fell in love, and pursued their passions at WSU. The knowledge and experience Lee gained in Organic Agriculture and Soil Science prepared him to return to Wenatchee to help the tree fruit industry he grew up working in. Hayley\u2019s degree in Landscape, Nursery, and Greenhouse Management with a minor in Horticulture is the foundation for the family\u2019s dream of starting their own farm.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"cpb-row  gray-lightest-back has-background-color pad-bottom gutter side-right\" style=\"padding-top:2rem;padding-bottom:0rem\"><div class=\"cpb-row-inner\"><div class=\"cpb-column  one\" style=\"\"><div class=\"cpb-textblock cpb-item \"><p>So how do we know Forest will be a Coug?<br \/>\nBecause Washington State University is where futures are forged.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cpb-column  two\" style=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=@wsucahnrs\" class=\"cpb-action-button cpb-action-button-item hash-cougheart\"><span class=\"link-title\">Tell us your story<\/span><\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"cpb-row  pad-bottom gutter single\" style=\"padding-top:0rem;padding-bottom:0rem;padding-left:0rem;padding-right:0rem\"><div class=\"cpb-row-inner\"><div class=\"cpb-column  one\" style=\"\"><div class=\"cpb-row  pad-bottom gutter single\" style=\"padding-top:0rem;padding-bottom:0rem;padding-left:0rem;padding-right:0rem\"><div class=\"cpb-row-inner\"><div class=\"cpb-column  one\" style=\"\"><div class=\"cpb-textblock cpb-item \"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"row gray-lightly-back has-background-color gutter single\" style=\"margin-top: 0.25rem;padding-top: 0.5rem;padding-bottom: 0.5rem\">\n<div class=\"column one medium column-size-800\">\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: 0.5em\">Connecting with CAHNRS<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row gray-lightly-back has-background-color gray-darkest-text pad-bottom gutter quarters\">\n<div class=\"column one small column-size-200\" style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div class=\"social\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CAHNRS\"><img class=\"social-img aligncenter wp-image-6256 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2008\/2018\/02\/facebook.png\" alt=\"Find us on Facebook.\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><strong>Keep up<\/strong> with what\u2019s happening in CAHNRS.<\/a><\/div>\n<p> \t \t&nbsp;\n \t \t<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"column two small column-size-100\" style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div class=\"social\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wsucahnrs\/\"><img class=\"social-img aligncenter wp-image-6257 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2008\/2018\/02\/instagram.png\" alt=\"Find us on Instagram.\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><strong>Connect<\/strong> with former classmates and professors.<\/a><\/div>\n<p> \t \t&nbsp;\n \t \t<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"column three small column-size-200\" style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/academics\/internships\/\"><img class=\"social-img aligncenter wp-image-6259 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2008\/2018\/02\/www.png\" alt=\"Visit our website.\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><strong>Discover<\/strong> internships or jobs openings in your field.<\/a><\/div>\n<p> \t \t&nbsp;\n \t \t<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"column four small column-size-100\" style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=%23CougHearted\"><img class=\"social-img aligncenter wp-image-6258 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2008\/2018\/02\/twitter.png\" alt=\"Share on Twitter.\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><strong>Share<\/strong> your #CougHearted stories with us.<\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Forest. He\u2019s a future Coug.How do we know that? Well, those proud parents behind him\u2014Lee and Hayley Mendez\u2014they met, fell in love, and pursued their passions at WSU. The knowledge and experience Lee gained&amp;hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2695,"featured_media":0,"parent":5633,"menu_order":18,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"wsuwp_university_category":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/reconnect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5690"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/reconnect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/reconnect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/reconnect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2695"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/reconnect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5690"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/reconnect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6577,"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/reconnect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5690\/revisions\/6577"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/reconnect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/reconnect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/reconnect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/reconnect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5690"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/reconnect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_category?post=5690"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/reconnect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=5690"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahnrs.wsu.edu\/reconnect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=5690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}