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My heart is filled with joy whenever I think of my experiences as a student and student trustee at Waubonsee Community College.

The operating room can be an intimidating place. Most people do not know what to expect when the doors to the operating room open, and most people have not heard of my profession and the role we play in surgery. 

Surgical technologists help the doctor, as well as the patient. 

According to a report from the Wisconsin Hope Lab in April 2018, 46 percent of students at community colleges are affected by housing insecurity and 12 percent identify as being homeless. Initial studies indicate that insecurity affecting a student’s basic needs also affects their likelihood of completion. Waubonsee Community College alumna, Moji Ayorinde, persevered to ensure that she and her children would not become defeated by this statistic.

When Cynthia Garcia of Oswego graduated from high school, she wasn’t thinking about going to college. As a home-schooled student—and with no one in her family before her having attended college—it was not at the top of her mind.

However, she saw an announcement about Waubonsee’s Dunham Fund QuickPath Degree Program and was intrigued. She looked into it, applied, was accepted and is now the first person in her family to graduate from college; and she did so with a 4.0 GPA.

As part of Waubonsee’s 50th anniversary celebration in 2016-17, and as part of our strategic transformational plan, we are seeking to more vigorously re-envision our alumni program.