Tassels are turning! It’s especially exciting for adults who went back to college to finish what they started years earlier. This May, we celebrate the graduates who have achieved their degrees… and a whole lot more.…
8.5.2021
A college degree can open up a whole new world of career possibilities. Learn about how two adult learners returned to school to fulfill their professional goals.…
3.30.2020
After leaving college in 1966, Milly was able to graduate 50 years later with the help of online classes, her C2C coach, and her support system.…
College is tough enough when balancing raising kids and working. When Jackson State student, Kim Sims, found herself with mysterious health issues she was unable to keep up. Seven years later, inspiration appeared.…
9.20.2019
For LaShawnda Clay, it’s always been about the kids. She works with them and has two of her own. She spent almost six years working toward a degree to teach children.…
8.23.2019
It was raining hard the morning of June 9, 2014. Jemeika Jones had just dropped off her infant son and was excited for the first day on her new job. About 10 miles from home, Jemeika came around a bend in the road and saw a man crossing the street in front of her. She swerved to miss him.…
8.2.2019
She had a job, a husband, and a family. She didn’t have a degree. And her dream of becoming a nurse was still weighing on her.…
7.3.2019
When Major League Baseball calls, you answer. And that is what David Dellucci did. After four seasons at Ole Miss, where he earned All-American honors, 10 school records, and Athlete of the Year in 1995, he was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1995 MLB Draft.…
6.14.2019
Thomas Coleman didn’t receive a degree the first time he attended Delta State University. But over two decades later, he surprised everyone when he walked across the stage on the same day as his daughter Lauren.…
It’s easy to get distracted from finishing college. Especially when the distraction is the National Football League. But Fahn Cooper never lost sight of his goals and preparing for life after the NFL.…