{"id":1935,"date":"2018-03-07T16:10:15","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T16:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/business\/?page_id=1935"},"modified":"2020-06-23T11:31:51","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T16:31:51","slug":"rebekah-jones","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/business\/rebekah-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebekah Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-testimonials clean awb-speech-bubble-show fusion-testimonials-1\" style=\"--awb-textcolor:#747474;--awb-backgroundcolor:#f6f6f6;--awb-testimonial-border-style:solid;--awb-testimonial-border-color:var(--awb-color3);--awb-border-top-left-radius:0px;--awb-border-top-right-radius:0px;--awb-border-bottom-left-radius:0px;--awb-border-bottom-right-radius:0px;--testimonial-border-width-top:0px;--testimonial-border-width-right:0px;--testimonial-border-width-bottom:0px;--testimonial-border-width-left:0px;\" data-random=\"1\" data-speed=\"10000\"><div class=\"reviews\"><div class=\"review active-testimonial avatar-above no-avatar\"><blockquote class=\"testimonials-shortcode-blockquote\"><div class=\"awb-quote\"><div class=\"awb-quote-content\">\n<p>\u201cI learned at Missouri Western that with hard work, dedication and a desire to learn, everything truly is possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote><div class=\"author\"><span class=\"company-name\"><strong>Rebekah Jones<\/strong>, <span>Accounting<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:66.666666666667%;width:calc(66.666666666667% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.66666666666667 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>As a nontraditional student, Rebekah Jones said it was pretty intimidating to think about going back to college, but it didn\u2019t take very long before she felt comfortable at Missouri Western. Within a few days, she says, she had met many students and was enjoying her classes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt Missouri Western, everyone is caring and considerate,\u201d she said. \u201cFaculty and staff encouraged me and helped me reach my goals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two months before graduation, Rebekah, an accounting major, was hired full-time at a local CPA firm, and she credits her college courses and two internships for that accomplishment.<\/p>\n<p>As a nontraditional student, Rebekah balanced family life, school and three part-time jobs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI learned at Missouri Western that with hard work, dedication and a desire to learn, everything truly is possible,\u201d she says. \u201cYou just have to take that first step, and Missouri Western will help you.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2294,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1935","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-01 13:04:50","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1935"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3021,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1935\/revisions\/3021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}