How to Budget Like an Adult

I can’t think of an intro so let’s just hop into it- welcome to “How to Be an Adult” with your resident supplier of tangentially related admission knowledge: Grant Cushman. Now I know as counseling professionals we are inundated with …

Support Pell Grants!

Since their inception, the Federal financial aid programs have helped millions of students realize their dream of attending college. None of these programs are more important than Pell grants. Unfortunately, not all members of Congress recognize their importance and...
Community Colleges Offering Bachelor’s-Part 2

Community Colleges Offering Bachelor’s-Part 2

Here is the ideal bachelor’s degree program offered at a community college: “The Southern Illinois University program is an accelerated bachelor’s degree program in Aviation Management, held in our classrooms at Mt. San Antonio College. Students completing the A.S....
Finding the Fit: 24 and Overboard

Finding the Fit: 24 and Overboard

The spring semester brought new adventures including being Editor-in-Chief of our campus magazine, The Bull.  But, in the back of my head I knew that above all else, the spring would be nothing like the fall – or would it? …
A word in support of parents…kind of

A word in support of parents…kind of

I am fully aware that the subject matter in this space often drifts toward the topic of my own children. I guess that’s just where I live right now. By now many of you may be thinking, “Seriously, you should …