Graduate Stories

"The anatomy course was really hard, and our instructor, Harminder Mathur, was tough. One day I felt so defeated, I planned on not showing up the next day,”"

"Holding back tears, Montana Shermann took a deep breath and paused for a moment. Sorry, I haven’t talked about them for a while. She pulled herself to the present and continued, I was close with my..."

"Becoming a doctor is an extraordinary achievement. It requires years of rigorous education, practice, and discipline. But Dr. Adriana Garcia sacrificed this title to start over and provide a better fu..."

"I didn’t want to do another four years at a university. I wanted something I liked and could turn into a career right after graduation. That’s when I found the Cardiology Technologist program."

"Today, Vandhana Plestid is a different person than she was before starting the Counselling Therapist Private Practice Diploma program two years ago. She is someone who supports others by walking with..."

"In 1992, 28-year-old Etsuko Fujita came to Vancouver from Japan alone on a one-year ‘working holiday’ visa. On her first day in the new city, she serendipitously made a very special friend. While in t..."

"They say your forties are the best years, and I am starting to think they’re right! Going back to school in her forties was a tough decision for Lindsay McAuley. She had a young family to help look..."

"Even at the end of the program, I felt like I was running around the Stenberg campus to print that last essay or those nearly unending PowerPoint notes. I laugh because after all this time, I still st..."

"Kerry Ogilvy is an Education Assistant and a Stenberg grad who feels lucky to work with children with exceptionalities. As she puts it, It’s a privilege to work with these children. You can and do ma..."