Graduation season is here! It’s time to tip our caps to the Class of 2016, especially our Magee graduates. A few former patients are graduating this year, and they wrote to let us know what they’ve been up to. Please join us in celebrating their special achievement.
Erica Koveleman sustained an incomplete spinal cord injury in 2012 and graduated from high school shortly after her discharge from Magee. Erica had been accepted to Penn State University prior to her injury, and her goal was to graduate from PSU. Her dream came true on May 7, 2016 when she earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Advertising with a minor in Business. Erica started at Penn State’s Berks Campus, then transferred to the Main Campus for her last two years. Erica is a Peer Mentor at Magee and is always happy to talk with other patients about her disability and her schooling experience. She wants to continue to advance her knowledge in the field of Advertising and has been accepted to the Chicago Profile School to work on her advertising portfolio.
Melissa Nunn writes, “I am a criminal justice major and received an associates of arts in criminal justice. Bucks County Community college was great. Being at a smaller school is really nice because you get to know each professor. The professors were always there to help if I needed it, and they were very accommodating. When I first went back to school, I was very intimidated. I wasn’t sure how people would treat me, or if something would go wrong, but it was one of the best decisions I have ever made. It allowed me to gain more independence and get stronger. It also allowed me to meet new people. The more classes I took, the more confident I got.”
We wish all of our graduates the best of luck in their future endeavors. To learn more about the Adolescent and Young Adult Education and Vocational Program at Magee, please contact Vilma M. Mazziol, MS, LPC, CRC at vmazziol@mageerehab.org.