According to Ricotta, students can enroll in a degree program at the DuBois campus and take some of their courses in St. Marys, if they choose. Some of our local students take courses a few days a week in St. Marys and a few days in DuBois. It cuts down on the distance they have to travel, she said. And, she adds, in the summer area college students home on break find it s convenient to take a course or two in St. Marys. On the horizon for St. Marys are even more certificate programs in business and manufacturing, and possibly a second MBA program.
Ricotta hopes to launch a second cohort soon.
After being on the job a full year, Lukehart said she s seen a real change in the students she s helped over the past 12 months. Some of our students are close to completing their certificates and others are making progress towards their degrees, and it s amazing to see how they ve changed in just a year, said Lukehart. They talk differently, and even walk differently. They re much more confident and sure about themselves. It s very rewarding to see how they ve grown, both personally and professionally.