{"id":23755,"date":"2023-10-30T12:04:35","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T16:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/fb\/?p=23755"},"modified":"2023-11-22T12:15:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T17:15:40","slug":"meet-loi-tran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/fb\/news\/2023\/10\/meet-loi-tran\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Loi Tran!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are excited to welcome Loi Tran as the new Accounting Technician in the Department of Forest Biomaterials!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Please tell us a little bit about yourself both personally and professionally?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve been with NC State since 2017 until 2022. I left to go work for the Department of Commerce, but I missed being on NC State&#8217;s campus, so I found my way back here. I have an undergraduate in Business from Trinity College of Vermont. That&#8217;s where I spent most of my teenage and adult life. 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