Student Success Stories
Tell your story.
NSCC Voices chronicles the successes, hopes, and fears of NSCC first-generation college students and alumni.
Alesia's Story
Alesia tells the story of her nine year journey to get her degree one class at a time.
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Quiana's Story
Quiana shares the story of her emotional journey from high school drop out to college student.
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Carla's Story
Carla tells the story of overcoming the hurdle of passing math to earn her certificate in Central Processing. She's continuing her associate's degree this fall.
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Sebastian's Story
Sebastian Oprea immigrated from Romania to the United States 17 years ago with his wife and 9 month old son. He started in Nashville State's ESL program. He credits Nashville State with giving him the confidence to be successful in the engineering program at MTSU.
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Mike's Story
Former SGA president Mike Johnson tells the story of how divorce led him to explore who he was by attending college at Nashville State.
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Jeremy's Story
Jeremy shares his story of overcoming grief to become a Dean's list student.
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Cassandra's Story
Cassandra tells her story of returning to college late in life and offers advice to other non-traditional students.
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Charlie’s Story
Charlie shares his story of overcoming drug addiction to become a straight-A pre-nursing student.
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