#wrightcollege

[omegawolf19]

So yeah, my second semester actually was pretty good, had a lot of great memories, so many in fact that I’ll probably just post the other pictures I wanted to use on my spam account since I couldn’t fit them all in one post, but hey, that’s the price of friendship 😂 much love to everyone at Stage Wright! 😁✌🏻❤️😊 #theater #theatre #wrightcollege #stagewright #performanceart #actorslife #actorsunite

[citycollegeschicago]

As Kristine Romich tells it, year and a half ago she was unemployed and felt she had little prospect for a meaningful future, but after discovering she could continue her education at a reasonable cost through City Colleges of Chicago, she has, in her words, transformed her life. 

Kristine enrolled at Harold Washington in the summer of 2015 after deciding to make a career change.  She already had a bachelor’s degree in the liberal arts and had spent some time moving between jobs after dropping out of a master’s program in social psychology.  For a while, she was out of work.  What started as a quest for an employable STEM degree led to the rediscovery of a lifelong fascination with the study of the universe.  She realized that what she wanted was to be an astrophysicist.

Last summer, she completed an R.E.U. (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) internship in neutrino astrophysics at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.  Along with two other undergraduates, she spent 10 weeks analyzing data from the South Pole’s IceCube neutrino detector, the largest neutrino detector in the world. At the end of the summer, she and her colleagues were nominated to present their findings last October at the National Science Foundation headquarters as part of the Council on Undergraduate Research’s annual R.E.U. Symposium.  

Kristine is currently enrolled in independent research in physics courses at Wilbur Wright College, working with Professor Andrew Kruger, and has spent the semester analyzing the gravitational influence of the sun using low cost electronics in a project called “Do-it-Yourself Astrophysics.” She presented her poster at the Quadrennial Physic Congress held by the Sigma Pi Sigma Physics Honor Society and the American Institute of Physics in San Francisco.

Kristine is also the vice president of the Harold Washington College STEM Club and a recipient of the NSF STEM Scholarship.

[citycollegeschicago]

Kremena Dokliev had a steep learning curve when she immigrated to America from Bulgaria. Not knowing English, her friend recommended the free ESL courses offered at nearby Wright College. Being a quick learner, Kremena’s teacher motivated her to enroll in classes as a full-time student once she completed her ESL training. Two years later, Kremena graduated from Wright College with honors with an associate degree in engineering science.

Kremena credits her engineering instructors for pushing her to want more than an associate degree. With their motivation, Kremena applied and was accepted to the civil engineering program at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Kremena’s hard work paid off when she was awarded IIT’s Presidential Scholarship, an award created for high-achieving IIT students that can provide up to $25,000 in tuition benefits.

Thanks to Kremena’s connections among Wright College faculty, who she credits for being a large part of her academic success, she was recommended for a summer internship with a leading structural engineering firm in Chicago. When her IIT classes started this fall, the firm chose to retain her as a part-time employee. She’s thankful to work at such a great place, but she is focusing on maintaining her high GPA while also holding leadership positions in two of the engineering clubs on campus.

[iamclaritylove]

Grateful....

2:16PM It's time. To take a trip.........back to the west coast.  With Jeffrey.  My giraffe♡°.  ✧˖ °In a spaceship.✧˖ ° He loves me there.

Yesterday I said, "It is the small day to day things that get me through Life like little doggies that sniff past me, the little boy behind me who clapped his hands when I said, "Yay!" to the cashier who gave me a discount, the elderly couple who stood in front of Old Town..."

Proof that I don't hate everything.  All the time...(lol)