Marie Romine started school this fall at BSU. Originally from northern New Jersey, she has lived a life of ten women her age. She first embarked on her military career in the Air Force, and then later joined the Marine Corps. Between the two, she held many jobs including being an aerospace ground equipment mechanic, an electrician, and worked with financial data reporting. After years of traveling the world, she finally settled in our Treasure Valley in the fall of 2010 and joined the VUB program in November 2010.
Her presence in the VUB program is a perfect example of what many veterans experience. She attended writing, math, and computer classes. Marie also received help with her admissions application and finally selected classes. Her optimism is catching, and she loves talking about her classes and what she is learning.
Marie’s major is Radiology, but this semester, she is just starting with English 101 and Introduction to Jazz. Marie, although excited, says, “It was hard returning to school after a decade,” and now her days are full of doing homework and reading. When she isn’t studying, she loves to sleep, something that seems to show that her transition to being a “college student” is happening faster than she realizes. Marie was very glad she had the chance to take refresher classes in math here at VUB. She says, “It was my personal hurdle to overcome, and without VUB, I would be in big trouble.”