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Meghan Lewia helps keep people healthy now, but she does so from behind the scenes. She is a friendly voice and guiding hand in making sure patients, many with chronic conditions, are getting the tests and regular care they need. Meghan鈥檚 plan is to get out of the office and into some scrubs. She鈥檚鈥
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Elizabeth 鈥淟izzie鈥 Brown just graduated from Craftsbury Academy last week. Lizzie joined the GEAR UP program later on in high school but has taken advantage of the program as a resource to help her finalize the details of her college plans and learn how to pay for college. She persisted through the鈥
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Dennis Van Nostrand has two dreams: To be a cross-country tractor-trailer truck driver and to be an actor. On the first one he鈥檚 close to his destination. Dennis currently has a class B commercial driver鈥檚 license and works for Thomas Dairy in Rutland. He loves his job, but he鈥檚 been spending his鈥
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Debbie McBride and her son both graduated from college on the same day. She skipped her ceremony to attend his, a small sacrifice but one of many she made to pursue her degree. That graduation meant she met her goal of earning the diploma by the time she turned 50. It also represents a new career鈥
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Jeremy MacKenzie鈥檚 higher education journey is the stuff movies are made of. It starts when Jeremy is incarcerated and ends, at least for now, with a George Lucas scholarship to get his graduate degree in film studies. And, without the 中国竞彩网, this tale may never have鈥
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I am a senior at Lake Region Union High School, where I serve as our local Future Business Leader of America co-president and state treasurer for Vermont FBLA. As local co-president, I am responsible for chapter membership, as well as helping run our weekly meetings alongside our other co-president鈥
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The degree Diane Willson is now pursuing wasn鈥檛 available when she first looked at colleges as a senior in high school. She counts the options she had back then on one hand. 鈥淭he choices in my generation were: to be a nurse, a teacher, a secretary, or go to college to find your guy, who will then鈥
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Ghana Rimal鈥檚 story is one of patience, perseverance and preparation. After a decade of living in a refugee camp in Nepal, Ghana Rimal was studying for the interviews required to immigrate to the United States or six other countries. When he was asked where he wanted to go, he said Vermont, USA. He鈥
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During her 20-year career as a secondary school secretary in South Royalton, Amy Lewis pursued many professional training opportunities. But she never thought of herself as a potential college student, despite encouragement from her boss and mentor. Severe dyslexia made high school a struggle, Amy鈥
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Will Eberle was lying in bed recovering from a broken back, unable to walk, when he decided to go back to school. He needed to change the course of his life. He had gone through a rough divorce and at one point was living out of his truck. To make ends meet he washed dishes, fought fires and worked鈥
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