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Our students have lots of moxie. Unfortunately, moxie doesn't pay college tuition bills. When you invest in students with this kind of tenacity, you are helping create a pipeline of young talent that Mid-South companies rely on for success.
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moxiemoxieOur students have lots of
Unfortunately moxie doesn’t pay college tuition bills.( )
CoreyBusiness Information
and Technology( )Corey is a full-time parent, full-time employee and full-time student. We think he is also full-time moxie. He lives an hour off
campus with his disabled grandmother, wife and one-year old
daughter. Corey and his wife work full time to pay the bills that
keep this family afloat, but saving for his education is tough
and stressful. His daily routine is something most of us wouldn’t
survive a single day, but Corey doesn’t have time to complain.
He just keeps thinking about how wonderful life will be one
day. He will graduate soon with a BBA from Fogelman College
of Business and Economics, plans to become commissioned
as an officer in the U.S. Air Force Reserve to pay for graduate
school at the UofM, because Corey’s goal is to become a
CEO of a Fortune 500 company. Somehow he makes time to
serve on the UofM Student Ambassador’s Board and other
volunteer organizations.
Corey’sschedule
midnight
2 a.m.
4 a.m.
6 a.m.
8 a.m.
10 a.m.
noon
2 p.m.
4 p.m.
6 p.m.
8 p.m.
10 p.m.
midnight
8.5 hour-shift at a call center
UofM day classes
Studies, completes
school work, volunteers on
campus, sleeps
Leaves for UofM night classes
Picks up daughter from daycare, feeds
her and puts her to bed
before Mom gets home
Prepares for 8.5 hour shift at the
call center
Loewenberg College of Nursing( )
Melody is raising three children under the age of 10. Her ex-husband, who struggles
with addiction, abandoned them years ago.
She wakes up at 5 a.m., works part-time then
squeezes in laundry, kids’ homework, cooking
and cleaning, before getting back to her nursing
studies. She does her clinical rotation by day
and finally gets to bed by 2 a.m. each weekday,
surviving on very little sleep. She has applied for,
received and exhausted all financial aid options.
She’s in debt by $20,000 in student loans and
has two more years to go until graduation. As
an adult student, she is proud to show her kids
that even though she’s “reaching late,” she’s still
reaching for her dreams. She will do whatever
it takes to become a nurse and provide for her
children. She is all they have.
Melody
Civil Engineering( )
Holland came to us with a perfect ACT score.
Even as a full-time student with a merit scholarship, she still has to find the time to work 30 hours a week or more to pay basic bills to live and eat. From a single-parent,
cash-strapped household, she knows it’s up
to her to pay for college. She checks her
balance daily. Sometimes there’s $20 to get
by on, sometimes $30 a week. Most students
just call home to have more money put in their
accounts. Holland doesn’t have that safety net.
There are no luxury items in her grocery cart
or eating out. Constantly stressed out about
cash and gas money, she escapes into her
engineering studies. Her life is work, school,
study, repeat.
Holland