Student Spotlight

From Pipelines and Pathyways to the Cloud Computing Certificate program at SCPS, Joseph Ngoma and Ryan Washington are transforming their lives.

Anne Duckworth returned to school through SCPS after leaving college to raise her family, and now she is enrolled in the UVA School of Education and Human Development’s one-year online master’s degree in curriculum and instruction program.

Jennifer Bowyer did not pursue her University of Virginia bachelor’s degree for prestige, promotion or a pay increase, but to firmly tell the doubting and derisive voices of her past to shut up.

Tim Richard pursues hiking the 2,190-mile Appalachian Trail and completing his degree at UVA’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies

Robert and Claudia Edmonds, parents to five children, are each pursing degrees at the University of Virginia’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies in part-time, online programs designed for working adults.

Read the story of SCPS student and Army Reserve veteran Carla Hallman, including why she decided to go back to school and how her experience at SCPS was.