{"id":1853,"date":"2015-04-20T11:31:03","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T16:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/?p=1853"},"modified":"2015-04-21T09:14:26","modified_gmt":"2015-04-21T14:14:26","slug":"podcasts-with-march-2015-flexpath-graduates-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/podcasts-with-march-2015-flexpath-graduates-2\/","title":{"rendered":"In Their Own Words: Graduates Talk FlexPath [podcasts]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Capella University recently graduated one of the first classes of FlexPath students, and their stories bring a new light to the model\u2014first-hand experience with measurable results.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a title=\"Set Your Own Pace with FlexPath\" href=\"http:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/set-your-pace-with-flexpath\/\">FlexPath<\/a> is a competency-based education direct assessment model, giving adult students a self-paced degree program option. It\u2019s a model ideally suited to working adults who want or need to earn a degree while juggling the rest of their lives (jobs, families, activities, you name it). <\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1854\"  class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/04\/DSC2146-M.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1854 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/04\/DSC2146-M.jpg\" alt=\"March 2015 FlexPath graduates\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/04\/DSC2146-M.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/04\/DSC2146-M-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 639px) 98vw, (max-width: 1199px) 64vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left to right: Tracy Dudley, John Scafide, Jacob Sullivan, Rhiannon Paradise, and Tapitha Jamison.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s one thing to say what FlexPath is in theory; it\u2019s quite another to hear what it\u2019s actually like from those who\u2019ve experienced it. Four 2015 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capella.edu\/online-degrees\/bachelors-business-administration\/\">BS in Business Administration<\/a> graduates talked with Mike Buttry, Capella\u2019s vice president for public affairs and communications, about why they chose FlexPath and why it was a good fit for them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A traditional university and program just didn\u2019t work for <strong>Jacob Sullivan<\/strong>. What did? The flexibility of FlexPath, with learning he could apply immediately and directly in his job.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">[powerpress url=&#8221;http:\/\/video.capellavideo.com\/nonCourse\/Education%20Matters%20Podcasts\/UniversityBlog\/EducationMatters_9_Univ-blog_sullivan.mp3&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/media.capella.edu\/NonCourseMedia\/Education%20Matters%20Podcast\/University%20Blog\/EducationMatters_9_Univ_blog_transcript.html\" target=\"_blank\">transcript<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tracy Dudley<\/strong> had years of work experience under her belt, but felt professionally incomplete without a degree. FlexPath fit her schedule, and the support she received helped her achieve her goals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">[powerpress url=&#8221;http:\/\/video.capellavideo.com\/nonCourse\/Education%20Matters%20Podcasts\/UniversityBlog\/EducationMatters_8_Univ-blog_Dudley.mp3&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/media.capella.edu\/NonCourseMedia\/Education%20Matters%20Podcast\/University%20Blog\/EducationMatters_8_Univ_blog_transcript.html\" target=\"_blank\">transcript <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It took <strong>John Scafide<\/strong> 12 years to get his bachelor\u2019s degree; he\u2019s using the momentum and enthusiasm he gained through FlexPath to now get his MBA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">[powerpress url=&#8221;http:\/\/video.capellavideo.com\/nonCourse\/Education%20Matters%20Podcasts\/UniversityBlog\/EducationMatters_6_Univ_blog_scafidi.mp3&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/media.capella.edu\/NonCourseMedia\/Education%20Matters%20Podcast\/University%20Blog\/EducationMatters_6_Univ_blog_transcript.html\" target=\"_blank\">transcript<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tapitha Jamison <\/strong>got her GED at 39. Then she got her associate\u2019s degree. And then, she found Capella. Eighteen months later, she\u2019s the first person in her family to earn a bachelor\u2019s degree.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">[powerpress url=&#8221;http:\/\/video.capellavideo.com\/nonCourse\/Education%20Matters%20Podcasts\/UniversityBlog\/EducationMatters_5_Univ-blog_jamison.mp3&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/media.capella.edu\/NonCourseMedia\/Education%20Matters%20Podcast\/University%20Blog\/EducationMatters_5_Univ_blog_transcript.html\" target=\"_blank\">transcript<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These and other podcasts can be found on <a href=\"http:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/educationmatters\/\" target=\"_blank\">Education Matters<\/a>, a Capella blog that highlights education news and issues.<\/p>\n<p><em>Learn more about <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capella.edu\/flexpath-self-paced-learning\/\"><em>FlexPath<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>This post is part of a FlexPath Graduates series. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four 2015 FlexPath graduates talk about why they chose to pursue a self-paced style of learning and why it worked for them. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":1905,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[67,53,62],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1853"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1853"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1858,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1853\/revisions\/1858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}