{"id":1236,"date":"2020-02-03T07:00:24","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T07:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/4hhousealumni.com\/blog\/?p=1236"},"modified":"2020-01-31T23:26:47","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T23:26:47","slug":"meet-your-alum-board-tammy-oertel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/4hhousealumni.com\/blog\/2020\/meet-your-alum-board-tammy-oertel\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Your Alum Board – Tammy Oertel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hello!\u00a0 I\u2019m Tammy (Twenhafel) Oertel, 1994 U of I graduate with a BS in Speech and Hearing Science and member of the 4-H House pledge class of \u201995.\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s an honor and a privilege to serve on the Alum Board.\u00a0 I appreciate everything that 4-H House afforded me during my time on campus, and now that my children are themselves entering the college years, giving back to my home-away-from-home in this capacity is an exciting and welcomed prospect.<\/p>\n

I grew up in southern Illinois (shout out to the CC, aka Clinton County) on a dairy and grain farm.\u00a0 I attended Kaskaskia Jr. College for one year, then transferred as a sophomore.\u00a0 Though my career path was not in agriculture, and I loved the broad experiences and diversity I experienced at U of I, my heart was never far from my roots. \u00a0This made 4-H House the perfect place for me to live and grow.\u00a0 It makes me smile when I hear someone call me T-Squared, because that nickname transports me right back to life at 805 W. Ohio.<\/p>\n

Upon leaving C-U, I completed graduate school at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville and married Jason (U of I and AGR alum).\u00a0 We live on the family farm near Brighton, IL.\u00a0 Our son, Tyson, is currently a freshman studying ag business at Western Illinois University.\u00a0 Our daughter, Shelby, is in her senior year at Southwestern High School and busy exploring her post-secondary options.\u00a0 \u00a0I\u2019m employed as a speech-language pathologist for Southwestern CUSD 9, home of the Piasa Birds\u2026A legend of local folklore and, while not a very attractive creature, one of the most unique school mascots you\u2019ll encounter.\u00a0 I\u2019m not exaggerating; Google it and you\u2019ll see what I mean.\u00a0 I\u2019m also involved with our church\u2019s outreach programs for the local area, including the Pack-a-Sack initiative, which provides food for students in need over weekends and holiday breaks during the school year.<\/p>\n

On the recreational side, I enjoy my role as a fan of the Cardinals, Blues and (of course) the FIGHTING ILLINI.\u00a0 It also doesn\u2019t take much convincing to get me to attend a concert- Recent favorites include Garth Brooks, The Indigo Girls, John Mayer, and Cher (You seriously haven\u2019t lived until you\u2019ve sang \u201cIf I Could Turn Back Time\u201d at the top of your lungs, wrapped in black feather boas with your 4-H House Sisters, in a packed arena 20-plus years after college).<\/p>\n

My three years at 4-H House set the course for my life, and my relationships from that time have been steadfast through the most intense of joys and deepest of sorrows along with everything in between; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I know they\u2019ll continue to be a constant in the beautiful chaos that is life. \u00a0\u00a0My main goal as a member of the Alum Board is to ensure that young women experience the unique sisterhood that only 4-H House can offer.\u00a0 One of my favorite quotes is from Ken Blanchard: \u201cNone of us is as smart as all of us.\u201d\u00a0 Working together makes us all better, and our cooperative sorority exemplifies that.\u00a0 In a huge sea of Orange and Blue, the Emerald has been a beacon of strength and success for 85 years.\u00a0 With our cornerstone tradition of working together, we can help carry 4-H House well beyond ourselves to the children of the future.\u00a0 I-L-L- and Sisterly Love!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello!\u00a0 I\u2019m Tammy (Twenhafel) Oertel, 1994 U of I graduate with a BS in Speech and Hearing Science and member of the 4-H House pledge class of \u201995.\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s an honor and a privilege to serve on the Alum Board.\u00a0 I appreciate everything that 4-H House afforded me during my time on campus, and now that my children are themselves entering the college years, giving back to my home-away-from-home in this capacity is an exciting and welcomed prospect.
\nI grew up in southern Illinois (shout out to the CC, aka Clinton County) on a dairy and grain farm.\u00a0 I attended Kaskaskia Jr. College for one year, then transferred as a sophomore.\u00a0 Though my career path was not in agriculture, and I loved the broad experiences and diversity I experienced at U of I, my heart was never far from my roots. \u00a0This made 4-H House the perfect place for me to [ …<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/4hhousealumni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/4hhousealumni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/4hhousealumni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4hhousealumni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4hhousealumni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1236"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/4hhousealumni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1238,"href":"https:\/\/4hhousealumni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1236\/revisions\/1238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/4hhousealumni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4hhousealumni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4hhousealumni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}