- Receiving the
Bachelor of Science,
Rachel Marie Berreckman.
- The ability that you
have to receive a degree
from a university in your time,
on your schedule is a amazing,
and I think the convenience,
I think is the best thing.
And that's kind of immeasurable.
I was a little bit
worried, maybe, (chuckles)
concerned that I didn't, that
I wasn't gonna get the full,
you know, learning experience
where I wouldn't be able to
maybe grasp things as well,
and I definitely
grasped and learned
and the Discussion Boards and
teachers, interactions online.
I mean, just through e-mails
through group projects,
they'll still assign group
projects for online learning,
and so I think, just kind
of you have to be willing
to communicate with other
people and, you know,
you just kind of
have to embrace it,
and it is what you make it.
That was very comforting
and gave me kind of,
okay I can do this,
even though it's online, I
don't see them face to face,
I can still, you know,
complete this degree.
A lot of my professors
would literally e-mail,
like I would send
them an e-mail,
and they would e-mail me
right back in a couple hours.
And so that to me was,
like oh wow, they are so willing
to just work with
me and get it down.
I was like, kind of shocked
that they (chuckles)
went out of their
way to be like,
"Okay, you need
to get this done."
Even though I wasn't on campus,
or, you know, they were
still looking out for my,
the best interest in me,
and that means a lot to me.
The experience I've had,
the professors, the
staff have been amazing,
so welcoming, so honest.
I think that's the best part is,
they're honest with what
you need to get done
and they got it done,
helped me get it done.
(applause)
