Helping students remove barriers
Those in education talk a lot about barriers and finding ways around them to improve life circumstances through education.
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NIC machine technology student looks ahead
Kelsey Park has never been much of a "girly girl." She spent most of her childhood years tinkering with things, taking objects apart and figuring out how to put them back together again and she felt right at home at the hardware store.
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Finishing what she started
While others were living out their high school years attending prom and going to homecoming football games, Shannon Derby was just struggling to fit in.
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Life's Story
It's not unusual for Sue Hill Crowley's students to cry in class. Yet, the North Idaho College instructor thinks that she is the luckiest teacher in the world. She learns as much from her students as they do from her, and her classroom is filled with storytellers and budding writers …
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Dual deed
When listening to Samantha Jernstrom's story, it's hard to believe that she once had no future. Now the outspoken 17-year-old is working toward a high school diploma and a degree from North Idaho College simultaneously while working two jobs to help with the costs of her dual credit classes.
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Making soap from goat's milk
As a veterinary nurse for eight years, Allison Spacek always felt most at home when she was among animals. But it was at home when it seemed she missed them the most.
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