Nice article over at the NAU Athletic's blog written by Pam Lowie from Academic Services about academics and athletics in college.
http://nauathletics.blogspot.com/2009/11/its-not-all-about-athletics.html
It gives a quick run-down of NAU's current numbers. Have to say I'm quite impressed not only with the majority of student athletes but also with the tutors, coaches and staff in academic services for making this happen.
I wasn't a horrible student but I wasn't a model student either. I scraped by the first few years and had to battle to get my gpa up to a tad over 3.0 by the time I graduated in 5 years. It makes the 12-16 credits a semester at best and a 10-15 hour p/t job a few days a week I worried about seem like nothing.
I'm giving everyone involved some props here. Congratulations!
-MTJack
http://nauathletics.blogspot.com/2009/11/its-not-all-about-athletics.html
It gives a quick run-down of NAU's current numbers. Have to say I'm quite impressed not only with the majority of student athletes but also with the tutors, coaches and staff in academic services for making this happen.
I wasn't a horrible student but I wasn't a model student either. I scraped by the first few years and had to battle to get my gpa up to a tad over 3.0 by the time I graduated in 5 years. It makes the 12-16 credits a semester at best and a 10-15 hour p/t job a few days a week I worried about seem like nothing.
I'm giving everyone involved some props here. Congratulations!
-MTJack
