Cyclones Stories

Right then and there I signed up for classes. I think it’s just fun – it’s enjoyable.

My mom is my why, my purpose is my why I formed this organization, and why I want to help others.

Getting those two years of experience definitely helped me level up. I think if I had come to Saint John’s right out of high school, I wouldn’t have played until my junior year.

Liberal arts really take you outside of your own limitations and show you your world in which you live and help you experience things, learn about life, and undoubtedly make you a more effective person.

There’s a lot of privilege with what I’ve got going on that a lot of people maybe don’t have.

I felt like I needed to do something hands-on, so I went to a starter welding course. I saw the robot here and did a few welding practices, and then I kind of fell in love with welding.

The willingness to actually learn a trade - it's turning around now. I know a lot of people who went to school but aren’t working in that field. Trades is literally – you're learning exactly what you're going to be doing out in the real world when you get a job.

Starting with the two-year college just seems to be the right fit for a lot of people.

She should take every opportunity to do something that is presented to her. That is what spurred me through my career.

That changed everything.

This is not what you’re going to need in Minnesota. So I said, how can we help these students out?

You had 26 minutes to figure out why this thing won’t start. Why? What’s going on? Why won’t my hydraulics raise or lower?

There’s a lot of opportunities with welding.

I’ve been loving meeting new people every day. Everybody is so welcoming here, and it’s really cool because you can learn different points of view and perspectives of people from all over.

This school, man. I love how this school has so many different options to choose from where to study.

Find something you’re going to love. Find something you’ll be happy doing a long time. Find something in an area that really tickles your curiosity and you want to know more about.

Do what you want. Especially this time in life, people get caught up in what they should be doing. Pursue what your needs are and what you want to do.

You’re together here more than you are typically with your family during the week. We all supported each other, and it just felt good.

There are many people around us who can help us, and we can look for that if we need help. We have a lot of help around us.

Don’t be scared of different programs. Go check them out and see what we have to offer.

It is the fastest 20 minutes of your life. When the lights are on, it goes really fast.

When I was here, we had, for example, specialized reading machines that would read text, and it was very labor intensive. And now your phone will do that. To even that playing field for students has just been something tremendous.

I think my students like to know that I understand their journey and the profession.

I always recommend to come in and just ask for help. I didn’t know where to fill out the FAFSA or where to fill out the application for college.