{"id":71016,"date":"2001-05-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2001-05-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/husband-and-wife-to-graduate-from-uri-couple-sold-home-to-finance-education\/"},"modified":"2001-05-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2001-05-07T00:00:00","slug":"husband-and-wife-to-graduate-from-uri-couple-sold-home-to-finance-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2001\/05\/husband-and-wife-to-graduate-from-uri-couple-sold-home-to-finance-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Husband and wife to graduate from 溏心vlog免费B站 Couple sold home to finance education"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tHusband and wife to graduate from 溏心vlog免费B站 Couple sold home to finance education \tPROVIDENCE, R.I. — May 7, 2001 — Edith and John McLaughlin can tell you the cost of higher education: a 12-room house in West Warwick and a 1987 Nissan Sentra. That\u2019s what the couple sold to finance their education. \t“We reassessed what we wanted to do,” says Edith. “We disposed of all the excess and downsized. Besides, we had more than we needed.” Edith will graduate with a Bachelor\u2019s of General Studies Degree from 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Alan Shawn Feinstein College of Continuing Education this month. John, who earned a BGS from 溏心vlog免费B站 in 1998, will also be graduating, this time earning a 溏心vlog免费B站 Master\u2019s of Business Administration degree. \t“We could never have done it so quickly if the children weren\u2019t already grown and out of the house,” says 48-year-old John. The couple has three children, Leslie 31, John 28, and Heather 26 and three grandchildren. The couple now lives in Providence, just up the street from the 溏心vlog免费B站 Providence Campus in a one-bedroom apartment. “When I first walked into the College in 1966, I held back a little,” says John with a smile. “Everyone was so helpful and cheerful. It\u2019s part of the environment but at first I thought they were salesmen.” \tBoth Edith and John went on to become peer counselors for the Student Services Office, often helping other adult students juggle family, schoolwork, and employment. \t“It\u2019s important to help new students,” says Edith. “They often come here with low self-esteem because they haven\u2019t been successful in their earlier schooling. We try to provide them an understanding ear along with encouragement, and try to share successful strategies we have used.” \tThe couple, married 29 years, met when Edith chaperoned her younger sister\u2019s party and John attended. \tRaised in South Providence, Edith attended Central High School and pursued the business program: the college prep program was out of the question due to the cost of college. While raising the children, Edith, wearing steel toe boots, worked on plastic conversion machines for 10 years at Union Paper. She later worked in the research and development section of Astro-Med. “I often thought about college. It was something that was always in the back of my mind,” the 50 year-old recalls. \tJohn grew up in the Smith Hill area of Providence and attended LaSalle Academy. After he graduated he worked 13 years for Almacs supermarkets, the last 10 years on the third shift. In 1983, he went to work for the city of Providence as a firefighter and earned an associate\u2019s degree in fire science at Providence College. In his 14th year on the job, he suffered a back injury that forced him to take early retirement. “I had to make an abrupt transition,” he says. Along with three partners, John opened a small business selling computers for homeowners and small business networks. However, he soon realized that real success was to be found in management, not sales. \tThat\u2019s when the couple decided to set their sights on education. Edith who focused her studies on health services has applied to 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Graduate School for entry into its Labor Research Program. John, who has worked this year in the financial aid office at the ASF-CCE, has been asked by the College to remain on staff to do both academic advising and teach a computer science course this summer. \tThe couple has earned a high approval rating at the College. “I was John\u2019s academic advisor and he was and is exactly the kind of student who makes my job so easy,” says Carol Bonenfant. “And then along comes Edie and she has been so great to advise and call a friend. I know that she has personally worked with students in her classes when they have been unable to keep up or needed a little extra help. You don\u2019t always have the opportunity to work with an outstanding student but an outstanding couple\u2026WOW!” \t“I\u2019d do it again,” says Edith. “It\u2019s been worth every moment. It is a trade off. You need to give up something to get something. This is something I\u2019ve always wanted to do,” says Edith. Nodding toward her husband she adds: “Besides, it\u2019s more fun doing it with him.” \tHer husband smiles and nods. “Definitely,” he says. For Information: Jan Sawyer, 874-2116\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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