{"id":68819,"date":"2005-05-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-05-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/profound-change-leads-east-providence-woman-to-degree-at-uri\/"},"modified":"2005-05-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-05-19T00:00:00","slug":"profound-change-leads-east-providence-woman-to-degree-at-uri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2005\/05\/profound-change-leads-east-providence-woman-to-degree-at-uri\/","title":{"rendered":"Profound change leads East Providence woman to degree at 溏心vlog免费B站"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 May 19, 2005 \u2013 Many students in the class of 2005 at the 溏心vlog免费B站 will have to make major changes after graduation on May 22.<\/p>\n


\n\tSome will move to a different part of the country. Some will take time off from school and work and some will get married in the near future.<\/p>\n


\n\tBut Riverside\u2019s Joan Karter, who will graduate Sunday with a bachelor\u2019s degree in general business, has had to deal with profound change in her life well before commencement day.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cAfter being married for 25 years, my husband died very unexpectedly in 1996,\u201d said Karter, who is the President\u2019s Award winner as this year\u2019s top general business student at 溏心vlog免费B站.<\/p>\n


\n\tAt the time she and her husband, Bill X. Karter, owned their own candy shop and art gallery in Barrington called Bonbons. \u201cI knew I didn’t want to keep the store on my own, so I had to reinvent my life. Today I am lucky to be remarried with a 10- year-old stepson who lives with us in Riverside.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nShe says her success is a tribute the support of her current husband, Daniel W. Connery, her stepson Harrison Connery and her mom, Patricia D. Victor, who lives in Warren.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThey provided the support when I most needed it, and my mother, who is extremely creative, helped me with several early college projects,\u201d Karter said.<\/p>\n


\n\tHer career and lifestyle makeover included enrolling in business at 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Feinstein Providence campus in 1996 and getting a job with Citizens Bank in December 1997. She now works as a business systems analyst in bank operations at Citizens\u2019 East Providence operations center primarily managing process improvement projects. And if school and work weren\u2019t enough, for the last three years, Karter has managed the Citizens Annual Community Giving Campaign for about 1,000 employees at the operations center.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI always regretted not getting a college degree and since the bank has been paying for my education, lucky me, it made sense to me to enroll in the business program,\u201d Karter said.

\nKarter said she had a great deal of business experience. \u201cBut I lacked an element of confidence due to my own feelings about my lack of formal training. Now I can speak the language of business. I have enjoyed every course without exception. Since I started with Citizens I have been promoted four times and directly attribute my success to my education. In addition, I just love learning new things.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tShe said she is happy that she took all of her classes in Providence. \u201cSome of my favorite professors are Cleveland Kurtz, Jill Long, Mary Zahm, Catherine Pastille, Nancy Beausoleil, and Pam Marks,\u201d Karter said. \u201cOne of the advantages I had because of attending in Providence was that I was allowed to do my junior and senior professional electives outside of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s College of Business Administration. In addition to the business requirements I took some communications and English courses.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tAnd now that she is wrapping up her education, maybe she\u2019ll be able to enjoy some leisure time.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cI love going to the beach, skiing, and reading novels\u2014I haven’t been able to enjoy that for a long time,\u201d Karter said.<\/p>\n


\nPhoto:

\nJoan Karter. 溏心vlog免费B站 News Bureau photo by Michael Salerno photography.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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