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Non-traditional grads earn degrees while balancing family, work – Newstalk KZRG
They’re a few many years older than lots of the different graduates who will stroll in graduation ceremonies at Pittsburg State College this weekend, however that may make incomes their levels that a lot sweeter, they are saying.
LeeAnn Kershner, 42, and Joanna Rhodes, 45, are amongst a rising variety of college students who’re returning to varsity later in life, oftentimes juggling kids, jobs, and extracurricular actions together with coursework.
At present, one in 10 faculty college students within the U.S. is age 40 or older, in line with the Nationwide Middle for Training Statistics. By 2027, an estimated 3.3 million college students will fall inside this age group.
“Going again to highschool allowed me to turn into that model of who I’m meant to be,” Rhodes mentioned. “Development by no means stops.”
After highschool, Kershner earned a cosmetology license, bought married, started a household, and labored in a salon for 15 years till transferring to Pittsburg. In 2016, she took a leap of religion and enrolled at PSU.
“Once I began college, my husband Mike and I had been each full-time college students — he was ending a level that he started 25 years prior,” she mentioned. “He labored a full-time and part-time job, and I used to be working part-time. We additionally had three younger kids.”
When Mike graduated in 2018, LeeAnn took a break from college to work full-time and get the household again on strong monetary footing.
They purchased a home and reworked it so Mike’s mother might transfer in with them. She grew to become an lively volunteer of their kids’s actions and faculties. After which, the pandemic hit.
“I needed to give up my job to remain residence with the children, and about that point I made a decision it might be a good time to return to highschool and full my diploma,” LeeAnn mentioned.
Transitioning again to being a pupil was troublesome for her at instances. However school and workers inspired her.
“They actually care concerning the college students and assist them-no matter what age,” she mentioned. “They advocated, supported, suggested, invested in and inspired me. They went above and past to make sure that I used to be profitable in class and that the opposite areas of my life — being a spouse and mom — weren’t being uncared for.”
“My kids impressed me and motivated me. I believe that schooling is effective and necessary, and my husband and I each need to set examples for our kids,” she mentioned. “It was not simple for us as non-traditional college students with kids, however we did it and we’re each first era faculty graduates!”
On Saturday, she’ll be awarded her bachelor’s diploma generally research, with sufficient hours in psychology to represent an emphasis.
“I’m feeling excited to be executed with homework, unhappiness as a result of college can be over and since I typically love studying and lessons, and satisfaction as a result of I did it,” she mentioned. “It was not at all times simple, and I’m graduating with honors.”
And, she started a job as a preschool trainer at Countryside Christian College — a job for which she has a ardour.
“It’s fulfilling, and I work with some unimaginable individuals,” she mentioned.
“I did it for myself.”
As quickly as Joanna Rhodes earned a bachelor’s in nursing in 2000, she set a second purpose: to someday return to highschool to earn a grasp’s in nursing.
“I keep in mind when my husband Drew and I first began courting saying I’d sometime return,” mentioned Rhodes, who works at Girard Medical Middle and needs to turn into a nurse educator at a university.
Twenty-two years after graduating the primary time and setting her purpose, Rhodes can be awarded her grasp’s diploma with an schooling emphasis on Saturday.
“I began in January 2020, nearly precisely 20 years after my first diploma, and proper earlier than COVID shut every thing down,” she mentioned. “The toughest factor? Remembering examine and write papers. And expertise has modified quite a bit.”
She reshaped her morning and nighttime routines so she could possibly be profitable — however it nonetheless was difficult.
“Having three kids who’re very lively in sports activities, dance, karate, and gymnastics, and a husband who travels for our enterprise, Ron’s Grocery store, required a number of planning and assist from others,” she mentioned.
That features in-laws Ron and Barbara Rhodes, and fogeys Mark and Pam Walker who moved to the world final yr to assist with the kids.
“We even have moved twice within the final yr,” Rhodes mentioned. “I’m undecided I might have gotten by way of it with out all of the assist.”
>Her youngsters had been additionally amongst her greatest motivations to complete. However there was a time she questioned her potential to.
“I used to be so harassed from my very own expectations and attempting to fulfill everybody else’s expectations,” she mentioned. “As soon as I spotted that I used to be the one one placing that a lot stress on myself, then all of it grew to become simpler, and nothing was going to cease me. My youngsters simply needed me to be completely happy and obtainable. This was one thing I needed to do for myself.”
Extremely, whereas going to highschool she additionally educated for and competed in three triathlons.
“We as mother and father at all times put a lot give attention to our youngsters and have a tendency to neglect about ourselves,” she mentioned. “I gave myself permission to win, so I could possibly be the very best mom and spouse to my household.”
She additionally was inspired by school and workers within the Irene Ransom Bradley College of Nursing.
“All the college have excessive expectations of the scholars and are simple to strategy,” she mentioned. “I by no means felt like I used to be by myself.”
