Student Success Stories

John Tyler

"The struggle has been monumental while going through treatments,"

If not for the faculty and instructors, especially Gerald Miller and Anita Sutton, my accomplishments through Germanna may never have been possible. Germanna is an institution that cares about people, and employs some of the brightest and most caring people I have ever met. There are a lot of people who deserve recognition, including the faculty. There are many people going through hardships who choose to fight every day, such as single mothers struggling to make a better life, students with disabilities, students with medical issues and depression, and other cancer patients. At Germanna, anyone is welcome and can have an opportunity to change their stars.

The New Orleans native was displaced by Hurricane Katrina, moving here in 2005 after he lost his home and his job.

He began classes at GCC in 2006, but had to take some time off in 2008 because of financial and medical problems.

Erica Hodges

"The Education Foundation listened to my story…I was shocked, ecstatic and very grateful. It covered everything. That was a huge weight off my shoulders. December had been one of the most stressful months of my life, before the very generous gift from the Education Foundation."

Erica Hodges, a 28-year old Germanna nursing student, who is a 1999 Spotsylvania High School graduate and Culpeper resident, wouldn't be in school this year without the Germanna Guarantee Program.

She's the mother of a 4-year-old son, Trustin, and had been a stay at home mom.

"Fresh out of high school, I was too young to know what I wanted to be. I realized that nursing is what I wanted to do…" "I have a long term goal of being a holistic nurse practitioner."