Student Stories
Social Science
Bill Padilla
The following is taken from a letter from Bill Padilla, a recent graduate, to Cyndy Trent, Coordinator of the Bachelor's Degree Completion program.
Kansas was just generally WONDERFUL. From the moment we left the airport and began driving down I-435 and I-70, taking in the GORGEOUS scenery, I was in heaven. We stopped in Topeka for a scrumptious dinner at Outback Steakhouse, and proceeded to Junction City, where we spent the night. The next morning, we drove to Manhattan, and partook of the commencement activities (one of the best moments of my life was when they read my name and I walked up the ramp to shake hands with Dean White and accept my degree cover). – Full story
Lisa Walz
Bachelor's Degree Completion student Lisa Walz wanted one more hour of elective to fill her schedule, so she enrolled in an undergraduate piano course at K-State's home campus and now commutes to Manhattan one day per week. But this is no 15-minute, run-of-the-mill college town commute.
Round-trip, it's a 100-mile drive.
Add that weekly time commitment to seven kids, one full-time job, football games, and cross country meets, and you've got a recipe for a potential time management nightmare. – Full story
Lesley King
Lesley King, distance education student from Liberal, Kansas, recently won the K-State Women's Studies Competition for best undergraduate paper, along with its accompanying $125 scholarship. Her winning paper, "Age is Only a Number," describes the efforts of activist Oleta Peters of Liberal, Kansas.
Lesley attended K-State from 1968-1971, but left without finishing her degree. Instead, she married, raised a son, and enjoyed an 18-year employment at Liberal High School. When her son graduated from K-State she decided to become a full-time housewife and enjoy being "blissfully unemployed." But then, as she turned 50, Lesley regretted some of her life choices and decided to finish her degree...30 years later! – Full story
