{"id":552,"date":"2017-03-22T09:34:29","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T09:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/international-programs\/news\/faculty-focus-45-years-and-going-strong\/"},"modified":"2023-03-03T20:41:57","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T20:41:57","slug":"faculty-focus-45-years-and-going-strong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/international-programs\/news\/faculty-focus-45-years-and-going-strong\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Focus: 45 Years and Going Strong"},"content":{"rendered":"

Labin “L.T.” Woodlief Jr. has worked for NC State University for 45 years.\u00a0And he’s eyeing the big 5-0.<\/p>\n

Woodlief, a research specialist in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, received an award for this feat\u00a0at the university’s recent Service Awards ceremony.<\/p>\n

He\u00a0has a broad range of skills and technical experience that allow him to provide critical assistance in\u00a0everything from mechanical and electrical equipment repair to helping faculty and grad students solve\u00a0complex problems\u00a0both in the field and around Weaver Labs.\u00a0His colleagues describe him as “a truly dedicated employee,” one who “arrives early and ready to get going.”<\/p>\n

Read on to get to know the\u00a0“ultimate right-hand man.”<\/p>\n

What led you to\u00a0NC State?<\/h3>\n

I started to school here in the fall of 1969 (Ag. Institute). I like the place and never left.<\/p>\n

What positions have you held throughout your career?<\/h3>\n

My first job, in 1971, was a greenhouse manager for the Phytotron, then in 1974, [I became] an Agricultural Research Technician in\u00a0Biological and Agricultural Engineering. My title was later changed to research specialist.<\/p>\n

What do you enjoy most about your job today?<\/h3>\n

The people. I have been very fortunate to have been able to work with \u00a0a lot of different people on a lot of interesting projects over the years. I have worked and traveled\u00a0to almost all 100 counties and research stations across the state. But it all comes down to having very good people to work with at BAE.<\/p>\n

What was it like receiving your service award from\u00a0the chancellor?<\/h3>\n

Being the only one there with 45 years of service, I wondered, have I stayed to long? … It was very nice, and meeting with the\u00a0chancellor was a nice\u00a0surprise. He said he was probably the only person at the table who knew what the Phytotron was.<\/p>\n

What are your plans for the future?\u00a0Aiming for another decade or two?<\/h3>\n

I plan to work a little longer … I don’t know how long, but a lot of my co-workers want me to go for “50.” We’ll see.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"raw":"Labin \"L.T.\" Woodlief Jr. has worked for NC State University for 45 years.\u00a0And he's eyeing the big 5-0.\r\n\r\nWoodlief, a research specialist in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, received an award for this feat\u00a0at the university's recent Service Awards ceremony.\r\n\r\nHe\u00a0has a broad range of skills and technical experience that allow him to provide critical assistance in\u00a0everything from mechanical and electrical equipment repair to helping faculty and grad students solve\u00a0complex problems\u00a0both in the field and around Weaver Labs.\u00a0His colleagues describe him as \"a truly dedicated employee,\" one who \"arrives early and ready to get going.\"\r\n\r\nRead on to get to know the\u00a0\"ultimate right-hand man.\"\r\n

What led you to\u00a0NC State?<\/h3>\r\nI started to school here in the fall of 1969 (Ag. Institute). I like the place and never left.\r\n

What positions have you held throughout your career?<\/h3>\r\nMy first job, in 1971, was a greenhouse manager for the Phytotron, then in 1974, [I became] an Agricultural Research Technician in\u00a0Biological and Agricultural Engineering. My title was later changed to research specialist.\r\n

What do you enjoy most about your job today?<\/h3>\r\nThe people. I have been very fortunate to have been able to work with \u00a0a lot of different people on a lot of interesting projects over the years. I have worked and traveled\u00a0to almost all 100 counties and research stations across the state. But it all comes down to having very good people to work with at BAE.\r\n

What was it like receiving your service award from\u00a0the chancellor?<\/h3>\r\nBeing the only one there with 45 years of service, I wondered, have I stayed to long? ... It was very nice, and meeting with the\u00a0chancellor was a nice\u00a0surprise. He said he was probably the only person at the table who knew what the Phytotron was.\r\n

What are your plans for the future?\u00a0Aiming for another decade or two?<\/h3>\r\nI plan to work a little longer ... I don't know how long, but a lot of my co-workers want me to go for \"50.\" We'll see."},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Labin “L.T.” Woodlief Jr. has worked for NC State University for 45 years. And he’s eyeing the big 5-0. Woodlief is a research specialist in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[85,1],"tags":[126],"class_list":["post-552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty","category-uncategorized","tag-_from-newswire-collection-10"],"acf":[],"flickr_id":"","youtube_id":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/international-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/international-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/international-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/international-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/international-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/international-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":667,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/international-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552\/revisions\/667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/international-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/international-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/international-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/international-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}