Graduation
Graduation ceremonies are deliberate Friday and Saturday at PSU. Particulars: Graduation
(TriceEdneyWire.com)—I’ve always thought there might be a difference in misleading and lying, but JD Vance has acknowledged that he was lying about Haitian Immigrants when he admitted the story about Haitian Immigrants was intentional knowing it was not true! Even when one of his constituents came apologized to her neighbors about their taking her cat and presumably had a meal with it. Even though she found her cat in her basement, apologized and admitted she was mistaken, that was not good enough for JD or his boss,
Such despicable behavior from two men who want people to vote for them! They want those children whose school they interrupted and put fear in not only the children, but also their parents, the city and state officials! I thought about my 6-year-old nephew who just spent his first few days in first grade. He has been so excited about leaving pre-K and K and moving up to first grade! To have his school so interrupted so quickly would have been devastating.
It’s very challenging for some of the little ones to leave home, spend the day away from their Mom, and as soon as they find out school is not so bad while making new friends, they are told that school is a scary place! Their parents have to admit to them there may be bad people on the way or around the school who want to hurt them!
Do grown men who do that to children deserve to be on a ballot with the possibility of becoming what may be called leaders?
We must admit a lot of candidates running for office that we really do have despicable people masquerading as leaders but are only a disgrace to the America they claim to love more than the rest of us who work so hard to be mentors and examples of good behavior. I am talking about their parents, grandparents, their teachers and others.
I can understand why so many young people are confused about what is good and what is bad!
Do you remember when we were taught the 10 commandments? The Golden Rule? To say Yes Mam and No Mam; Yes, Sir and No, Sir? Please and thank you? You remember when truth mattered and it was less likely to be punished if we did or said something we shouldn’t have, to tell the truth?
Everything about the good old days was not good for everybody, but we had the hope of making things better—not only for ourselves, but for everybody. We were even admonished about throwing away good food by being asked if we knew about all the starving children in China who didn’t have food? We didn’t know the number—and our parents didn’t either, but the question taught us to be thoughtful before we threw away something others might need!
At one time, adults were expected to be good examples for children—but so many are failing miserably now. As we approach November 5th, Voting Day, have you noticed how many Republicans are bad examples? Thankfully, there are a few of them who are truth-tellers, and are not afraid to break the pattern and do the right thing.
JD Vance, Donald Trump, Mark Robinson, Ted Cruz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Josh Hawley, Jim Jordan, Matt Gaetz aren’t ready to break the chain!
Those who are doing better are the Cheneys, lots of former Trump staffers, Adam Kinzinger, Michael Steele, Nicole Wallace, Military Generals, 200 former President George W. Bush’s staff, Black Republicans for Harris and a growing number of others who want to make things better for all of us.
One way to do that is to VOTE as if you really mean to make things better on November 5th!
(Dr. E. Faye Williams is President of the Dick Gregory Society.)
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A woman from New Jersey and a man from Pittsburgh are the latest people to be charged after the chaotic car meetups in Philadelphia last weekend.
Alexis Boyce, 20, from Englishtown, New Jersey, surrendered to Philly police Friday morning.
Police say her vehicle, a Dodge Challenger, was recovered.
Boyce is charged with causing/risking a catastrophe, riot, fleeing a police officer and related offenses.
Albert Woynar, 18, was arrested in his hometown of Pittsburgh by the Pennsylvania State Police on Friday.
He has been transported to Philadelphia.
Woynar is also charged with causing/risking a catastrophe, riot and fleeing a police officer. He’s also charged with aggravated assault.
The chaos unfolded between 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21 and lasted until just after 4:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 22.
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Pittsburgh Steelers at Indianapolis Colts odds, expert picks, how to watch: Steelers narrowly favored on the road
Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin has not yet made Justin Fields the team’s official starting quarterback, but he is still in line to start a fourth consecutive game to open the season when they play the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday afternoon. The Steelers, with a 3-0 start, are a small road favorite against the 1-2 Colts, who are coming off their first win of the season.
The Steelers’ Week 3 win against the Los Angeles Chargers seemed like a big development for Fields as he had by far his best passing day of the season, leading four scoring drives (including two touchdown drives) in another win. If he is able to guide Pittsburgh to a win on Sunday with another strong performance it would be difficult to imagine Russell Wilson getting the starting job back anytime soon.
It could be a promising offensive matchup for the Steelers, given their desire to run the ball and the Colts’ struggles in stopping the run at times early this season. But Pittsburgh is dealing with some injuries in the ground game, as starting left guard Isaac Seumalo is still working his way back from injury while running backs Najee Harris and Jaylen Warren are both dealing with injuries. Harris is expected to play but was seen with a sling on his arm earlier in the week.
This is also going to be a massive test for Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson, going up against a Steelers defense with a relentless pass rush that is allowing just 8.6 points per game through the first three weeks. Richardson has been a very boom-or-bust player early in his career. While he’s struggling with turnovers, he’s also making some of the most jaw-dropping throws you can imagine from a quarterback. There will be big-play opportunities in both directions here.
Mike Tomlin is only 32-40-3 against the spread as a road favorite in his head coaching career (going back to the start of the 2007 season), but he is 4-1 in such games since the start of the 2022 season.
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