Lifelong Learners: Czenzi Jones
Czenzi Jones Degree: Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Learning School: University of Illinois at Chicago Graduation: June 2023 For Czenzi Jones, graduation has gone from distant goal to impending reality. The mother of eight, grandmother of 27, and great-grandmother of six initially went straight into college after high school. But she had […]
Lifelong Learners: Bo Shi
Bo Shi Degree: Master of Science in Clinical Investigation School: Northwestern University Graduated: September 2022 Bo Shi, PhD, is no stranger to academic institutions. While working at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine as a research faculty member, Shi also enrolled as a student. He has spent the past five years slowly but surely working […]
Lifelong Learners: Tamara Davis
Tamara Davis Degree: Bachelor of Arts in Applied Studies School: Loyola University Anticipated Graduation: December 2022 After seven layoffs in 20 years, Tamara Davis wanted to pivot. She had been working for commercial and residential architecture firms, but the industry was volatile. “You hear college is hard, but having regrets is harder,” she says. Davis started […]
Lifelong Learners: Edward McClory
Edward McClory Degree: Bachelor of Arts, Sociology concentration School: St. Xavier University Graduation: May 2022 The past few years have taught Edward McClory a lot — and not just because he was in school. In 2016, McClory was diagnosed with stage 4 throat cancer. The marine veteran found out two years later that he […]
Lifelong Learners: Cheryl Boyle
Cheryl Boyle Degree: Doctor of Education (EdD) School: Lewis University Anticipated Graduation: December 2023 Throughout her life, Cheryl Boyle’s work has always come back to education, despite not starting out in the field. As a nurse, she worked in many clinical settings butserved as a nurse educator, too. When she homeschooled her children, teaching became […]
Lifelong Learners: Michelle Farley
Michelle Farley Degree: Master of Arts with a Social Change concentration School: DePaul University Graduation: June 2024 A few blocks from Michelle Farley’s former Milwaukee home sits a giant, abandoned, public school. Carleton School shuttered in 2005. “Way too long this has been sitting like this — a lot of broken promises,” Farley says. “My […]