{"id":291,"date":"2016-07-29T22:54:24","date_gmt":"2016-07-30T05:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/?p=291"},"modified":"2024-04-02T15:12:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T22:12:46","slug":"military-students-share-advice-oregon-state-ecampus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/military-students-share-advice-oregon-state-ecampus\/","title":{"rendered":"Military students share their advice | Oregon State Ecampus"},"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\/blEzSeKl47o?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<p><em>By <a title=\"All stories by Tyler Hansen\" href=\"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/author\/hansenty\/\">Tyler Hansen<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>July 29, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Michael Magstadt, Alyssa Halstead and Matthew Baird all served in the United States Armed Forces, and all three earned their degrees online through Oregon State University. They met the challenge of pursuing an education while serving their country, and here they share words of wisdom and encouragement to fellow service members and veterans.<\/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\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute read<\/span><\/span>Michael Magstadt, Alyssa Halstead and Matthew Baird all served in the United States Armed Forces, and all three earned their degrees online through Oregon State University. They met the challenge of pursuing an education while serving their country, and here they share words of wisdom and encouragement to fellow service members and veterans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292,"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":[673],"tags":[26,120,40,25,24,121],"class_list":["post-291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives","tag-distance-education","tag-military","tag-military-students","tag-online-education","tag-online-learning","tag-u-s-air-force"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/assets\/baird.jpg?fit=732%2C410&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7BNSE-4H","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1789,"url":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/military-veterans-advice-video\/","url_meta":{"origin":291,"position":0},"title":"What\u2019s it like to learn online? 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