Great schools and training programs offer learning opportunities that go far beyond the syllabus. We asked some amazing folks from the community to share stories from their educational journey with us.

Rose Hinsz

“Everything is Connected” This theme from Massage Therapy school changed my understanding of Life in so many ways. It finally tied together all the other “practical” lessons I had collected from studying Linguistics & pursuing an MBA. Everything felt flat, like a puzzle without an answer, or a game where someone keeps changing the rules. The corporate world had left me jaded and I found no relief in other wings of the service industries. Read more>>

Coy Flynn

My school and training experience is something I reflect on a lot. I attended graduate school at Michigan State University where I received my M.S. in Kinesiology. It’s funny to me sometimes because I didn’t even believe I wanted to attend grad school until my final semester of undergrad. Although I decided I wanted to take on another investment in myself. Turned out to be totally worth it. Not only because of the great education I received in the classroom, but it opened up many more opportunities for me. Read more>>

Dr. Loretta M. West

My Physical Therapy (PT) education was challenging. It still is for most students. Twenty years ago, physical therapy was one of the HOT careers, and was a highly sought after profession. There were so many schools, but not enough educators. This created the problem where PT programs offered limited slots (30-40 max) for student acceptance into these programs. The next problem was applicants had to have near perfect scores/GPA. Read more>>