{"id":297,"date":"2025-09-23T17:10:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T17:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacobthurman\/?page_id=297"},"modified":"2025-11-30T17:48:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T17:48:37","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacobthurman\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"793\" height=\"991\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacobthurman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39852\/2025\/09\/28011B36-3010-4A40-80E6-38378C066B73_1_105_c-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-318\" style=\"width:291px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacobthurman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39852\/2025\/09\/28011B36-3010-4A40-80E6-38378C066B73_1_105_c-1.jpeg 793w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacobthurman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39852\/2025\/09\/28011B36-3010-4A40-80E6-38378C066B73_1_105_c-1-240x300.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacobthurman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39852\/2025\/09\/28011B36-3010-4A40-80E6-38378C066B73_1_105_c-1-768x960.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 793px) 100vw, 793px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Who am I<\/em><\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am Jacob Thurman, a student at <strong>Old Dominion University<\/strong> majoring in <strong>Cybersecurity<\/strong>. One key goal I have is pursuing a military career in the <strong>Air force<\/strong> after college, through <strong>Officer Candidate School (OCS)<\/strong>. I will hopefully take a role linking to <strong>Cyber and Intelligence<\/strong> while in the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve held part time work previously, and have yet to work an internship or do any projects tying to my major! Outside of school, I play for <strong>ODU Men&#8217;s Club Soccer<\/strong> and currently a member of a fraternity, <strong>Sigma Phi Epsilon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> I have a <strong>list of skills relating<\/strong> to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Programming Skills: C++, Python, Linux.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Networking, System Security, and Threat Analysis.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Problem Solving and Critical Thinking.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Other Cybersecurity Fundamentals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who am I? I am Jacob Thurman, a student at Old Dominion University majoring in Cybersecurity. One key goal I have is pursuing a military career in the Air force after college, through Officer Candidate School (OCS). I will hopefully take a role linking to Cyber and Intelligence while in the military. I&#8217;ve held part&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacobthurman\/about-me\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":31539,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacobthurman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/297"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacobthurman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacobthurman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacobthurman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacobthurman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacobthurman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":339,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacobthurman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/297\/revisions\/339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacobthurman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}