![]() LDSBC also offers a need-based scholarship to students who have come across especially difficult financial circumstances in their lives, according to Esplin. “There are missionaries as well as student tutors that would be there to help me, and they were happy to help with whatever I needed.” “In between classes, I’d go get help on my accounting homework, which saved me,” Adams said. “I think a lot of my teachers here, I became more a friend than just a student.”īrindy Adams, an LDSBC accounting student and single mother of four, said the thing that has helped her most at the business college is the tutoring lab she has been able to visit when she has questions about what she is learning in her classes. “ conversations make me open my mind-my vision-and plan my future in a better way,” Baretta said. LDSBC finance student Nilson Baretta said as both a single father of three and international student from Brazil, staying close to his teachers and asking them for advice has been a great resource to him despite the challenges he has faced. Gibbs said receiving the LeGrand Richards Service Scholarship for returned missionaries opened up the way for him to be able to attend school after his mission. ![]() LDSBC entrepreneurship student Tyler Gibbs, right, stands with his mission companion David Pigott, left, and mission president, Mark Mortensen, while serving as a full-time Spanish-speaking LDS missionary in the Houston Texas Mission in May 2016. Minnick said the religion classes at the business college are what helped her the most as a single-parent student. LDSBC social media marketing alumna Crystal Minnick takes a photo with her 6-year-old son, Gaige, outside LDS Business College following her graduation ceremony in April. Langford said receiving the Stella Harris Oaks Horizon of Hope for Single Parents Scholarship has made her education more meaningful and given her confidence knowing the donors to the scholarship believe in her. LDSBC paralegal student Kendra Langford takes a photo with her three children in December 2015. Hatch said LDSBC has helped him overcome the challenges of being a single parent. LDSBC business student Sean Hatch, center left, stands with his children, Brody, Miranda, and Gabriel, at Salt Lake Temple Square following his graduation ceremony this April. “It’s helped me learn more about the gospel to build up my testimony, to have faith in myself knowing who I am, to grow in my potential,” Minnick said. She said the gospel-centered environment at LDSBC brought balance to her life and kept her moving forward during hard times. LDSBC social media marketing alumna and single parent Crystal Minnick said the religion classes at the business college were the greatest help to her as a single-parent student. “That’s helped me personally, just having confidence in myself that I can do this and I can succeed.” “It means a lot that someone believes in me that much,” Langford said. Paralegal LDSBC student and single mother of three Kendra Langford said receiving this scholarship has made her education more meaningful, as she knows people donated their money to support her through school. “The business college saw that we have short programs that people can come and complete, and so we wanted to be able to incentivize to come and take away some of the barriers that would be there,” Esplin said. This award covers single parent students’ tuition and books until they graduate or their youngest child turns 18. ![]() ![]() Making higher education a reality for single parentsĪn LDSBC resource that has been helping single parent students for more than 15 years is the Stella Harris Oaks Horizon of Hope for Single Parents Scholarship, according to Tanner Esplin, LDSBC director of compliance. “I’ve seen single parents come in with the stresses of life and leave with such a happy, inspiring, knowing what they’ve done and have achieved,” Hatch said. LDSBC has several resources in place to help students facing challenging personal circumstances. “As a single parent, I’ve gone through so much-I’m still going through it-and I know by doing what I’m doing, … I’m leading my children by example,” Hatch said. Sean Hatch, a business student at LDS Business College and single father of three, said LDSBC has helped him overcome the challenges of being a single parent. Read more about LDSBC’s scholarships here.Education Moment: Christ Is Foundation of Learning at LDS Business College.
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