My college experience was not typical. First of all, the school I attended had 13,000 students, so I felt like I was just a number! I was a commuter, traveling around 50 miles a day, to and from class. I worked 30 hours a week to afford gas, insurance and other things I needed. I didn’t have time for any extracurriculars. I lived at home with my parents because I could not afford housing on campus. Thankfully they supported me in that way, but because my parents did not have the experience of going to college themselves, I had to figure out a lot of things on my own. I remember being too scared to go into the Financial Aid office to ask questions. I didn’t know what to say or how to ask about withdrawing from a class and how that would affect my financial aid. Now that I work in Financial Aid, I never want a student to feel that way. I have always tried my hardest to make students feel comfortable in our office.
SRC is small enough that students don’t feel like “just a number”. We know our students names, and they know ours! With that added personal experience, we take the time to work with students, by offering the TRIO program to help prepare them for transferring on to a 4-year school. We have a top-notch Learning Resource Center that works with students, one-on-one, to be successful. Our faculty provide challenging coursework to ensure our students are ready to move on to the workforce or their next academic adventure. We take pride in saying “we knew that student when” because our students go on to do some amazing things!