One Online Student Spends Time in Classrooms, But Not as a Student!

Online Bachelor of Science in Special Education student, Nancy Kimbrell, still spends a lot of time in a classroom. Kimbrell might not be taking classes on campus, but she is a full time employee with Gwinnett County School Systems and she is also student teaching. She says “I like being able to use what I have learned. I like learning from the teacher that I am working with and seeing how she does things. I love the students.” Her teaching skills have already been recognized through a scholarship she was awarded this semester for student teaching and for women pioneers in teaching. Kimbrell has also shown her intelligence as a student by making the Dean’s list every semester at UGA.

Nancy Kimbrell chose UGA “for the reputation of the University. Growing up in Georgia it (earning a degree from UGA) was something I always aspired to. I wanted to go to a real school, somewhere I could attend graduation and have a connection to.” Kimbrell’s expectations of the University of Georgia have been met. The professors she learns from in her online classes have been a huge part in meeting those standards. She says that “they made it a personal experience. I think they took into consideration and had flexibility with us having other lives outside of getting our schoolwork done. They have gone over and above their jobs”.