Perseverance and Growth: John Iglehart’s Inspiring UNT Degree Story
20 years later, John Iglehart pursues a UNT BAAS Life rarely follows a straight path, and Oklahoma native John Iglehart’s story is a testament to perseverance and rediscovery. Now living in Louisiana and working as an Assistant Manager at Cinemark, John is preparing to advance to Senior Assistant Manager—a role that requires additional education and…
After Ten Years of Self-Employment, Entrepreneur Ana Said Decided To Earn Her Bachelor’s Online...
Meet Ana Said. She’s an entrepreneur who built and operated her own business for almost a decade. She achieved her success through hard work and a willingness to learn on the job. This commitment to learning new skills was particularly important, given that she’d launched her business before earning a bachelor’s degree. Despite her achievements,…
Lifelong Learner Jaina Bellanca Is Earning Her Degree Online So She Can Launch Her...
Jaina Bellanca describes herself as a self-driven person. She likes to “set ambitious goals and achieve them,” and it’s this mindset that drives her to keep acquiring new skills and knowledge. She’s long been an active learner, earning an associate’s degree in 2014 and taking courses on Coursera in her free time in more recent…
“Life Got In the Way”: How this University of North Texas Alum Earned Her...
Now an advisor at UNT herself, Dana Mordecai shares how earning her B.A.A.S. led to a career she loves Early in her undergraduate studies, Dana Mordecai discovered that she didn’t want to be a lawyer. That was the path her parents had set her on, and leaving it behind led to what she describes as…
Twenty Years into His Hospitality Career, Alberto White Found the Right Bachelor’s Program to...
Alberto started working in the hospitality industry twenty years ago. During that time, a great many things changed in his life. For one thing, he met his husband, and they’re now raising twin daughters together. Inspired by his family, Alberto realized he wanted to make changes in his career as well. He’d tried before, but…
When Broadway closed during the pandemic, stage manager Cheyney Coles used the time to...
Cheyney Coles lives for the theater. So much so that when she got a chance to work backstage at a Tony Winning regional theater company, she leaped at the opportunity. She left her bachelor’s degree program at the University of North Texas (UNT) and started working full-time. Over the next ten years, she gained a…
Meet the Parents Who Completed Their Bachelor’s Degrees Online During the Pandemic
We recently caught up with two of UNT’s May 2022 graduates, Venessa Ricketts and Adan Salinas. Hear why they chose to enroll in the Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences program at UNT, what aspects of the program they found most valuable, and their advice for anyone who wants to finish their college degree online. …
Why current students chose to complete their bachelor’s degree with UNT
Students choose to complete their Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences (B.A.A.S.) degree with the University of North Texas (UNT) for many reasons. Some students choose UNT because the B.A.A.S degree accepts and builds on their unique credits. Many students choose the Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences because of its job-relevant coursework in its…
