It’s been a really trying semester, y’all. I mean rough with a capital R, but phone calls like I just had make it all worthwhile.

I just got off the phone with a student I worked with my very first week as an advisor in the College of Nursing. She’s a registered nurse in our RN-MS program. We exchanged emails frequently, and most of the emails I sent were telling her things she shouldn’t or couldn’t do.

She had this crazy bananas pants plan to finish her bachelor’s degree and her master’s degree years ahead of schedule. And you know what they say about the best laid plans of mice and men.

But she did it!

She called me five minutes ago to say that she’s graduating next week with her master’s degree and moving on to the doctoral program. #CanIGetAnAmen

THAT is why I’m an academic advisor. THAT is why I work in higher education. Every day, I get to work with students who (even though they drive you crazy sometimes) are accomplishing great things.

#PioneerProud