An Anniversary Celebration

Ten years. Ten faces. Ten stories.

The School for Adult Learning celebrates its 10th anniversary at the University of Indianapolis in 2008, having been founded on July 1, 1998. In that time, hundreds of adult learners have realized how they could finally go back to college and complete a bachelor's degree by employing SAL's unique combination of classroom learning, prior learning assessment, and credit by examination. Many activities are planned throughout the year in observance of this anniversary.

We are so proud to share the stories of ten School for Adult Learning students—one for each year of SAL's ten-year history—all of whom share one common theme: dogged determination to let nothing stand in their way, to overcome seemingly impossible odds in the pursuit of their goals, hopes, dreams and ambitions. Each student represented here is living proof that "if you can dream it, you can do it." These inspirational stories will move you as they move each one of us each time we reflect upon them.

Here then are Ten Faces, Ten Stories representing hundreds of success stories in Ten Years in the School for Adult Learning (presented alphabetically by last name, left to right and top to bottom):

Octavia Banner Class of 2006 Read about Octavia...	Cindy Bell Class of 2007 Read about Cindy...
Gerry Conklin Class of 2006 Read about Gerry...	Rebecca Ketchum Class of 2001 Read about Rebecca...
Mary Lindop Class of 2007 Read about Mary...	Jonah Odum Class of 2003 Read about Jonah...
Chris Renick Class of 2007 Read about Chris...	Diana Sturm Class of 2003 Read about Diana...
Gary Worland Class of 2001 Read about Gary...	Dan Young Class of 2008 Read about Dan...