{"id":719,"date":"2017-12-15T14:53:49","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T22:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/?p=719"},"modified":"2024-04-02T14:37:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T21:37:09","slug":"out-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/out-there\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecampus students are out there, changing the world"},"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\/G6IQmxSac5I?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\u00a0<a title=\"All stories by Heather Doherty\" href=\"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/author\/turnehea\/\">Heather Doherty<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"Contact Heather Doherty\" href=\"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/staff\/bio\/turnehea.htm\"><em class=\"icon-user osu-gray\"><br \/>\n<\/em><\/a>Dec. 15, 2017<\/em><\/p>\n<p>They say, &#8220;When opportunity knocks, answer.&#8221; But you&#8217;re not one to wait around for something good to happen.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s in your DNA to dream big and take action.<\/p>\n<p>At Oregon State University Ecampus, we know all about that. We think the world becomes a better place when everyone, everywhere has the opportunity to earn an education and pursue their ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>Oregon State Ecampus is your outlet to get you there\u00a0\u2013 out there, across the globe, solving the world&#8217;s most pressing problems. <a href=\"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/\">Learn more.<\/a><\/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>At Oregon State University Ecampus, we think the world becomes a better place when everyone, everywhere has the opportunity to earn an education and pursue their ambitions. Ecampus is your outlet to get you there\u00a0\u2013 out there, across the globe, solving the world&#8217;s most pressing problems. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":720,"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":[26,25,24],"class_list":["post-719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives","tag-distance-education","tag-online-education","tag-online-learning"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/assets\/bridge-myles.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7BNSE-bB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":616,"url":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/top-ranked-video\/","url_meta":{"origin":719,"position":0},"title":"Oregon State Ecampus: Top-ranked in the nation","author":"Tyler Hansen","date":"September 19, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Oregon State University Ecampus is one of America's best providers of online education, and in this video three recent graduates discuss why Ecampus' national rankings helped assure them that Oregon State was the best place to earn a degree online and give them a path to a successful career.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Archives&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Archives","link":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/category\/archives\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Calais Bickford-St. Pierre, an online environmental sciences alumna, sits on a large windowsill with a laptop on her knees.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/assets\/calais-vid-thumbnail.jpg?fit=638%2C358&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/assets\/calais-vid-thumbnail.jpg?fit=638%2C358&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/assets\/calais-vid-thumbnail.jpg?fit=638%2C358&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1649,"url":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/news\/online-economics-hope-sims\/","url_meta":{"origin":719,"position":1},"title":"Oregon State Everywhere: Developing passions, adding skills for the future","author":"Hope Sims","date":"December 14, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"\"The courses that I\u2019ve taken have helped me expand my education in economics and further develop my passions for sustainability. 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