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Blog Archive: Applying to College

Debbie McBride
07 May

A graduation for the generations

Written by
Sabina Haskell

Debbie McBride and her son both graduated from college on the same day. She skipped her ceremony to attend his, a small sacrifice but one of many she made to pursue her degree. That graduation meant she met her goal of earning the diploma by the time she turned 50. It also represents a new career…
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Jeremy MacKenzie
13 Mar

Jeremy MacKenzie’s story is the stuff movies are made of

Written by
Sabina Haskell

Jeremy MacKenzie’s higher education journey is the stuff movies are made of. It starts when Jeremy is incarcerated and ends, at least for now, with a George Lucas scholarship to get his graduate degree in film studies. And, without the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation, this tale may never have…
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Taylor Lane
19 Feb

Hard work pays off for Taylor Lane

Written by
Sabina Haskell

I am a senior at Lake Region Union High School, where I serve as our local Future Business Leader of America co-president and state treasurer for Vermont FBLA. As local co-president, I am responsible for chapter membership, as well as helping run our weekly meetings alongside our other co-president…
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Diane Willson
22 Jan

Diane Willson finds a path from farming to her reflexology practice

Written by
Sabina Haskell

The degree Diane Willson is now pursuing wasn’t available when she first looked at colleges as a senior in high school. She counts the options she had back then on one hand. “The choices in my generation were: to be a nurse, a teacher, a secretary, or go to college to find your guy, who will then…
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Ghana Rimal
10 Jan

Ghana Rimal: ‘A drop of water – that makes an ocean’

Written by
Sabina Haskell

Ghana Rimal’s story is one of patience, perseverance and preparation. After a decade of living in a refugee camp in Nepal, Ghana Rimal was studying for the interviews required to immigrate to the United States or six other countries. When he was asked where he wanted to go, he said Vermont, USA. He…
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Amy Lewis
02 Jan

Amy Lewis shows students they are college material, too.

Written by
Sabina Haskell

During her 20-year career as a secondary school secretary in South Royalton, Amy Lewis pursued many professional training opportunities. But she never thought of herself as a potential college student, despite encouragement from her boss and mentor. Severe dyslexia made high school a struggle, Amy…
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Curtis Fund Will Eberle video
09 Oct

Education helps Will Eberle pay it forward

Written by
Sabina Haskell

Will Eberle was lying in bed recovering from a broken back, unable to walk, when he decided to go back to school. He needed to change the course of his life. He had gone through a rough divorce and at one point was living out of his truck. To make ends meet he washed dishes, fought fires and worked…
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