I tried, I can't even tell you how many times, to return to college and finish my Degrees. Finally, after 30 years, almost to the day of graduating High School, I have earned my first degree. On Monday, May 23rd, 2011 I was conferred an Associate of Arts with High Honors from the College of Southern Nevada at the Thomas & Mack Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Up to now you have read about the challenges of beginning an Academic Journey. Honestly, I believe the first two years of college is learning about how to learn and how to navigate the college system. Of course, you have to go to class, study and juggle your home and work life also.
Class of 2011
Special Thanks to Dustin Rains for the Photos in this Slideshow
I was one among a record number of almost 2,300 CSN Graduates. This graduating class also had a record number of Honor Students. Our Alpha Xi Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa broke a record of it's own.
Under the the leadership of Alpha Xi Beta's President, Dustin Rains, Phi Theta Kappa membership was raised 28%. We earned the highest Pinnacle Award possible, raising the College of Southern Nevada's Alpha Xi Beta Chapter to a Five Star Chapter for the 2010-2011 academic year.
This is the highest and most prestigious honor possible for the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society and I am uber proud to have been a part of it.
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| Phi Theta Kappa also awarded Club of the Year Photo Susana Buller |
As great as these achievements are,
these accomplishments do not guarantee the ultimate outcome of our degrees. Before the crash of 2008, even an Associate's Degree opened many doors and employment was virtually a given. This, as reported in this Channel 8 News Now broadcast, is no longer the case.
I will continue my education, in pursuit of my ultimate goal of a MLIS, Masters in Library Sciences. My next step in my Adventure as an Adult Learner is my Bachelor's with a Major in English and a Minor in German. I am seriously considering changing my Minor to Spanish to increase my workplace marketability and reserving my German Minor for my Phd. You need two foreign languages for a Doctorate.
Thank You for reading Perpetual Andragogy Adventures of an Adult Learner and sharing my trials, tribulations and triumphs with your friends. Your interest in my Academic journey and your support of education for this Nontraditional Student inspires not only me, but also anybody who has even given the slightest thought to a return to college and the betterment of themselves.
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Want to Go Back to College? Start Here!
Start your FAFSA
College by the Letters - I made you a FREE Outline of how to Start your own Academic Adventure
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
Phi Theta Kappa Alumni List (I should be the first name you see :D )
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2 comments:
Let me be the first to say what I am sure many feel, it has been a pleasure to have played a small role in the beginning of this saga and I can't wait to watch the rest unfold. But I want the whole world to know that it was you who had the courage to follow your dreams, it was you who were willing to put other parts of life on hold to take this path. You not only made time for your own study, research and writing, but you also reached out to share your talents with the rest of your new college community. Congratulations on your success, Kethleen, you richly deserve it!! Best always, JudyNV
Thank You so much for your Wonderful comment! And I want the whole world to know that it is Professors like you, who, with your passionate and patient instruction, give me and all others, the skills we require to walk our respective paths.
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