{"id":1865,"date":"2019-12-20T12:44:54","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T18:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/communication\/?page_id=1865"},"modified":"2020-06-16T09:07:59","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T14:07:59","slug":"trasean-stepney","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/communication\/trasean-stepney\/","title":{"rendered":"Trasean Stepney"},"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\">&#8220;I found a place to be comfortable and showcase what I love.&#8221;<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote><div class=\"author\"><span class=\"company-name\"><strong>Trasean Stepney<\/strong>, <span>Journalism Major<\/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><strong>Major:<\/strong>\u00a0Journalism<br \/>\n<strong>Hometown:<\/strong>\u00a0St. Louis, Missouri<\/p>\n<h3 data-fontsize=\"20\" data-lineheight=\"30\">Family Away From Home<\/h3>\n<p>Trasean Stepney, from St. Louis, says he found a family away from home when he joined the Missouri Western Dance Company as a sophomore. He said he didn\u2019t really \u201cput himself out there\u201d his freshmen year, but then he was asked to join the MWSU Dance Company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was the best experience,\u201d he said. \u201cIt made me realize my joy of performing. I found a place to be comfortable and showcase what I love.\u00a0Missouri Western challenged me to not only grow, but to grow in my relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"--awb-max-width:600px;--awb-max-height:360px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:60%;\" ><iframe title=\"YouTube video player 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WhNF7UWH2nY?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0&amp;rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture;\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><\/p>\n<h3 data-fontsize=\"20\" data-lineheight=\"30\">Hands-on Experience<\/h3>\n<p>Trasean is currently a journalism major, and says he appreciates all the hands-on experience he has gotten in his classes. \u201cI actually get to hold what I will need to work with and go out and explore what I need to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said when he helped out at a radio station in his hometown of St. Louis, they were surprised at how much he knew. \u201c\u2019You\u2019re ahead of the game,\u2019 they told me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trasean, who was a resident assistant and a member of the Homecoming committee, hopes to work at a radio station when he graduates with his journalism degree.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"--awb-max-width:600px;--awb-max-height:360px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:60%;\" ><iframe title=\"YouTube video player 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7Xs4WXs-LME?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0&amp;rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture;\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":1863,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1865","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1865"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1895,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1865\/revisions\/1895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}