“Okay, Mom! Now it is your turn!” This is the message Janice Snow received when her third child graduated from college. As Janice reflects upon her time spent at PVCC with an eye towards her fast-approaching graduation from ASU (Spring of 2020), she realizes that PVCC gave her a great foundation on which to pursue a degree in Healthy Lifestyle Coaching.
The message she wishes to share with others about PVCC is the instructors’ compassion toward their students and their passion for their subject matter. Janice encourages students to get involved in extracurricular activities. Janice loved all of her nutrition classes. Her Community Nutrition Class with Margie Tate truly changed her life and gave direction to her career path. Janice admires Trisha Montgomery’s passion for the subject matter and her willingness to help students. At PVCC, everyone was very willing to help and they were committed to Janice’s success.
Janice offers a ringing endorsement, “I would totally recommend PVCC and the Nutrition program as it offers so much clinical outreach experience and so many resources are available to students." Janice bounced back and forth between ASU and PVCC. PVCC gave her a different perspective and opened up her eyes to the breadth of healthcare. Her internships and preceptors were wonderful. They gave her such great educational opportunities in healthcare and nutrition, more specifically.
Janice shares, “There is a wealth of resources on campus. You have to be the one who seeks out these resources and the support and opportunities provided.” As a non-traditional student, Janice found learning the class content plus utilizing the technology necessitates taking advantage of the help available to be successful.
While a student at PVCC, Janice took advantage of opportunities to do projects with Kitchen on the Street. This commitment and networking experiences resulted in Janice being recently named to the Board of Kitchen on the Street. Janice has embraced her “turn” to go to college. She is inspired by the passion and commitment of the PVCC Nutrition and Dietetics faculty and plans to pay it forward.