{"id":92602,"date":"2024-10-14T10:40:43","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T17:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/?page_id=92602"},"modified":"2025-03-30T11:37:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T18:37:42","slug":"stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/innovation-and-leadership\/stories\/","title":{"rendered":"INL Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-3tp9chm-f943fdb3e08835df24f7242c4748b223\">\n.avia-section.av-3tp9chm-f943fdb3e08835df24f7242c4748b223{\nbackground-color:#f3f3f3;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1' aria-label='Â鶹´«Ã½ Communication Stories Page - Intro Section' class='avia-section av-3tp9chm-f943fdb3e08835df24f7242c4748b223 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_submenu  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container 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Learn about Taran Cross and the success he found, despite dropping out of college in 2007.<\/p>\n<div class=\"avia-button-wrap avia-button-left\"><a class=\"avia-button avia-color-dark avia-size-large avia-position-left \" href=\"\/academics\/unorthodox-path-recent-sou-graduate-bound-for-oxford\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about this story here.\">READ MORE<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/unorthodox-path-recent-sou-graduate-bound-for-oxford\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"more-link-arrow\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><div class='post_delimiter'><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post_author_timeline\"><\/div><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/04\/Unorthodox-path-recent-Â鶹´«Ã½-graduate-bound-for-Oxford-Learn-More.jpg<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='height'>432<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='width'>1024<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>wulfl<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Â鶹´«Ã½-Oregon-University.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>wulfl<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2025-04-17T10:06:56-07:00\" >2025-04-17 10:06:56<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2025-04-17 10:07:28<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>Unorthodox path: recent Â鶹´«Ã½ graduate bound for Oxford<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><article class=\"post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-99430 post-loop-2 post-parity-even single-big with-slider post-99430 post type-post status-publish format-aside has-post-thumbnail hentry category-inl post_format-post-format-aside\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" ><div class=\"big-preview single-big\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/sou-student-applies-classroom-experience-to-work-on-la-wildfires\/\"  title=\"Â鶹´«Ã½ student applies classroom experience to work on LA wildfires\" ><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/04\/Â鶹´«Ã½-student-applies-classroom-experience-to-work-on-LA-wildfires-at-Â鶹´«Ã½-Learn-More-1024x423.webp \"  type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/04\/Â鶹´«Ã½-student-applies-classroom-experience-to-work-on-LA-wildfires-at-Â鶹´«Ã½-Learn-More-1024x423.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"1024\" class=\"sp-no-webp wp-image-99432 avia-img-lazy-loading-99432 attachment-entry_without_sidebar size-entry_without_sidebar wp-post-image sp-no-webp\" alt=\"Â鶹´«Ã½ student applies classroom experience to work on LA wildfires at Â鶹´«Ã½ Learn More\" loading=\"lazy\"  > <\/picture><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-meta\"><\/div><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\" aria-label=\"Post: Â鶹´«Ã½ student applies classroom experience to work on LA wildfires\"><h2 class='post-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/sou-student-applies-classroom-experience-to-work-on-la-wildfires\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: Â鶹´«Ã½ student applies classroom experience to work on LA wildfires\">Â鶹´«Ã½ student applies classroom experience to work on LA wildfires<span class=\"post-format-icon minor-meta\"><\/span><\/a><\/h2><span class=\"post-meta-infos\"><time class=\"date-container minor-meta updated\"  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2025-04-03T16:04:16-07:00\" >April 3, 2025<\/time><span class=\"text-sep\">\/<\/span><span class=\"blog-categories minor-meta\">in <a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/category\/inl\/\" rel=\"tag\">INL<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><p class=\"pop-0\">This story is featured on Â鶹´«Ã½ News. Bryan Cohee was juggling his usual responsibilities back in January, with a phone call resulting in a new rule.<\/p>\n<div class=\"avia-button-wrap avia-button-left\"><a class=\"avia-button avia-color-dark avia-size-large avia-position-left \" href=\"\/academics\/sou-student-applies-classroom-experience-to-work-on-la-wildfires\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about this story here.\">READ MORE<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/sou-student-applies-classroom-experience-to-work-on-la-wildfires\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"more-link-arrow\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><div class='post_delimiter'><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post_author_timeline\"><\/div><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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