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Patrice Athanasidy
Neighbors
STAMFORD, Conn. — Camille Kramer, an adjunct professor at the University of Bridgeport, calls adult students “ideal,” which is why she enjoys working with the institution’s IDEAL program so much. IDEAL is an accelerated degree completion program.
“There is not one student there that has nothing better to do,” she said. “They are working all day, maybe taking care of children. They have ...
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Mike Russo
Neighbors
STAMFORD, Conn. Actor Guy Fortt, star of the Broadway stage, big screen and television and a Greenwich firefighter, is taking on the role of a lifetime in an IDEAL opportunity to finish his college degree at the University of Bridgeport.Fortt is enrolled in the UBs Innovative Degree Excellence in Accelerated Learning Program and is working toward a bachelors degree in general ...
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Patrice Athanasidy
Neighbors
GREENWICH, Conn. Sandra Askew, 41, does not consider herself to be a typical student. With three children and a full-time job, she needed a college program that offered her flexibility. So she was grateful to find IDEAL, the accelerated adult learning program at the University of Bridgeport's Stamford Center, because it is ideal for her work and family schedule.At the moment, Askew ...
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Christine Loughran
Neighbors
STAMFORD, Conn. Even after Danielle Ranocchia landed her dream job working with children at Bright Horizons Family Solutions in Stamford, she realized something was missing her diploma.I already had my associates degree, but I really wanted to go for my bachelors degree in psychology, said Ranocchia, who started as a preschool teacher and is now director of the child care ...
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Christine Loughran
Neighbors
STAMFORD, Conn. If its a Wednesday afternoon, you can bet Stamfords Cristina Vernazza is counting down the hours until her class that evening.This is her first semester taking classes through University of Bridgeports accelerated adult IDEAL Program, and she is studying child psychology, general psychology and even Buddhism. Vernazza said that for the first time in a long while, ...