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“I loved how supportive the professors in my program were, truly making us feel supported every step of the way. I loved how each class promoted a sense of open-mindedness and taught us about facing adversity. I feel my program assisted me in learning about not just a future job field, but skills to utilize in relationships and friendships as well.”

“UL Lafayette really wants their students to succeed, so they put money into their students. Having scholarships from the University makes me really proud because it’s like I know they want me to finish — they want me to succeed.”

“It took me six years to finish school. I felt the need to give up at many different points in time, but I’m really glad that I did finish and stuck through with my degree.”

“Growing up, I have always wanted to make a difference in the world around me. Civil engineering provides me with the opportunity to affect the lives of those around me on a very large scale, while allowing me to continuously grow as a person.”

“The nursing program is a challenging program for a good reason. The Department of Nursing helped me feel empowered to take on this challenge.”

"This major has helped me in many ways. And it's helped me help others. I’m forever grateful for that. It made me realize some things about how I acted and how other people acted, and to be respectful of everyone’s behaviors. We’re all human and everyone works differently. It’s a good program to understand how to work with other people.”

"When I transferred to UL Lafayette, it was the first adult decision that I made on my own and I knew I had made the right decision."

“I realized with chemical engineering, there so many different fields that you can be involved in. It has a lot of problem-solving aspects to it, and it's really challenging, which is why I've stuck with it.”

“I really want to write. I’ve been drawn to theater. I want to write plays and maybe move from there to writing for the screen. With all these streaming services, they have a huge demand for original content, and if that’s not an opening for writers, I don’t know what is.”

“Ragin’ Cajun culture empowered me to be tenacious, challenge the status quo, and celebrate specificity like queer spaces and Cajun heritage. I believe these qualities are inherent to great advertising professionals.”