Davenport University Top Questions

I have been attending schooling off and on for 15 years. I am a Career Consultant working with adult learns and high school seniors. I always share with high school seniors to embrace college, live on dorm, and don't stop! From my own experience, I had the oppurtunity to live on campus and without question it was the best experience of my life. Learning how to life with and meet new, diverse individuals was priceless and immediately helped me to be a better employee, business owner, etc.. There are so many wonderful expeirence in college from joining groups to voluneteering that help to provide you with a rich and fullfilling expeirence. I wish all people had the oppurtunity expeirence college and college life. Lastly, I would share my own expeirence of how challenging it is to stop and go back to school. When you are eighteen, four years sounds like a life time. But in reality when a career and family become part of your life, going to college is the last thing that you want to fit into a busy life. However, in today's age you must have a degree to be successful in a career.

If I could go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would tell myself that my life is my own, and that I should follow my heart and do what I want as a career and not to listen to anyone who attempts to steer me in another direction because I would be following other people's hopes for me and not my own. That would cause me to change my career path which means it would take longer to graduate college because I would be tempted to take courses in other areas that would lead up to the degree I want and not what I was supposed to be taking according to other peoples hopes for me. College is expensive and every course I take that leads to a degree in something other than what I want to do in my career is a waste of time and money. Following my dreams would allow me to want to go to college, love my courses and look optimistically toward the future.

I would be more focused on my study habits. The habits we use in high school orchestrate the habits we will use throughout our educational career. I would organize better by listing the assignments and readings as well as assigning a day to complete each of them. I would make sure I have time for mysel so I'm not burned out. And I would network more to find students with my same courses or interests to help me with a support system. Lastly, I would have more dedication to my education going straight through instead of taking breaks.

What I have gotten from my college experience - hope, inspiration and plan. I am not the typical student. I am 48 and a mom of two teen daughters. Less than a year ago, my job was eliminated. In search for a new job, I learned that my resume had to match a selection of competencies - one of which, a college degree, to advance to the next round. Regardless of my 22 years of international business travel, companies using online job application with criteria match - college degree, I do not get past go! I reached out for help. I called Davenport University. On hold for the next advisor, fear grabbed me, doubt appeared too and then, reality ... OMG, I must be crazy. Its 30 years since being in a classroom. Almost to hangup and bail on the whole idea, a friendly voice said, "Welcome to Davenport". In that phone call, I got more than just help, I got hope. Inspired by the diverse student body and dedicated professor's, I signed-up and have a plan to my degree. The value to attend will come when I mark the check box - college degree and get past "GO". Welcome to Davenport University!

College has opened my eyes to the world of responsibliity. I had been quite responsible during my high school days, but in college there are so many more thing that you have to take care of on your own, or with little help. Being financially stable is now in my own hands and it's a lot more work than I had imagined. Now I can picture how hard it was financially for my single mom to raise me alone. Finances are a big part of college, and my expericence dealing with them is very valuable to my future.

I have come back to school after working for a few years. I found that being an artist was what I really wanted to do with my life. I am attending the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. After only one semester, I have confirmed that belief that art is my calling. I have already learned so much not only about artistic techniques, but also about how to be a professional artist. I have had teachers that are extremely supportive of my ideas and are excited about what they teach. This makes learning so much more interesting. The school has already given me opportunities to start my career as an artist through a school wide art sale. This showed me how to talk about my work to potential clients. I have already learned a lot and am excited to learn more in the upcoming years.

Davenport's Health Services Administration program is helping me to expand my experience and knowledge of the healthcare industry. The courses I have completed thus far, are already assisting me in my every day job. I am currently employed for a large healthcare organization and plan to stay within this organization after obtaining my Bachelors Degree. In my current employment role, I am witness to the fact that Davenport is teaching real values and policies/procedures one can expect to see while working within this industry. Attending Davenport University has been a valuable experience to me, as I am learning more about the industry and am able to apply this knowledge to my current work. In addition, the flexibility of Davenport's online courses are the only way I was able to go back to school since I work full time and have two school aged children.

I am a single mother of four. I was pregnant with my first born as a senior in highschool. I graduated around a week before my son was born. I didn't have the opportunity or the motivation to go to college back then. I have struggled my whole life trying to provide for my children on minimum wage jobs. Last year it dawned on me that I am close to 30 years old now, and I have no benefits, no retirement fund, and no future. How do you put into words the value of a second chance? Once I get my degree, and the opportunity to gain a career, I will be able to give my children the things they lack now, and most of all, an example to follow. Its never too late to better yourself. Attending Davenport has not only provided me with an education, but a sense of pride and accomplishment.

College to me is one of the main key points to your success in life. I also believe the more knowledge you obtain in school can take yyou closer to reaching your goals. Ive gotten alot of experience with going to college. I am able to turn the valuable experiences there into skills for my future. Being able to go to school changed my life because i come from a family that is very very low income. I feel with going to college I am able to succeed higher than what i was raised with and be able to contribute back to the community.This why any sort of scholarship and experience i gain in these college years I consider valuable to have a better future for me and the community.

Prior to attending Davenport University, I had taken the first half of my degree at another private university in Omaha, Nebraska. While the experiences at my first college were not bad ones, my true college and learning experiences did not start until I enrolled at Davenport. The education at this university has gone much further than just the basics one might need to graduate. In fact, attending this school changed my entire life. I now apply critical thinking skills I have learned through Davenport University in the real world. The things I am learning are not just textbook examples, but rather, they are teachings that I can apply to my own life, to my future and due to that, feel I have truly accomplished something in my life. Going to this college has been the most rewarding thing I have done so far in my life, and I know that no matter what, I will always look back fondly on Davenport and how it has and will continue to positively impact my life and in turn, the lives of those around me.