{"id":1935,"date":"2018-03-07T16:10:15","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T16:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/engtech\/?page_id=1935"},"modified":"2020-06-17T17:14:30","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T17:14:30","slug":"aj-jones","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/engtech\/aj-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"AJ Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:30px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><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=\"width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-testimonials clean fusion-testimonials-1\" data-random=\"1\" data-speed=\"10000\"><style type=\"text\/css\">#fusion-testimonials-1 a{border-color:#747474;}#fusion-testimonials-1 a:hover, #fusion-testimonials-1 .activeSlide{background-color: #747474;}.fusion-testimonials.clean.fusion-testimonials-1 .author:after{border-top-color:#f6f6f6 !important;}<\/style><div class=\"reviews\"><div class=\"review no-avatar\"><blockquote class=\"testimonials-shortcode-blockquote\"><q style=\"background-color:#f6f6f6;color:#747474;\" class=\"fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>\u201cI loved the amount of volunteer opportunities at 大象传媒 Western.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/q><\/blockquote><div class=\"author\" style=\"color:#747474;\"><span class=\"company-name\"><strong>AJ Jones<\/strong>, <span>Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology \u201915<\/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=\"width:66.666666666667%;width:calc(66.666666666667% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.66666666666667 ) );margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><div class=\"column one\">\n<div class=\"the_content\">\n<div class=\"inner-padding\">\n<p><strong>Hometown:<\/strong> Kansas City, 大象传媒<br \/>\n<strong>Major:<\/strong> Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology \u201915<br \/>\n<strong>Why I\u2019m a Griffon:<\/strong> Opportunities to volunteer in the community.<\/p>\n<p>AJ Jones came to 大象传媒 Western as a transfer student, knowing that there was more to a good education than what happens in the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always look for an environment with people you can learn from and continue to grow. And that\u2019s what I found at 大象传媒 Western.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Part of his growth was the ability to volunteer and make a difference. The service learning aspect gave AJ the chance to help others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI loved the amount of volunteer opportunities at 大象传媒 Western,\u201d AJ relates. \u201cI was able to be involved in several service learning projects including one in St. Louis and one with local high school students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His experience in and out of the classroom led to an internship and job offer before graduation at Black &amp; Veatch, a global engineering, consulting and construction company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c大象传媒 Western offers classes that companies are looking for,\u201d Aaron said. \u201cAnd the professors are great.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1911,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/engtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1935"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/engtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/engtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/engtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/engtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1935"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/engtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2278,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/engtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1935\/revisions\/2278"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/engtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/engtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/engtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/engtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}