{"id":1985,"date":"2018-04-18T15:40:16","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T15:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/psychology\/?page_id=1985"},"modified":"2020-06-18T12:50:23","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T17:50:23","slug":"terra-james","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/psychology\/terra-james\/","title":{"rendered":"Terra James"},"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% + 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>&#8220;&#8230; I was successful because Missouri Western\u2019s challenging course materials had given me what I needed to succeed at the graduate school level.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/q><\/blockquote><div class=\"author\" style=\"color:#747474;\"><span class=\"company-name\"><strong>Terra James '14<\/strong>, <span>Psychology and Communication Studies<\/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_5 2_5 fusion-two-fifth\" style=\"width:40%;width:calc(40% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.4 ) );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-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p><strong>Majors:<\/strong> Psychology and Communication Studies<br \/>\n<strong>Hometown:<\/strong> Archie, MO<\/p>\n<p>Terra James \u201814 was recruited into Auburn University\u2019s masters program immediately after graduating from Missouri Western with degrees in Psychology and Communication Studies. Auburn offered her \u00a0a full-ride scholarship and paid assistantship, thanks to contacts she made while presenting undergraduate research at a conference with her Missouri Western professors.<\/p>\n<p>While she was nervous going to such a prestigious university for graduate school, she quickly discovered that Missouri Western had prepared her more than she could have imagined. \u00a0\u201cI had an excellent knowledge base to draw from,\u201d Terra said, \u201cand I was successful because Missouri Western\u2019s challenging course materials had given me what I needed to succeed at the graduate school level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Terra believes that her exceptional and affordable education at Missouri Western provided her the ability to achieve her goals at the graduate school level and beyond. \u201cI found myself understanding advanced concepts, even when I noticed other graduate students from larger universities were struggling,\u201d said Terra.<\/p>\n<p>Terra is now a professor herself 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