Great Oaks grads success stories
Harry Snyder - Contributing columnist
In the past 50 years, tens of thousands of young men and women have completed their career-technical education and begun working, making their families stronger and our communities more successful.
We regularly hear the stories of unique and successful graduates of Great Oaks programs, and with over 50,000 alumni, no doubt you know or are a successful graduate.
For instance, Jenny Sena is a West Point graduate with a distinguished military career and then a second career in business. At 57, though, she decided to begin a third career and attended the Great Oaks Police Academy. She is preparing to serve our community as a peace officer.
Great Oaks Police Academy grad blazes trails
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At 57, Jenny Sena is the oldest graduate in the history of the Great Oaks Career Campuses Police Academy. It’s just one more milestone, though, for someone who has been breaking new ground her whole life.
She graduated early from high school and began college at the University of Wisconsin as a 17-year-old. One semester was enough at that point, and on her 18th birthday she enlisted in the military, where she had a plan. “I knew that I wanted to be an officer but wanted to learn the ropes first. We were always told not to volunteer for anything, but I volunteered for everything.”