9/26 - Prompted Post: Observing Community

The campus organization that I’m reporting on for this week’s prompted post is the scholarship program that I’m apart of as a forestry major. The focus behind the “forests forever “ program is to become a leader in the forestry field here at MSU. The group focuses on service participation and getting involved in different organizations focusing specifically on forest management. A specific service opportunity that would be at MSU is known as the Tree Farm Inspector Workshop. Just to be able to expand general knowledge on tree farms would be quite an experience. At the same time, the volunteering that comes from it can relate back to service for “forests forever” and further the main of idea of becoming a leader in Forestry. I’m realizing that general knowledge is very important in this major because forestry has a wide variety of different types of jobs available. The main goal is to inform other people on forestry because a lot of people are unaware of the profession in general. The group, as a whole, is composed of a lot of people with very similar interests and a high value on protection of Michigan forests; forests and wildlife are of significant value to all forestry majors and forest forever scholars. Most of the communication in the organization is to individuals unaware of forestry or interested in forestry as a profession. Verbal communication is key and is the easiest way to explain a field that people are unsure about.