欢迎来到2023届. We are happy that you have decided to complete your academic journey with us by obtaining your bachelor’s in Business Administration (BBA). This quarter the Business department welcomes 阿曼达·戴维斯, 凯尔西·丹尼·施瓦茨, 阿比盖尔设, Salli弗兰纳里, Rashawn阿姆斯特朗, 劳拉Segrist, and 瑞秋默克尔 back from recently obtaining their Associate of Applied Science in Business. This cohort began when several of the Associate in Business grads met at graduation and decided to continue on together.
Earning a bachelor’s degree is simple once you have obtained your associate degree. Beckfield大学 offers a two-year AABSA program that is completely online. The BBA is one of the few degrees offered at Beckfield, where you can take two years of the program and fully transfer it into the BBA程序. Earning a bachelor’s degree allows you to work for fortune five hundred companies, 从事管理工作, 非营利组织, 业务分析师, 还有更多.
Each one of the students in this cohort has a unique story that brought them back to complete the second half of their degree. Check out below their personal journey to getting to where they are now!
阿曼达·戴维斯
I am back to obtain my bachelor’s degree after graduating from Beckfield in 2012. I have not been in 学校 in 10 years, so this is a culture shock. I am a mother to 5, a wife, and I work full time for a Bank. My job is quite demanding, and I travel one week a month out of state for onsite visits. Balancing work, home, and my education are pretty difficult; however, anything worth achieving is. 除了工作, 学校, 和家人, I also assist local groups with financial education and am on the board of a for-profit company based in Cincinnati, 俄亥俄州. I decided to pursue my degree after a decade to fulfill my promise. I am blessed in life and in my career. The decision to come back was to complete something I started long ago.
Kelcie施瓦茨
My experience with the associate program was wonderful! The professors at Beckfield truly have your success as their top priority. There have been instances where professors have worked with me to help me get through a tough semester when I fell behind. I knew I wanted to get my bachelor’s eventually, but a part of me thought about taking a break in between degrees. Dr. Okere reached out to me (she is amazing) and told me about a scholarship program and how having my bachelor’s would open up many doors for me. I am very happy with my decision to stay in 学校, even though work/学校 balance is difficult. Staying organized and making sure I batch time for 学校 is critical.
阿比盖尔设
The associate’s program at Beckfield has been amazing for me. I applied back in December of 2019 and started in January 2020 and graduated in December of 2021. 时间过得真快. The part that made me nervous going in was that I was entirely online. After a few semesters of trying it out, I enjoyed it. My professors were available at my fingertips, and they were always very understanding about life happening. All they asked for was communication.
I decided to come back because I didn’t feel I was done learning. After hearing the speaker at our graduation, she told us that your whole life is full of education, and you are never too old to learn. I had the opportunity to get financial aid to cover my education, 这是另一个加分项. I am working a full-time position at DMG remotely. I am able to stay at home for work and 学校. 有时, it can be hard to separate work, 学校, and home life even though they are all in the exact location.
尽管如此, the people I surround myself with allow me to keep going. I am so excited to see what the future has in store for me at Beckfield. I am in my first semester, and my journey to obtain my bachelor’s is excellent so far!
瑞秋默克尔
When I was attending Beckfield college; to obtain my associate’s degree, I learned a lot of information that will help me along the way. I learned about creating spreadsheets, 用excel, the history behind the business, and what it takes to become a successful business owner. I also learned what responsibilities come with being part of the management team of a big corporation and its companies. I learned many helpful tools that I can see myself applying to my life in the future.
I chose to come back to Beckfield to learn even more information. 也, when it comes to having a job that I love versus a job that I am just ok with, I feel that having a bachelor’s degree will help me accomplish that. With an associate’s, there are plenty of companies that will hire me, yes. 然而, if I go in with my bachelor’s degree there are way more companies that will offer me the type of position I am looking for. An associate’s degree is a great accomplishment. I could not have been prouder of myself for earning it. 然而, a bachelor’s degree opens up my opportunities and allows me to show how invested I am in this field. 目前，我没有工作. I was working the entire time I was in 学校 during my associates. Right now, I have been focusing on my family and my 学校 work. When the right job opportunity arises, I will go back to work.
I managed my time by designating off days to my 学校 work when I worked. At times, I struggled with sticking with that plan because things would come up, life would happen. 仍然, that was the best way for me to make time for my 学校 work, in between raising my family and going to work. I take my education very seriously and I plan to do my best so that I can become the person I want to be when it is all said and done.
Rashawn阿姆斯特朗
I am so excited to be back to complete the Bachelor’s program! In the beginning, it was tough to complete the associate’s program. I was going through a lot, and it took me a lot longer to get done, but I did it. The instructors were/are so great! I came back to get my bachelor’s because I always want more in life. I also was offered a chance at a scholarship, and I could not pass that by.
I am currently working at Meadowbrook Care Center as a Nutrition Aide. I would like to start my own business, and I am working on how to go about starting. I am also a mother of four, and juggling everything can be overwhelming and stressful. 尽管如此, when you love something or someone so much, you’ll do whatever it takes to get the job done. I am glad I chose Beckfield and further my education.
劳拉Segrist
I enjoyed taking classes while earning my Associate’s Degree. One class that I enjoyed was Integrated Business Simulations, in this course we were tasked with using a business simulation to make a profit for an organization utilizing all departments that make up a business. It was a challenge to complete while having the distraction of my children, but that made it better. 我喜欢迎接挑战, 而现在, I do not have many of those that are not related to being a mom.
I decided to come back and work towards a bachelor’s degree to gain more experience to help find a suitable position within a company. I wanted to start on my Bachelor’s right away after finishing my associate’s. I am a full-time mom and run a daycare full-time as well. I hope that I can move forward with a company and get away from doing daycare with this degree.
Salli弗兰纳里
While obtaining my associate’s degree with Beckfield I found the instructors to be very accommodating to my business schedule. I attended classes online only which had flexible schedules and allowed me to be in contact with the instructor easily.
I started working at Citibank 13 years ago, 19岁的时候, and Beckfield at that time but life, 像往常一样, took me down a different road and I became a mother. At that time, I decided to focus on working and moving up within the business, which I did. 27岁的时候, I was a senior officer at the bank and was able to advance as far as I could without a degree. My goal when returning to 学校 was to get my Bachelor’s, after obtaining my associate’s degree and having such a positive experience it was a natural choice to return to Beckfield.
If you are interested in pursuing an 商科副学士 and interested in going to 学校 online, then Beckfield大学 may be a great place for you! Give us a call at 859-731-9393 or send an email to info@beckfieled.edu to request more information.