{"id":1227,"date":"2019-08-19T09:30:18","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T16:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/?p=1227"},"modified":"2024-07-23T11:05:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T18:05:07","slug":"military-student-online-taniah-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/military-student-online-taniah-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"With her diploma in hand, military veteran puts self-doubt to rest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"intrinsic-container intrinsic-container-16x9\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"744\" height=\"419\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xyk9oNHd5Ko?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption video-caption-full\">\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taniah Johnson, an OSU Ecampus graduate, discusses how she was able to apply the concepts she learned in her human development and family sciences degree program directly to her work in the U.S. Air Force.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Self-doubt is an obstacle many people encounter when they contemplate applying to a university. Taniah Johnson felt this firsthand as she considered applying to learn online with Oregon State University Ecampus.<\/p>\n<p>While serving in the United States Air Force, Taniah knew she wanted to further her education. She&#8217;s a person of ambition, someone whose strengths lie in helping others, and she wanted her post-military career to align with those strengths.<\/p>\n<p>But Taniah didn&#8217;t think she would be able to succeed as an OSU Ecampus student.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn\u2019t think I was smart enough for college,&#8221; the military veteran says now. &#8220;I was extremely scared to submit my application. I honestly didn&#8217;t think I&#8217;d get in. It&#8217;s Oregon State University, and I don&#8217;t know anyone in my Air Force career who has gone to such a recognized school.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward a few years, and there are few success stories as awe-inspiring as Taniah&#8217;s. She pushed past the fear of applying and was accepted to Oregon State&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/online-degrees\/undergraduate\/hdfs\/\">online bachelor&#8217;s program in human development and family sciences<\/a>. Her time as an Ecampus student coincided with raising two young children as a single mom, getting stationed overseas in Japan and earning promotions in rank.<\/p>\n<p>In June 2019, Taniah and her family made the journey across the Pacific Ocean to attend Oregon State&#8217;s annual commencement ceremony. She was front and center at the festivities as a member of the 150th graduating class in OSU&#8217;s proud history.<\/p>\n<p>In hindsight, it&#8217;s easy to see how self-doubt never stood a chance against someone as dedicated as Taniah is to improving the lives of others \u2013 and her own.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Earning my degree means that I have accomplished something that I never thought I&#8217;d be able to do,&#8221; she says. &#8220;Anyone who has ever thought that a higher education wasn&#8217;t for them, take that thought, throw it on the ground and stomp on it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about how Oregon State Ecampus <a href=\"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/online-degrees\/military\/\">meets the needs of military-connected students<\/a> around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute read<\/span><\/span>Taniah Johnson didn\u2019t think she was smart enough for college. Just the thought of applying to learn online with Oregon State University Ecampus intimidated her. But she had something to prove \u2013 to herself and everyone else. Now she\u2019s an Oregon State graduate, active duty in the U.S. Air Force and an aspiring school counselor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6,7,16,3,677,8],"tags":[91,640,64,120,40,121],"class_list":["post-1227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-ecampus","category-graduation","category-military","category-features","category-students-and-alumni","category-students","tag-college-of-health","tag-health-and-human-science","tag-human-development-and-family-sciences","tag-military","tag-military-students","tag-u-s-air-force"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/assets\/taniah-johnson-human-development-family-sciences.jpg?fit=500%2C494&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7BNSE-jN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1776,"url":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/2021-graduation-preview\/","url_meta":{"origin":1227,"position":0},"title":"To the Oregon State Ecampus Class of 2021, your time has come","author":"Tyler Hansen","date":"June 1, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"June 2021 is the month you officially become a college graduate, the one in which you\u2019ll put a celebratory bow on all of your hard work and perseverance. 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