Discover Our Students’ Experiences Through Their Own Words: Jennifer Kohl

“My experience in the Management program was outstanding! I was able to complete the entire degree online while still getting the ‘classroom’ feel. The instructors were truly interested in my success and my implementation of the skills I was learning. I also met a wide variety of people and a couple of good friends through the interactive experience. I tell everyone about this program — I am so glad that I found it! “In my current position, I have been awarded Employee of the Year for the past two years, and as a result of a discussion with one of my instructors (Dr. Minger), I have started the wheels in motion to have my position re-evaluated and my title changed in view of the many supervisory roles that I am currently performing. The skills I learned in these classes have definitely helped me to supervise the 10 employees I have directly reporting to me as well as the many others who indirectly report to me. It is the votes of these employees, along with many other coworkers, that won me the award of Employee of the Year for the past two years.”

Jennifer Kohl earned an associate degree in Management.

A student with a red jacket poses for a photo in a downtown setting

Stephanie Gutierrez

Culinary Student

“At El Centro’s Culinary and Hospitality Institute, I’m learning how to plan a menu and use time management in the kitchen. Now with SkillsUSA, it’s teaching me to get where I want to go.”

Culinary and Pastry Arts

Albert Pantoja III

Senior Accountant American Home Mortgage Servicing

“My experience was really good; I learned a lot about different types of loans, underwriting and loan origination. The program gave us a broad overview from the get-go. I didn’t have any previous experience in mortgage banking at all, so it really helped me to prepare for changing jobs into the industry.”

Banking and Finance

Tammy White

Project Manager Verizon Telecom

“The most important thing I learned in my education was a sense of accomplishment and purpose, and that nothing is impossible as long as I am willing to expend the effort to reach my goals. I have been promoted a number of times in recent years, into positions of more and more responsibility as a direct result of my education.”

Business, Business and Management