A guest post from Lorraine Casey, Continuing Studies' student.
I had the unique opportunity to attend university, in that
my mother had signed over her Residential School Education Credits to me. She
was genuinely happy and excited for me in my endeavours as I was the only one
in my family who had not received any post-secondary education.
I have absolutely loved attending Royal Roads
University.
What a great site – it even
has a castle for heavens sakes (!!!), scenery galore, beautiful gardens, a little
waterfall, waterfront property one can sit at and enjoy one's lunch, and of
course those beautiful peacocks.
Prior
to enrolling at Royal Roads, I had checked online courses offered at UVic and
Camosun, but found navigating their websites confusing and frustrating. I was
so happy to find a Royal Roads University Continuing Studies catalogue at the library (a hard copy!), easy to follow, every bit of information I needed was
right there, and that is what sold me on RRU.
Once enrolled, I found the staff so very helpful, cheerful with a
genuine caring attitude.
One could just
feel the positive energy here.
My goal had been to obtain a Professional and Applied
Communication Skills Certificate, for which I required eight courses.
I had the first five classes with no
problems, but then because of low enrolment, several of my classes had been
cancelled and a couple re-scheduled; and I was getting concerned that I'd only
get seven of the eight courses I needed. But with continued assistance from
Tess Wixted and from Dr. Hilary Leighton, I was very excited to reach my goal!
May 26
th was both an exciting and
a sad day for me – exciting because I reached my goal and obtained my
Communications Certificate, and sad because my course was complete and it would
be my last day RRU.
I have had the best time – a definite High point in my life.
Thank you Mom, Tess and Hilary! :)
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