Distance Learning Success Stories
Success Stories
Please send
us your success story and we will post it in this section. Sometimes all
people need is to read about someone who finished school to motivate
themselves to do the same.
Here are some success stories to
encourage you!
Marianne
Crosby: Juggling work, family and college
Many years and four children after receiving her Associates Degree in Nursing,
Marianne Crosby is ready to continue her education. Find out how Delaware
County Community College's distance learning courses are helping Marianne
achieve her goal.
Stacey
Wellwood: Her only option
College in the middle of a National Park? It can be done, just ask Stacey
Wellwood, a 25 year old married mother of two who got her AA degree while
living in the middle of Yosemite National Park.
John
Millunzi: Portal to new life
A diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis convinced John Millunzi to finish his
college education. John says, “All I needed was a computer and a table to
work on . . . I can take classes any time and any where I want. Having that
kind of access to education made me feel I had a future.”
Tina
Bennett: Starting over
Tina believes that distance learning is a key element for starting over.
"I enjoy distance learning classes because I can work at my own pace and
time schedule…I got up the courage to enroll and it has been an awesome
experience for me so far."
John
Santiago: An international success
John Santiago had earned his GED in the Marine Corps and was working
construction jobs. Distance learning helped him earn his college degree and
land a career as International Project Manger for one of the world's largest
builders.
10
Things Your Professor Should Know
As a nontraditional student who happens to be a mother of three I felt the
need to address a few issues critical to the mother/student's survival. So,
professors, please listen, cause my intention here is to enlighten, not
inflame.
Trailblazing
mom
Mother of three defies
tradition, goes back to school then moves on to university
"I don't really study much,
apart from when exams come round because I just don't have the time." It
might sound familiar, but this quote actually comes from a Greek woman who sat
university entrance examinations at 41 - a rare case in Greece - and came in
first in the school of her choice.
Mom
Goes To Medical School
My final weekend of freedom has come and gone. I’m ready to go back to
school, but I’m sure I’ll be wishing for another break in a couple of
weeks! Here’s a preview of my next semester. I’ll be taking physiology,
microbiology/immunology, neuroanatomy, clinical skills (both standard clinical
skills and OMM), and medical information sciences (basically epidemiology
& biostatistics).
Back
to Class: Nick Moore's Mom is His Number-One Fan -- and a Fellow UT Student
Toledo, OH - Deborah Moore is probably the only parent of a University
of Toledo men's basketball player who is allowed to sit in the student section
at Savage Hall. That's because Moore, mother of starting Rocket guard Nick
Moore, is, in fact, a student at UT. She joined her son as a college
student when he enrolled at UT in the fall of 1999.
College
Dream Comes True for Fullerton
Mom Earning Top Honors at Commencement
Ever since she was child, Sunshine Lawson dreamed of going to college.
Counselors, teachers and friends all told her it would be impossible. At
age 33, the single mother of three will be graduating with a bachelor’s
degree in a double major from Cal State Fullerton, and she will be receiving
the President’s Associates Scholastic Award, the university’s top honor
for academic achievement. She will be graduating summa cum laude, having
achieved a 4.0 grade point average in both of her majors — Afro-ethnic
studies and criminal justice.
For
LJ mom, the future is now
At the age of 42, Nancy Key Pearson proudly graduated from Brazosport
College on May 10 with an associate’s degree in general studies.
The Lake Jackson resident aspires to become an alcohol and drug abuse
counselor for children, but understands that getting there will not be an easy
task.
Single
Mom Gains IT Qualification & Restores Self-Esteem
Up until the end of last year, single mom Amanda Brewster had
absolutely no idea how to use a PC. But now, only a few months later and
thanks to Tidworth College, she has completed a highly specialized course in
IT Networking.
Balancing
Act
How this mom handles the fine art of knowing when to let things go.
Busy Mom Musts
- the little things mom can do to make her life so much easier
Dueling
the Doubters
what to tell them when they say you can't
Expecting
the Unexpected
when life in its infinite wisdom decides it’s time to throw a wrench in the
works or what my kids learned by following me around campus
Making
Ends Meet - Financial Aid and More
financial help ideas for the student in need
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