BGSU Honors student Nikhita Jacob, an Alumni Laureate Scholar, has sights set on optometry career after experiences as a biology major and soccer player.
Tiffany Askew is graduating from BGSU with a Master of Health Services Administration that has prepared her for a career in a rapidly changing health care field.
Ian Kennedy will join the robotics workforce after graduating from BGSU. The mechatronics engineering technology major demonstrated robotics for the Ohio governor.
Class of 2020 Success Stories: MACIE program enhances Iraqi student s leadership skills as a cross-cultural education scholar
By Bob Cunningham ’18
Shadan Albakua’s life was forever changed in June 2014 when the city of Mosul fell to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) insurgents.
More than 500,000 Iraqi civilians became displaced because of the violence, including Albakua and her family.
“We lost our sense of belonging and, after that, we became a different family,” she said. “After 2014, every family in Mosul City lost one of their family members either when traveling outside of the country or killed during the attacks.
“It was a traumatic experience to be away from my hometown and friends. One of the sad moments was when I graduated from college without any of my friends, and most of them were in the city of Mosul. We moved to a small home, and we spent a lot of money paying rent and buying new housing stuff. In the meantime, my family had lost a lot of ou
Class of 2020 Success Stories: BGSU celebrates milestone of RN to BSN program
Ashley Adams
By Bob Cunningham ’18
Bowling Green State University marked a milestone on Dec. 12 when its first cohort from the RN to BSN program graduated.
Ashley Adams, who has been a nurse for six years, was one of 19 students in the first cohort. Adams grew up in nearby Helena, Ohio, and graduated from Gibsonburg High School. She said she couldn’t be happier with her experience in the program.
“I chose BGSU not only because it is a local school, but it also offered what I needed,” said Adams, who works at a long-term care facility in Fostoria. “Everyone was very easy to work with in regard to getting me registered and I was able to start almost immediately. The program is flexible, which helped fit my needs while working and raising a family.