Success Stories
Bilan, who began her nursing career by earning her licensed practical nurse certification
after high school, worked in the nursing field for 10 years before leaving the workforce
to raise her sons. When her older son left for college, she wanted to return to nursing.
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When Jodi Mansfield decided to go back to school, she was worried that she had been away for too long. Read More...
For one adult learner, choosing Clarion Online was a way to further his education while serving his country as a Marine. Read More...
For James Goertel and Corey Santoriello, it's all about building meaningful lives and successful families, backed with a solid career foundation. With help from the online M.S. in Mass Media Arts and Journalism (MMAJ) Program at Clarion University, both men have attained it all. Read More...
Nicole Chatelain recently had the opportunity to meet people from Italy, Norway, the Middle East and all across the United States, including Hawaii, without leaving her native New Orleans. Read More...
Earning a graduate degree online was not the way Diane Appelt (’12) had planned to get her Master of Science in Library Science. It turned out to be the best decision she could have made, both personally and professionally. Read More...
If education equals empowerment, then Phyllis Griffin and Audrey Smith are two powerful women indeed. Both have been
working toward their online Bachelor of Science in Liberal Studies degrees at Clarion
University with concentrations in Women and Gender Studies.Women Gain Online Empowerment
Through Clarion University Program. Read More...
Former Clarion basketball player Chris Boone joined the military, then returned after
15 years to complete his bachelor's degree. Thanks to the university's Virtual Campus,
Chris was able to take one or two courses online each semester from anywhere in the
world until he crossed the finish line to graduation. Read More...
Clarion University Students go Online for Master's Degrees and New Career Avenues
with Mass Media Arts and Journalism Program: "I ask myself, 'When will school come
to me today?'" Read More...
Clarion's Part-Time Online MBA is a 33-credit, non-thesis program designed for busy adults who cannot travel to campus due to distance, job commitments or family responsibilities. Students can complete coursework from any location with an Internet connection, without ever having to come to campus. Read More...
For Paula Scalise and Dawn Linn, it's all about personal energy and faith. Personal energy to return to college as adults, to hold down jobs and hold together their families while finishing college degrees. Faith to know that graduation and career success is just around the corner. Read More...
Take one look at Jessica Krug's average work week, and you'll ask yourself, "How in the world does she fit it all in?" Ask Jessica, and the answer is simple. It's a mix of strong personal energy, a passion for education and a boost from online coursework at Clarion University. Read More...
Barbara Gorski received her Master of Science in Library Science degree from Clarion
University on May 10th, 2014. It was the first time that she had actually set foot on campus. Her visual
impairment has not gotten in the way of her successful completion of three academic
degrees in the pursuit of a career as a librarian. Read More...
Melissa Bartels a Clarion Online graduate student. My life is very busy. I'm a 40-plus-year-old,
who has been married for 15 years, raising two young children, holding a part-time
job and completing a lot of volunteering. I knew that I needed to go back to school
so that I could get back into the teaching field, but was not sure how I was going
to make that happen. Read more...
When Julie Edholm sits down to work as a metadata cataloger for the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, she describes and assigns subject headings to items in the Winchester Repeating Arms collection and Winchester Publication collection at the Cody Firearms Museum, Cody, Wyoming. She was offered a job with the Buffalo Bill Center after completing an internship there, part of her coursework in the online Master of Science in Library Science program at Clarion University. Read more...
Linda Christian is a veteran and mother of four, Linda Christian returned to school and earned her MSLS in 2012 through our distance-learning program. Recognizing a deficit in library services in the rural mountain regions of her home state, Linda was inspired by Clarion's Dr. Bernard Vavrek and the Center for the Study of Rural Librarianship to direct her Master's level research toward sociological factors affecting librarianship in rural America. Read more...
Terri Gallagher is a recipient of the 2018 I Love My Librarian Award. "I absolutely
relish sleuthing out information and love, love, love to help people. That is librarianship
in a nutshell. I am blessed to be part of this vocation! I was a member of a Laura
Bush Scholars cohort at Clarion. As a requirement for our M.S.L.S. study, we were
required to understand and produce research and publish in a journal." Read more...
Megan Moore was a distant learner. "I flourished in the field of sonography and I
had a desire to make a positive impact on those I encountered within the radiology
department. I began by taking on the role of clinical liaison for sonography students.
To me, it was a very rewarding experience to watch students gain knowledge and apply
what you have taught them for entry-level positions." Read more...