We hope you've enjoyed hearing what we are thankful for this week! We have one more to share with you.
Rachel is an online student in our Associate of Arts program. Here's what she has to share about her time as an Iowa Central student.
"I am planning on graduating Iowa Central with my Associates of Arts in Liberal Arts this summer of 2024. I am a 40 year old student with an 8-year old and a baby on the way. I plan on continuing my education online at Buena Vista for Elementary Education.
I enjoy online classes because I can accommodate it into my busy schedule. I enjoy connecting with fellow students and feel like by the end of my course that I have a good connection with them. Even though I have never personally met the professors, I feel like I know them and do have a close connection with them. I can reach out to the professors and they help quickly and efficiently.
I work full time as a paraprofessional so I set aside 1-2 hours a night on the weekdays to dedicate to schoolwork in each class that I take. I have the weekends off so I get the majority of my work done then. I dedicate 3-4 hours each class that I am enrolled in on the weekends. I get all my work done on the weekend so I can have Monday off before I start my new week on Tuesday.
My tip to other students on balancing family, work, and school responsibilities is to make it a priority. I have such a good balance of my home life and school work that I enjoy doing it and don’t ever feel overwhelmed."
Thanks Rachel!
As we celebrate our students later today at Commencement, our online team wanted to share a special message with all of our online Graduates!
We hope you have enjoyed hearing what we're thankful over the last week, we have one more! TJ Martin is our Dean of Distance Learning.
Thank you to all our hardworking online students taking Education courses! Jim Dick is an online instructor for our Education courses.
We hope you have a great week Tritons - this week we're thankful for you! Ashley Hanssen is one of our Online Enrollment Representatives.
"I am thankful that I get to not only work with students in the Distance Learning department, but I get to teach the online Digital Arts students. You inspire me every day!" Kari Otto is our Distance Learning Associate
We're thankful for being able to provide education to students anywhere they can login to class! Damon teaches English and Video Production for 8 Week Online Programs.
We are incredibly grateful for each one of our students! Brittany Bush is our 8 Week Online Programs Coordinator.
To all our past, current and future students, we are thankful for you! Tami Barrett is another one of our Online Enrollment Representatives.
Meet some of our 8 Week Online students starting class today. They shared their first day of class photos with us! We'd love to see yours too, share in the comments.