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I am the Future

Veronica Rohtert
Future Alumni Essay Contest


Trident Technical College best educates individuals by offering a warm atmosphere to develop their skills by a caring and knowledgeable staff of professionals.  The college offers every possible option to serve all individual needs in obtaining their educational dreams.

Trident Technical College's concern is to help you receive your education, improve yourself, educate yourself to be part of the community and help you to become the best you can be. The faculty will hold you accountable and guide you to success. TTC has a staff that is available to guide you across every hurdle and get you to the finish line.

The advantages of choosing Trident Technical College are affordability, a multitude of career programs, personal attention, evening and online classes.  TTC has it all from degrees to diplomas to certificates to continuing education.  It does not stop there. Trident Technical College will prepare you for transferring to a four year institution or to study abroad.  The possibilities are endless with Trident Technical College.

Trident Technical College is the stepping stone to the next phase in your life and your future.  TTC inspires critical thinking and communication skills which is absolutely necessary in everything you  do in your future endeavors.  The professors, teachers, administrators and staff - each person on the campus is truly prepared to help.  They listen, they have answers, and they have positive direction.

Trident Technical College accelerates the economy by graduating well-prepared students to enter their chosen career path.  These graduates will optimize the companies they enter and bring themselves and company success.  In return, graduates will add profit to the economy by their output in their profession.  This profit draws more capital investment to produce more.  Income is high, consumer demand is high and capital investment goes up, making a happy economy.

I personally will accelerate the economy by opening my new business in the local area, a three part cooperative, and by giving back to my community.  I will utilize all the knowledge I have learned at Trident Technical College and the local Center 4 Women, and put it to work in my business practice and community outreach.  I plan to have a beehive living structure with retail area with products of organic and climate friendly origin.  There will be a community section for holistic classes, spa services and conference areas with living walls: beehive living units built from organic materials and made for a healthy living lifestyle. The beehive will contain organic gardens to support the café, which will serve organic fare and offer cooking classes. My beehive is a holistic teaching facility for organic living.  I will have a high-demand product which will bring high profit, which will bring more capital investors and expand into other states.  This environment will bring together our local artisans and holistic teachers who can offer a new way of interconnected living.

Trident Technical College inspires the future by constantly evolving, staying grounded in the student population, being immersed in the community and standing for equality.  Trident Technical College is an inspiration to the individuals who walk through these doors every day.  They feel passionately about education and have the opportunity to share that gift.  They work tirelessly to offer it to every individual who wants it.  They believe in you and the opportunity for you to grow and to succeed.

I will inspire future generations with my ideas which will benefit the environment and every person it touches.  I will move forward and create and inspire others just as my professors and teachers have done for me.

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