Channel Surfing
After several false starts, Abu Kahn clicked on the right program that he uses as a tool for continued success in business and community leadership. Telecommunications executive Abu Khan changed colleges like some people change channels. After graduating from high school in Alexandria, Va., he enrolled at Savannah College of Art and Design. Realizing he […]
Morning Joe
At the IHOP franchise in Kingsland, Ga., it is always morning – considering that you can get breakfast and hot coffee anytime during the day. And operator Roger Joe, an M.B.A. candidate at Brenau says his education not only is helping him learn things use in his business now but also helps him keep a […]
Getting Real
Charlene Wilkerson updated her own skills when she came out of retirement to teach at Brenau so she can help her students apply their real-world experience to new world education. Dr. Charlene Wilkerson is accustomed to some of her students asking if they must type their papers. She lets them down gently. “A few want […]
Back on the Bike
Nontraditional student Darren Johnson spent more than a decade figuring out what he really needed to do to help kids who were not as fortunate. Growing up in Augusta, Ga., Darren Johnson had no shortage of positive male role models – his own dad, teachers, and other community members. Always some near him helped guide […]
Not Just a Cog in a Machine
For nontraditional students like Chris Davis, tuning up their educations becomes a life of commitment and balance. For the past four years, Chris Davis tinkers with the insides of classrooms from opposite perspectives. By day, he teaches traditional students at Augusta Technical College, where he is an automotive technology instructor. By night, Davis, 32, is […]
Long Story Short
If you think potty training a toddler is not a road block to completing your education, you are probably a man. However, Rosanne Short knows first-hand that minor distractions become major in the world of nontraditional students. Roseanne Chastain Short enrolled as a freshman at Brenau Women’s College in the 1981-82 academic year. That summer, […]
Means to an End
What many an actor in motion pictures and television will tell you is that what they always wanted to do in their careers was direct. For John Means, who managed motion picture and television program rights and other legal matters for one of the largest entertainment companies in the world, what he always wanted to […]
Getting a Life
Brenau’s North Atlanta/Norcross campus manager knows the needs of nontraditional students because she is one of them – working on a master’s degree in occupational therapy. Yarden Hixon was born to be an occupational therapist. Currently Hixon is enrolled in the graduate occupational therapy program at Brenau’s North Atlanta/Norcross campus. However, she also has a […]
Taking Control
Jack Hillis knew one day that he would have to deal with life and career after his service as a U.S. Navy submariner. He saw extending his education at Brenau with an M.B.A. in project management as a way to navigate the uncertain waters of civilian life. For U.S. Navy submariner Jack Hillis, there was […]
Stand Out
If you are a rather tall black male in the Middle East or northern Europe, you will be noticed. 2013 Brenau business graduate Chris Carpenter brought a world of experience to his undergraduate studies at Brenau. Christopher Maurice Carpenter, 43, took a bit of detour on the way to the Fairburn campus by playing […]
