{"id":110268,"date":"2022-11-27T00:32:27","date_gmt":"2022-11-27T05:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=110268"},"modified":"2023-11-18T22:43:34","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T03:43:34","slug":"student-success-from-dropout-to-deans-list-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=110268","title":{"rendered":"Student Success: From Dropout to Dean&#8217;s List"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>February 24, 2015<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lindsey Grice\" class=\"AlignImageLeft\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/9c795ba5c66cc78d097919f6fa6d339blindsey-grice-large-2.jpeg\" width=\"300\" \/>How do you transform a two-time college dropout into a Dean&#8217;s List student?<\/p>\n<p>Give her a bridge and a foundation. Walk her over and shore it up.<\/p>\n<p>In 1998 <strong>Lindsey Grice<\/strong> enrolled at NMC, fresh out of Traverse City Central High School and mother to a newborn daughter. It didn&#8217;t go well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just failed miserably. It wasn&#8217;t something I knew about. I had a full course load and a little baby and it was too much,&#8221; Grice said.<\/p>\n<p>She tried again a decade later. By 2008 she was a mother to three, including a son with intensive mental health needs. Grice had to take six credits and earn a 2.0 in order to keep her financial aid. Her attendance was spotty due to her son&#8217;s care giving demands, and she did well in one class but not the other. She lost her financial aid and dropped out a second time.<\/p>\n<p>Fast-forward to 2014. A friend told Grice, now 34, about NMC&#8217;s Bridge program. Created for nontraditional students attending college for the first time or returning after past attempts, Bridge endeavors to lay a foundation for student success. Just last year, the program was redesigned so that what were formerly preparatory classes are now for-credit. Significantly, that makes Bridge students eligible for financial aid.<\/p>\n<h2>Coordinating Student Success<\/h2>\n<p>NMC Student Success Coordinator <strong>Ashley Darga<\/strong> walked Grice through the process of petitioning to reinstate her financial aid. Regulations have changed to favor students like Grice, Darga said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was able to get my Pell grant to be able to take classes this fall,&#8221; Grice said. Her foundation steadied.<\/p>\n<p>Almost simultaneously her son Brandon, now 15, entered a residential school, further firming her foundation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve taken care of him completely. Now he&#8217;s receiving help out of the home (and) he&#8217;s doing really well,&#8221; Grice said. &#8220;I&#8217;m able to focus on my studies instead of spending every waking moment worrying about him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Finally, her daughter Ashley&#8212;the newborn during Grice&#8217;s first college stint&#8212;now 16 and a high school junior, threw down the gauntlet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She kind of challenged me,&#8221; Grice said. &#8220;My oldest daughter is getting ready to graduate, and she had mentioned to me that I should go back and get back my classes before she does.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That challenge completed the foundation underpinning Grice&#8217;s turnaround. Bridge students take nine credits (five classes) their first semester. Grice earned a 4.0 and made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/about\/awards-recognition\/deans-list.html\">the dean&#8217;s list<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think I was really determined this time,&#8221; she said, citing one class, Academic Study Methods, as a key.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve learned what things I can utilize through the school. I know there&#8217;s tutoring, I know there&#8217;s all that stuff, but actually using it I feel more confident.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Transforming students to active participants<\/h2>\n<p>Instructor <strong>Shannon Owen<\/strong> said transforming students from passive to active participants in their education is another crucial piece of college success.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They have to advocate for their own needs. We don&#8217;t know they&#8217;re struggling or that they don&#8217;t understand concepts,&#8221; Owen said.<\/p>\n<p>Grice started out strong and only improved over the semester, turning in assignments early, Owen said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She&#8217;s got such motivation and heart. It&#8217;s great to see students succeed and watch that happen throughout the semester.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Grice&#8217;s long-term aim is a business management degree. More immediately, she&#8217;s focused on next semester&#8217;s classes, especially English 111. It will be the fourth time she&#8217;s attempted the class. This time she&#8217;ll have a study partner: daughter Ashley, registered in the same course as a dual-enrolled student.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s hard for me (but) I am ready for it,&#8221; Grice said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 24, 2015 How do you transform a two-time college dropout into a Dean&#8217;s List student? Give her a bridge and a foundation. 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