Photo captions: L: Dr. Samuel Dyer and his wife. Above: The first JWCC soccer team, including Dr. Dyer as the goalie on the left. Right: Dr. Dyer’s wall of degrees in his home office with his JWCC diploma on the bottom left as the first degree that started the path to his MD, which he received this year from Washington University.
In 1991, Dr. Samuel Dyer began his academic journey at John Wood Community College (JWCC), not realizing it would...
I graduated from JWCC with no student debt and transferred to U of I to finish my bachelor's degree.
—Brent Mansfield, Crop Production Researcher
I would recommend starting with one or two years of community college to anyone.
—Katie Richárd, FBI
I took classes in different subjects to find what I wanted to do for a living & learned what I was truly passionate about.
—Breckon Bice, Project Engineer- Nenan Co.
When I was accepted to medical school, my credits transferred easily like they were from Mizzou.
—Greg Havermale, Physician
My professors were tough, but I knew they were doing their jobs when Purdue made an exception for me to join the program in the middle of the third year.
—Sebastian Francis, NASA