prenger
Her love of learning is one that hasn’t gone unnoticed either. was smart enough,” she said. “I took my first class in graduate
history, Native American history, and I wouldn’t have continued if it
“Every once in a while you meet a person who personifies what wasn’t for something that my professor, Charles Mink said. He told
student learning is all about. Bobbie Prenger embodies the me that I was one of the first or second smartest students he had
determination, the wonder and the inspiration for a working adult to ever taught,” Prenger confides. “It was the most positive thing that
persevere until her college dreams are attained,” said Dr. David R. anyone had ever said to
Smith, president of Brewton-Parker College. “We are privileged to me. It’s what kept me in
have her as a part of the Brewton-Parker College family.” school.”
Provost Dr. T. Ronald Melton also looks to Prenger to encourage “I’m glad when people in
other returning or non-traditional students that it’s never too late to their 20s and their 30s call
earn a college degree. me (about going back to
school),” says Prenger,
“Bobbie Prenger is an example of a student who would not give up morphing back into her role
and who overcame many obstacles to achieve (this) goal,” said Dr. as an admissions
Melton. “She is an inspiration to and a model for non-traditional counselor. “I tell them, wait
students.” a minute. You can do it. I
did. I was just as afraid as
Prenger adds that if it wasn’t for the additional encouragement of they were. Hey, I’m going to
her first college history professor at Lincoln University (Jefferson be 60 anyway; I might as
Bobbie Prenger holds her degrees after shaking
City, Mo.), she wouldn’t be here today – a college graduate. well have a degree.”
BPC President Dr. David R. Smith’s hand during
the May 12 Mount Vernon Commencement
Ceremony.
“Going back to school intimidated me, terrified me. I didn’t think I
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