Trials and triumphs of a middle aged student

Today I had the immense pleasure and honor to be involved in the ALA Committee tasked with granting $1,000 scholarships to 10 deserving Granite State College students.  This was not an easy duty to carry out as there were many deserving adult college program students who we were unable to offer scholarships to. 

After a consensus of the committee determined the scholarship recipients we were each tasked with calling to inform and congratulate the students of their award.  This was, without a doubt, the best part of the entire process.  I thoroughly enjoyed my conversations with both of the recipients I personally spoke with.  One of the two students actually recognized me from this blog!

I hope to be able to share the stories of these scholarship recipients in future blogs as they are truly inspiring and empowering.  There are so many paths, so many moments and so many dreams that bring adult learners to the point in their lives where they finally enroll in an adult college degree program.  The stories of those awarded and those who we were unable to award scholarships to are all important and unique.

Please watch for their stories in my future blogs.