Student Success Stories

Wanda Barhorst: I will never forget Friday Jan 28, 2000, that is the day I was told the plant I was working at would be closed permanently March 31. I would be jobless. I was a seamstress, this was the 3rd plant closing I had been through in the last 6 years. As a middle aged single woman what was I to do.  [click here to read more...]

Sue Bierly: Before entering Edison, I anticipated school to be fun and yet somewhat an obstacle.  At age 50, it was a new beginning for this chapter of life.  [click here to read more...]

Marleen Hemmelgarn: “Empty Nest Syndrome “ and my life long desire to obtain a degree in higher education was my reason for attending Edison. When my family was grown and left home I felt something was missing just working my regular job. [click here to read more...]

Ann Miller: Eight years ago, I wandered onto the Edison campus a bit shell-shocked after resigning from my job.  I was just going to take one course.  It was very intimidating walking into a classroom full of fresh young minds just out of high school.  I think scared to death would be the best way to describe it. [click here to read more...]

Jennifer Osborne:  On my 36th birthday my husband took me out to dinner.  We were having a nice conversation about our future and he asked me, "What kind of job are you going to get when the kids are grown?"  I had always been a stay-at-home mom and our daughters at that time were in junior high and high school. [click here to read more...]

Charlotte Puthoff: Back in 1979 when I was a young(er) stay-at-home mother I finished the breakfast dishes and moved on to the bedroom to make the bed. When I got there, I realized that I had already made the bed, but couldn't remember doing it. I remember thinking that my brain had shut down with the routine of my life. [click here to read more...]

Bob Taylor:  WHY NOT EDISON?
Over the past few years some of my friends in the Dayton area questioned my sanity for attending Edison Community College in Piqua, especially when I live only five miles from Sinclair Community College. [click here to read more...]
  
Betty Via: Vision Beyond Sight
I am a Registered Nurse and have worked in Long Term Care for thirty years and have loved every minute of it. I would still be there if I could see well enough to do what is needed to care for the residents. [click here to read more...]
  
Do you have a success story you would like to share?  The OASIS web site would like to feature articles about adult students who have taken courses or graduated from Edison, and how the experience enriched their lives.