KLAMATH FALLS — A household that research collectively graduates collectively, no less than that is the case for the Gardners this Friday at Klamath Group Faculty’s graduation ceremony.
Tricia Gardner is not going to solely gather her affiliate diploma Friday afternoon in enterprise administration, however so too will her daughter, Brittany, who can be incomes her KCC diploma. Two weeks later, Tricia’s sons, Mateo and Adrian, will gather their GED certificates in a separate Klamath Heart for Schooling and Coaching (KCET) commencement ceremony. The household relocated from Corvallis to the Klamath Basin for work and to be nearer to household, Tricia taking a job with iQor; however when the customer support middle closed in 2019, she selected to make use of a dislocated employee program by means of KCC to return to highschool. In fall 2020 Tricia started coursework in enterprise administration, whereas Brittany additionally started attending KCC to check felony justice. Not lengthy after, the complete household joined the KCC cohort, when Mateo and Adrian started pursuing GEDs.
“It was nice, all of us being in lessons,” stated Tricia of the familial instructional expertise. “I had an exquisite advisor, and we approached it as teamwork. We have been at all times there for one another; my daughter and I have been even in a number of the similar lessons. I simply informed them it’s about child steps, however right here we’re lastly carrying out all of our targets.”
It wasn’t Tricia’s first try at increased training, beforehand learning felony justice when Brittany was a child, however falling wanting graduating. Via help from advisors, instructors and household, come Friday she is not going to solely obtain her Affiliate of Utilized Science diploma in Enterprise Administration, but additionally has collected sufficient credit to obtain her felony justice pathway certificates.
“For probably the most half we had our on-line lessons collectively,” stated Brittany. “We didn’t have the very same lessons, however it was enjoyable with the ability to trip to highschool collectively.”
Tricia famous how vital help acquired from KCC employees and school was in aiding the complete household to succeed in their respective targets. She referred to as her advisor, Linda Williamson, an inspirational and inspiring determine serving to her attain her targets. Brittany’s advisor, Jim Gravely, was additionally famous for at all times taking further time to reply questions and supply steering on profession choices.
Brittany plans to switch to Southern Oregon College to pursue her bachelor’s diploma. For Mateo and Adrian their training will proceed at KCC, using the Oregon Promise grant to pursue affiliate levels within the fall, learning diesel know-how, and superior manufacturing engineering know-how respectively. Tricia’s youngest daughter may also begin at KCC within the fall.
“I really feel very blessed and it’s all an enormous sense of happiness – it’s actual,” stated Tricia. “I began college when she (Brittany) was a child, and I left years in the past, so to lastly accomplish this and get my enterprise diploma, and every week later my boys will graduate too … it exhibits our teamwork, our energy, targets, and the way robust of a household we’re.”
The KCC graduation ceremony will happen on the campus garden at 6 p.m. Friday, June 10. The occasion is open to the general public and totally in-person for the primary time since 2019. It can even be live-streamed at www.klamathcc.edu/ watch-commencement.
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Mateo, l-r, Adrian, Tricia, and Brittany Gardner will all graduate as a household from Klamath Group
Faculty this month.