“The scholarship came at the perfect
time, because it helped me with tuition and books when we
were starting to get a little stretched on family expenses.”
– Elaine Jones
"A lot of people told me if I wanted
to get to Wall Street, I needed to go to a Wharton or a Stanford.
I just knew in my heart that that wasn’t necessarily
true. I felt I could accomplish what I needed to accomplish
right here at home."
– Gregory Broussard
“Our goal is to decrease high school
drop out rates, teen pregnancies, unemployment, homelessness
and crime. We want to teach students how to help clients change
their lives and enhance life in rural communities.”
– Wilma Cordova
"We must merge the old traditional
roles of libraries – the preservation and access of print
materials – with the digital world and with the need
of people to pull together information from a variety of sources."
– Dean Dana Rooks
“I think people leave the program
with a real passion about community colleges so they aren’t
just going into a job, they’re taking on a mission.
They are always aware that community colleges make huge contributions
to the economic vitality of a community and to the lives of
individuals.”
– Dr. Bruce Leslie
