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Non-Traditional Students
Purpose: We know non-traditional students may face a different set of challenges than the traditional student such as: anxiety of delayed enrollment or re-entering after high school, academic success, balancing work and family, and finding a connection on campus.
Benefits: Our Non-traditional Peer Mentors are successful non-traditional students who can help inform, advocate, and connect you to DWU and the TRiO program.
Characteristics of a non-traditional student:
- Delays enrollment (does not enter postsecondary education in the same calendar year that he or she finished high school);
- Returning to postsecondary education as a result of changing career goals;
- Attends part time for at least part of the academic year;
- Works full time (35 hours or more per week) while enrolled;
- Is considered financially independent for purposes of determining eligibility for financial aid;
- Has dependents other than a spouse (usually children, but sometimes others);
- Is a single parent (either not married or married but separated and has dependents); or
- Does not have a high school diploma (completed high school with a GED or other high school completion certificate or did not finish high school).
2011-2012 TRiO Non-Traditional Peer Mentors
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My name is Quentin Knoell and I am From Superior, Neb. I am a math major and am involved with the math club and TRiO. I am easygoing and enjoy just about everything. |
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My name is Stephanie Brooks and I am a 40 something senior. My major is Human Services, minor in Criminal Justice, with an emphasis on Chemical Dependency. I am married with 5 children and an assortment of animals. I love to ride my motorcycle and hang out with Friends and Family. I hope your stay at DWU will be as awesome as mine has been so far. |
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