In honor of recognizing the achievement of the area’s alternative education students, Ancilla College is awarding their “Ancilla Alternative Achievement Award” to two students from the Crossing School of Business & Entrepreneurship who persevered to overcome hardship with extraordinary effort. Both students will begin classes in the fall.
Amos Howard of Goshen and Joshua Geldner of South Bend have dedicated themselves academically and have been accepted into Ancilla College. Geldner plans on pursuing a degree in business while Howard is debating between Nursing or Criminal Justice. Ancilla College will invest a full-tuition scholarship valued at just over $14,000 and another scholarship valued at $10,000 for the young men to use towards earning their degrees. For many alternative education students, receiving a scholarship of this nature would seem unlikely and sometimes even impossible. Ancilla College sees things differently.
“A good student from a healthy background would surely be able to be successful academically,” said Ken Zirkle, Ancilla College president. “At Ancilla College we have a faculty and staff who are dedicated to helping students of all backgrounds achieve their goals.” Award winner, Howard, believes, “A college education means a lot more than having a piece of paper or a mark on my resume. It means I have opportunities that I wouldn’t have before.” Geldner shares the same sentiment about his future, “I have made many mistakes and have many regrets, but this opportunity is a once in a lifetime, and it is one I do not know how to get any other way. I am more than determined to make the most of it.”
The Crossing School of Business & Entrepreneurship exists to empower struggling students to become contributing members of their communities through academics, job-training and faith-based character education
