Stories: Student Story

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.

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.

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.

I’m more of a hands-on person, so being able to physically do the wiring or adjusting parameters on a screen versus sitting on a computer all day or typing is much easier and I can remember it better.

Don’t give up the opportunity on yourself. A lot of the times we like to sell ourselves short. If you just give yourself the chance, you’ll be really surprised about the outcomes from yourself.

The little things in life matter more than you expect,” said Mohamed. “A bookbag is nothing to some people, but it meant a lot to him.

It’s like a little family at school. Everybody’s uplifting each other. - Nia