{"id":2964,"date":"2015-10-20T11:00:55","date_gmt":"2015-10-20T16:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/?p=2964"},"modified":"2015-11-30T10:03:55","modified_gmt":"2015-11-30T16:03:55","slug":"capella-support-services-in-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/capella-support-services-in-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Capella Support Services in Action [image]"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s one thing to talk about <\/em>Capella University\u2019s support services<\/em><\/a>\u2014it\u2019s quite another to see it in action. <\/em>FlexPath<\/em><\/a> BS alumni and current MBA student Tapitha Jamison is just one recipient of the comprehensive support students receive at Capella. Here\u2019s her story, and a glimpse at who helped her and how.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Tapitha\u2019s Story<\/h4>\n

Tapitha was a teen mother who dropped out of high school at 16. Although she always had intentions on going back to get her degree, she joined the workforce so she could generate a steady income. Her education was forced on hold. Her job provided enough income to take care of her family, until the company she was working at eliminated her position. She found herself looking for another job and came to the realization that she needed a high school education to find a decent one.<\/p>\n

Tapitha studied for 9 months and passed her GED exam on her first attempt. She enrolled in a local community college to pursue an associate\u2019s degree as a paralegal, but she soon realized that was not enough for her.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI did not want to stop there. I knew if I stopped to get my associate\u2019s degree, it was going to be enough for me to say \u2018Hey, I think I can re-enter the work force with a clerk job.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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Tapitha decided that as a working mother, earning her bachelor\u2019s degree was going to be most attainable by attending an online institution. She ended up going through five <\/strong>other online institutions before she found what she was looking for at Capella.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNumerous people played a part in my success at Capella. Right from the initial interviewer to the FlexPath advisor; everyone was focused on the single goal that I was looking to accomplish.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Tapitha finished her BS in Business Administration<\/a> in 18 months, making her the first and only member of her family to have a college degree. She currently works as an executive assistant for two senior managers. Tapitha is in Capella\u2019s MBA in Business Administration<\/a> program and intends to keep going until she has her doctorate. Her daughter was so amazed and inspired by her mother\u2019s story that she\u2019s now only 12 credits away from completing her bachelor\u2019s at Capella.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI found myself starting this journey not even having the confidence that I could do it. To go from that to being an inspiration for not only my daughter, but to other young women, and to give them confidence that they can succeed, is one of my life\u2019s greatest achievements.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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(Part of) Tapitha\u2019s Capella Support System<\/h4>\n

Meet some of the Capella support staff that helped Tapitha reach her goals.<\/p>\n

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Hear Tapitha\u2019s story in her own words<\/em><\/a>, and l<\/em>earn more about <\/em>Capella\u2019s support services<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Going back to school is similar to many other challenges in life\u2014it\u2019s better if you don\u2019t have to go it alone. See how Capella University\u2019s support services worked together for one graduate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":3147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":[],"categories":[24],"tags":[53,26],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2964"}],"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=2964"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3419,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2964\/revisions\/3419"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}