During her 20-year career as a secondary school secretary in South Royalton, Amy Lewis pursued many professional training opportunities. But she never thought of herself as a potential college student, despite encouragement from her boss and mentor. Severe dyslexia made high school a struggle, Amy

Will Eberle was lying in bed recovering from a broken back, unable to walk, when he decided to go back to school. He needed to change the course of his life. He had gone through a rough divorce and at one point was living out of his truck. To make ends meet he washed dishes, fought fires and worked