Celebrating National NonTraditional Student Recognition Week

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Do you know this famous non-traditional student?
St. Ignatius of Loyola As a 30 year old man,
Ignatius was inspired to seek an education at the
University of Paris after reading The Life of
Christ and Lives of the Saints while recuperating
from war wounds. While he was a student, he
formed the Jesuit order, whose mission is to
seek the greater glory of God and the good of
humanity.
Celebrating National Non-Traditional Student
Recognition Week November 5-9 2007
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Do you know this famous non-traditional student?
Valentina Tereshkova You may not recognize her,
but this Russian cosmonaut has the distinction of
being the first woman in space. Tereshkova only
received a formal education from the ages of
10-16, as she worked to provide for her family.
After volunteering for space flight, she
graduated from the Zhuykosky Air Force
Engineering Academy.
Celebrating National Non-Traditional Student
Recognition Week November 5-9, 2007
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Do you know this famous non-traditional student?
Steven Spielberg After being turned down twice by
USCs Cinema School, Spielberg attended
California State University but dropped out after
three years.
Almost 35 years later, Spielberg completed his
degree through independent study courses, but put
on his cap and gown to walk with the Class of
2002 in the graduation ceremonies.
Celebrating National Non-Traditional Student
Recognition Week November 5-9, 2007
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Do you know this famous non-traditional student?
Martin Sheen The star of West Wing and
Apocalypse Now deliberately flunked his
University of Dayton entrance exams to pursue his
dream of acting. Now age 66, Sheen enrolled this
fall at National University Galway in Ireland
where he is studying philosophy, English
literature and oceanography.
Celebrating National Non-Traditional Student
Recognition Week November 5-9, 2007
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Do you know this famous non-traditional student?
Bill Cosby After dropping out of high school to
join the Navy, Cosby completed his GED through
correspondence courses. He later enrolled at
Temple University, but put his education on hold
for acting. Cosby completed his bachelors
degree at Temple and received a masters and
doctorate of education from University of
Massachusetts in 1976 at the age of 39.
Celebrating National Non-Traditional Student
Recognition Week November 5-9, 2007
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Do you know these famous non-traditional students?
Claire Danes, Jodie Foster Natalie
Portman These 3 famous actresses all took time
away from their acting careers to pursue an
education Danes and Foster earned degrees from
Yale University and Portman graduated from
Harvard University.
Celebrating National Non-Traditional Student
Recognition Week November 5-9, 2007
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Do you know this famous non-traditional student?
Shaquille ONeal Shaq left Louisiana State
University in 1992 after his junior year. He
completed his degree in December 2000 through a
combination of independent studies and attending
summer school in the basketball off-season. He
has since earned a masters degree and has plans
to return for a doctorate.
Celebrating National Non-Traditional Student
Recognition Week November 5-9, 2007
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Wait, theres more!
Andre Agassi Orlando Bloom Angelina
Jolie Albert Einstein Herbert Brown Nobel
Prize winning scientists Albert Camus, William
Faulkner, Zora Neale Hurston, Jack London, Carl
Sandburg H.G. Wells authors Richard Carmona US
Surgeon General Grover Cleveland, Millard
Fillmore, Abraham Lincoln Martin Van Buren US
presidents Mahatma Gandhi Patrick Henry James
Naismith inventor of basketball Jimmy
Page musician Colonel Harlan Sanders Arnold
Schwarzenegger
Grover Cleveland, Millard Fillmore, Abraham
Lincoln Martin Van Buren US presidents
Albert Camus, William Faulkner, Zora Neale
Hurston, Jack London, Carl Sandburg H.G.
Wells authors
James Naismith inventor of basketball
Jimmy Page musician
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Richard Carmona US Surgeon General
Albert Einstein Herbert Brown Nobel Prize
winning scientists
Colonel Harlan Sanders
Patrick Henry
Mahatma Gandhi
Orlando Bloom Angelina Jolie
Andre Agassi
Celebrating National Non-Traditional Student
Recognition Week November 5-9, 2007
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Happy National Non-Traditional
StudentRecognition Week!
Thank you to Elizabeth Hamtil, Program
Coordinator, School for Professional Studies,
Saint Louis University for providing this slide
show.