In 2002 I decided to go back to school to get my Bachelor Of Science (BS). I went to ITT Technical Institute because they had a local campus that was close enough to where I worked that I could go to classes and still keep my job. I had tried to go back to school several times before, but was not successful. I could never manage to attend classes on a regular basis due to my job and the “on-call” schedule. The school was good for me. ITT Tech was the only school willing to work with my schedule. If I got called from work they would let me make the class up. I think you get out of school what you put into it. I put a lot of work into my education so it worked out great for me.
I graduated with an A.S. in Information Technology in 2004. I stayed in school for the next two years and graduated with a B.S. in Information Systems Security in 2006.
Working full time and going to school full time was really hard. I never missed a day of class or a day of work the entire four years and graduated with a 3.8 GPA. I was asked to be the student speaker at both of my ITT Tech graduations. I graduated with highest honors with both degrees. I was also inducted into the National Technical Honor Society for my grades and leadership.