STUDENTS SUCCESS STORIES

PART 1

KATIE WATKINS, A STANDOUT STORM VOLLEYBALL PLAYER FOR TWO YEARS, NOW SPENDS HER FREE TIME STUDYING TO BE A NURSE AT DCCC WHERE SHE SAYS SHE APPLIES SOME OF THE CONCEPTS SHE LEARNED ON THE COURT.

 

“JUST LIKE VOLLEYBALL, NURSING CAN BE TOUGH,”SHE SAID WATKINS, A 21-YEAR-OLD WHO WORKS IN TEAMS WITH HER CALSSMATES IN PROBLEM-BASED NURSING EXERCISES. “I LEARNED THAT EVERYONE HAS DIFFERENT STRENGTHS AND BRINGS SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO THE T ABLE. I ALSO LEARNED THAT WE HAVE TO RESPECT EACH OTHER.”

WATKINS IS A MAY 2012 CANDIDATE TO RECEIVE HER ASSOCIATE DEGREE IN NURSING. SHE HOPES TO PURSUE HER B.S.N. AT WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY AND EVENTUALLY GET HER MASTER’S DEGREE IN NURSING.

SETTING EDUCATIONAL GOALS AND WORKING HARD TO ACHIEVE THEM BRINGS A GREAT FEELING OF ACCOMPLISHMENT. IT BUILDS SELF-ESTEEM, AND INCREASES SELF-CONFIDENCE. EDUCATION OPENS UP MANY DOORS OF OPPORTUNITY THAT NORMALLY WOULD NOT OPEN UP FOR PEOPLE.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!